[mythtv-users] Zotac ID41 as frontend

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Tue May 28 14:18:07 UTC 2013


On 28/05/13 13:11, Per Jessen wrote:
> Josu Lazkano wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am planning to change my old frontend and repleace it with a Zotac
>> ID41 ION1 based box.
>>
>> I have some questions about it:
>>
>> 1. I read on the official Zotac web that it support 2x204-pin DDR2-800
>> SO-DIMM. Do you recommend to use both slots? Is enough with 2x1GB
>> (DDR2-800)?
>
> My current Mythfrontend has 1Gb, more than plenty imo.
>
>> 2. I will add a 8GB SSD drive for the OS, is this enough?
>
> You _can_ cut it down to that, but it is a bit on a small side.
>
I'm surprised you can find one that small any more. When I sourced some end of 
2012 the smallest I could find were 32GB at 32.45 GBP each. Needless to say 32Gb 
is overkill for a system plus a database, but who cares? No moving parts, no 
noise, what's not to like?

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Mike Perkins



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