[mythtv-users] MythTV Hardware Recommendations - Stability is the Key

[Chad]

On 6/28/06, Craig Meyer <craig at fdllug.org> wrote:
>  MythTV Users,
>
> I am a long time MythTV user that recently retired my MythTV box when
> moving to another state. I am now ready to build a new box but I am
> looking for advice.
>
> My first box was based on an Athlon 2000+ motherboard with a Nvidia
> Nforce2 chipset and DDR2700 RAM. I bought the system for performance.
> Unfortunately I found it to be totally unstable. It had weird issues
> like system hangs, compilation problems and program crashes. It was
> running Gentoo on both 2.4 and then 2.6 series kernels. I moved it to
> become a Windows desktop and haven't seen any of the same issues with
> the exact hardware. However, I still think it was hardware related
> because I ran into numorus Nforce2 related Linux glitches.
>
> My question is, what would be a good choice for a cheap but complete
> MicroATX motherboard and processor combination that will support MythTV
> with rock solid stability? My primary concerns are STABILITY, heat and
> power consumption.
>
>
> _______________________________________________

HDTV or not?

-Chad