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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have dabbled in installing MythTV on an old
system and have had enough success that I am now ready to install on a
system with sufficient power and storage for some real use. I have three systems
I could use and would like your recommendations on which one to
use:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>System1) P4 2.4G on ASUS P4S8X (SiS645 chipset) MB,
512MB RAM, GeForce4 Ti4200-128M</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>System2) Athlon XP2400 on ASUS A7V8X (Via KT400
chipset) MB, 512MB Ram, GeForce2 500-64M</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>System3) Athlon XP 2500-Mobile at 3200 OC on ABIT
AN7 (nVidia nForce2 400 chipset) MB, 512MB dual channel RAM, GeForce
5900XP-128M</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am ready to mix these systems up and modify their
OS and usage.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I currently only have one Hauppauge PVR-250, but
would like to add anoher one, plus possibly a pcHDTV card.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have seen on past posts that the prospect of HDTV
requires the fastest system possible. However, I would like to use system3 as my
game system. So I might have to forego the HDTV card and use system1 or system2.
I can move video cards around as necessary, so I just want to know which would
be the best fit for a MythTV system running Mandrake 10 (my Linux distro of
choice).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for the long winded description of my
question. You recommendations would be greatly appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Donn</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>