Hardware Database WAS Re: [mythtv-users] Yet another hardware list

[Steve Adeff]

Is there a better database of users hardware?

If not, we should look into setting one up, possibly at www.mythtv.info 's 
wiki.

any thoughts?

Steve





On Sunday 13 November 2005 23:03, Peter Schachte wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 04:29:23PM -0800, Jon Hoyt wrote:
> > I know these sort of requests get posted a lot, but I'm looking for
> > some feedback on the following list of parts to build a stand-alone
> > backend with.
>
> You should check out http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ to see what others
> have used and how they liked it.
>
> > AMD Sempron 64 2600+ Palermo 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor Model
> > SDA2600BXBOX - Retail $64.00
>
> As I understand it, that part will not support cool n quiet operation.
> I believe you have to go up to a 3000+ to get that.  Cool n quiet,
> with the kernel's cqu frequency scaling enabled, slows the clock when
> the cpu load is low, saving power and heat, and allowing your cpu fan
> to slow down.  I've got an Athlon 64 3000+ and have frequency scaling
> working very well.  The lowest clock speed supported seems to be 1
> GHz, though.  I wish I could slow it even further for the times when
> nothing's happening and the machine is just acting as a file server.