[mythtv-users] Intel Celeron Processor G1820 for Combined FE/BE?

[Peter Bennett (cats22)]

On 04/19/2014 01:15 AM, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:27:22 PM Andrew Leech wrote:
>> I was previously running on an i3-530 in a basically identical setup and 
>> it worked just fine for the same kinds of playback.
>> http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/221/Intel_Celeron_Dual-Core_G1820_vs_Intel_
>> Core_i3_i3-530.html 
>>
>>
>> Based on this I think you would be fine with the celeron, it looks 
>> pretty similar according to the comparisons really. Most likely 
>> difference could come from the number of threads, basically having to 
>> share the two threads between frontend, backend, mysql and system may 
>> get a little tights, but when I'm watching and recording shows, htop 
>> usually just shows two of the threads in high use on my system anyway, 
>> there's often a couple of threads pretty much idle.
>
> Thanks for the feedback Andrew, much appreciated.
>
> Alas, I have to delay my plans - bathroom has sprung a leak and resources are 
> tight :(
>
I recommend buy a $20 nvidia graphics adapter. Nvidia Gforce 210 - there
are many brands and it seems there is always one available with a rebate
that brings the price down to $20.

I have an ancient Pentium 32 bit system from 2005 and it happily records
4 HD programs while watching an HD program at the same time with no
delays, hesitation or problems.

Peter