[mythtv-users] Hardware recommended?

[Bertrand M]

Hello,
  
  I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction in regards  to hardware, as I am getting a little overwhelmed with all the choices.  I run FreeBSD and XP at home, but haven't used Linux in a long time.
  
  Here are my needs:
  
      - I want to use the Silverstone LC11M case,
      - I will probably use KnoppMyth as it seems the easiest
      - am worried about fan noise,
      - will be using MAME and bittorrent more than actual encoding
      - but want one capture card with the option of having two at some point,
      - am not worried about money necessarily (if something costs 100$ more and is THAT much better, fine)
  
  For a mobo, I was looking at
      BIOSTAR TForce6100-939
  but it seems that is very problematic with Linux drivers?
  
  Another direction I was considering would be to use a mobile Pentium or Celeron. Is this common?
  
  I assumed my first capture card would be a Hauppauge PVR-x50.
  
  What mobo+cpu combos run the coolest and are least problematic driver wise? 
  GPU wise, sounds like nVIDIA is the only way to go, correct?
  
  
  

		
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