[mythtv-users] Dell-New for noob system

[Brian Wood]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:01 PM, James Oltman wrote:

>
> > Power Supply 305W (76% Efficiency)
> >
> > What do you think about these options? Any experience/pitfalls?
>
> Watch out on those Dell power supplies.  They are proprietary and  
> they DO NOT offer upgrades.  You can't just swap in a bigger one if  
> you feel like it.  If you're going to build a Myth system, you  
> should buy standard components that can be upgraded as your needs  
> advance.
>

The same is true of their motherboards, a lot of them are not  
standard ATX form-factors.

Not that Dell is bad hardware, as long as you are aware of the  
limitations.

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