[mythtv-users] New system hardware suggestions

[Thomas Hood]

>I found one motherboard which supports Core 2 Duo AND has a AGP and PATA
>interfaces (Asrock 775Dual-VSTA) -   I could recycle the old Nvidia
>FX5200 and my WD PATA drive to new system. Would just need to buy
>motherboard, cpu, ddr 2 memory if current ddr modules do not work, case
>and a new (more quiet) power supply. Hmm.. If I change to PCI-E, I guess
>I will loose coloured OSD with XvMC, since there are no 5xxx series
>cards with pci-e and the hack only works with 5 series and older afaik.

Or better still:
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Twins-HDTV%20R2.0.htm

This has integrated Radeon Xpress 200 graphics (which certainly drives
HD with ease under Windows... see my next post) and component outs --
so no adapters needed for HD, and should be a lower power solution
than a seperate card, I would imagine.

The board uses DDR or DDR2 (not both together though) and has 7.1 hd
audio, although the AC97 7.1 on the rev 1.0 version (which I have) is,
in a word, shite. So much electrical noise/ hum it's almost unusable.

There are no fans on the board and it's M-ATX which is a slight
advantage to, I guess.

I intend to get a rev.2 to replace my rev.1, as I bought it in haste
before realising quite how much heat an P4D 805 chucks out...

Tom