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Luke Olson wrote:
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<div>Hey all, just found this list and i am loving it.</div>
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<div>I will be building a Front end box for a friend that knows a
moderate amount about computers, so i want to build a box set it up,
and never have to chage it again. Fat chance i know. Just wanted to
run a list of components by you and hope that everything you see will
be good. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I am planning on installing KnoppMyth on it and am also
wondering about install issues i might have </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thanks for all the help in advance.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">Case</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><a
href="http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases"><font
face="Times New Roman">
http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases</font></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>$132.95</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">Tuner Card</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b
style=""><font face="Times New Roman">HD-3000</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><a
href="http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html"><font face="Times New Roman">http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html</font></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>$169.98</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">OR</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual TV Tuner &
FM Radio</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><a
href="http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html"><font
face="Times New Roman">http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html
</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><a
href="http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/hauppauge-wintvpvr500mce/cName/pvr-cardstv-tuners"><font
face="Times New Roman">
http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/hauppauge-wintvpvr500mce/cName/pvr-cardstv-tuners</font></a><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>$169.99</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">Video Card</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b
style=""><font face="Times New Roman">Geforce Fx 5200</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><a
href="http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html"><font
face="Times New Roman">http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html
</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>$54.99</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">Main Board</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span><span
style="">MSI KT880 Delta-FSR Socket A Mainboard (MS-7047)
</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b
style=""><a href="http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html"><font
face="Times New Roman">http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html
</font></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>$69.99</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">CPU</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>Athlon 2800+</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><span
style=""><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><a
href="http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html">
<font face="Times New Roman">http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html</font></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>$119.99</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">RAM</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>1GB 3200 DDR
400Mhz</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><span
style=""><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><a
href="http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html">
<font face="Times New Roman">http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html</font></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">$119.99</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">Hard Drive</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>Seagate
Barracuda 300GB SATA</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b
style=""><a href="http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html"><font
face="Times New Roman">http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html
</font></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">$189.99</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">DVD RW</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>Pioneer Dual
Layer DVD+-RW (Black)</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b
style=""><a href="http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html"><font
face="Times New Roman">http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html
</font></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style=""> </span>$69.99</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><font
face="Times New Roman">Sound Card</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><span
style=""><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></b><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
Chaintech AV-710 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card w/ SPDIF</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">
</span><a href="http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html">http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html
</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">
</span>$29.99</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Luke</span></b></p>
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For the motherboard I highly recommend avoiding the via chipsets based
on what other here have gone through. Search
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?list=mythtv&do=search_results&search_forum=forum_1&search_string=via+chipset&search_type=AND">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?list=mythtv&do=search_results&search_forum=forum_1&search_string=via+chipset&search_type=AND</a>
if you like. MSI makes some good nVidia chipset boards. Here is my
rig <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bronosky.com/index.php?p=21">http://www.bronosky.com/index.php?p=21</a> (Some of the newegg links
fail now as the product offerings change, but the descriptions are
complete and valid.)<br>
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