[mythtv-users] Cheap front end?

[Krzysztof Adamski]

On Sat, 2009-10-01 at 08:05 -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Friday 09 January 2009 23:22:40 John Drescher wrote:
> > > Fishing around on newegg, found this....
> > >
> > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883108197
> > >
> > > I'm not in the market, but it looks like it has an AGP slot so a 5200
> > > video card is possible....
> > >
> > > For $150 it would make a good FE....
> >
> > Only for analog. As far as cpu performance I would compare it to the
> > VIA offerings however this will use 3 times the power.
> >
> > As far as cpus go you will be much better off with an Atom. Or any
> > 65nm  Intel or AMD dual core clocked at the lowest power saving mode
> > 100% of the time.
> >
> > The case is not bad though. I mean some cases go for more than that...
> 
> If you were going to run Myth on the box, there's no need to pay for Windows. 
> You can get the same sort of thing cheaper with no OS:
> 
> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=IBMNVPIV26-2B&cat=SYS
> 
> But I agree it would strictly be an SD machine, and not very power efficient.
> 
> Machines in the P4 class are pretty cheap these days, but for a reason. They 
> are big, loud and power-hungry.
> 
> For an SD-only frontend you might think about an MVP

I have one of this (2.4 only) I use it as a spare test computer, I added
FX5200 and it works fine as a SD front end, HD is not really usable on
it.

Keep in mind that it is not a full height case and you need low profile
cards for it.

K