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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/18/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Roel Gielen</b> <<a href="mailto:r.gielen@home.nl">r.gielen@home.nl</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">MythTV wrote:<br><br>>If you check the archives I believe there was a lot of discussion around<br>>some tuner cards being a tight fit in the Pundit.
<br>><br>>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a><br>>[mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
</a>] On Behalf Of Roel Gielen<br>>Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:52 PM<br>>To: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Is this any good for mythtv?<br>
><br>>Ok its me again...<br>><br>>I figured it out. This is my list to buy:<br>><br>>Case/Motherboard:<br>>Asus Pundit-R 9100IGP<br>>Specs:<br>><a href="http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn">
http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn</a><br>>o=SBQA23&#tecData<br>><br>>Processor:<br>>Intel Celeron D 325 (2,53 Ghz)<br>>Specs:<br>><a href="http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn">
http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn</a><br>>o=HQCI44&#tecData<br>><br>>Memory:<br>>Corsair XMS DIMM 512 MB<br>>Specs:<br>><a href="http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn">
http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn</a><br>>o=I9ID6J&#tecData<br>><br>>TV-Tuner:<br>>Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 (comes with an remote control)<br>>Specs:<br>>
<a href="http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn">http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artn</a><br>>o=JK%23P32&#tecData<br>><br>>Are these "save" to buy? I mean no driver problems with linux/mythtv?
<br>>The tv tuner goes in another computer (amd 1800+) as backend. and the<br>>celeron + pundit-R + memory I use for the frontend (and other stuff a<br>>computer can)....<br>>Still not sure on the size of harddisk to chose.....
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</a><br>><br>><br>Ow good you point out, I'll check the archives ....<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org
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<div>I'd go with a Celeron Northwood (400 MHz front-side bus). They perform well and produce considerably less heat. I've heard that the Pundit-R BIOS increases the CPU fan speed by 900 rpm when it detects a Prescott-class (Celeron D) CPU. Celeron
2.6 MHz Northwood CPU's are only $65 on <a href="http://www.pricewatch.com/">www.pricewatch.com</a>.</div>
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<div>I have a Pundit (SiS not -R) and the PVR-250 is a tight fit. Basically, you temporarily bend the case to insert and remove the card. It doesn't do any damage, but it seems scary the first time you do it. Now I do it without even thinking about it.
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<div>For a hard drive, I'd go with a 200 GB Samsung SpinPoint PATA drive ($92 on pricewatch). They're very quite, run cool, and have ample performance for MythTV.</div>
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<div>I transcode all my shows so that a 1 hour show produces a 650 MB file (good for burning to CD-R). At this rate, a 200 GB drive gives you about 300 hours of space.</div>
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<div>I'm a real advocate of the Pundit as a base for MythTV systems. It's not perfect (the IEEE 1394 header and the 4-in-1 card reader are basically useless), but for ~$420 you can have a great MythTV system. Combined with MythDora and you've got a working system in minutes!
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