[mythtv-users] ATA 33 fast enough?

Lonnie Borntreger myth at borntreger.com
Wed Jan 11 21:11:12 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 15:50 -0500, bic1 at optonline.net wrote:
> I have an old P 3 @ 450 mhz slot 1 cpu and an ATA 33 IDE / motherboard
> laying around.  Is this fast enough for PVR 150?  I am considering
> making it a backend with an AMD 1.2 ghz PVR 350 frontend.

I'm running a P3-500 for a backend.  It can record both tuners of a
PVR-500 and stream a recording to a frontend all at the same time with
no problem.  You should have no problem with a single PVR-150.  The PVR
cards do most of the work for you.

Lonnie Borntreger




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