[mythtv-users] Building a Simple, Barebones, Minimalist, Cheap Backend

[Ivan Kowalenko]

Hey all. It seems my repurposed HP Pavilion is giving me some trouble,  
and this might just be the excuse I need for a new back end system.  
I'm looking at making something smallish (mini-tower or smaller,  
hopefully), low powered (Geode or Atom might be cool), and cheap (Sub- 
$250, circa-$100 hopefully). I've already got a capture card  
(PVR-150), and a pair of hard disks (one 6GB drive for the OS, one 250  
GB drive for recordings, both PATA), and I'm not looking for any real  
playback capabilities (I use my laptop as an incidental front-end as  
I'm the only user of the system). Any advice on where to find  
hardware? I've looked around at NewEgg and TigerDirect, so far I've  
got an OK system put together for about $125, but it's using a Via C3,  
and I have no idea what those things are like. Any advice?

Thanks for your time!