<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 4, 2006, at 4:38 AM, Razza wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="281102111-04112006">I have been playing with MythTV for a while and would now like to move the backend to a 'production' build. So before committing my hard earned cash and decreasing spare time to poorly speced machine and nightmare build, I thought best ask the experts! </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="281102111-04112006">I intend to run a backend only on Fedora Core 5 or 6, there will be 4 pci capture devices (2 x DVB-t and 2 x PVR-150's), initially there will be three hard drives (250GB each, 2 x SATA and 1 x PATA) configured with software raid 5 - although this may expand so more than two SATA ports would be good.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="281102111-04112006">I am really not bothered about Intel V's AMD from processor perspective or 32bit V's 64bit, just a working system at the end!</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="281102111-04112006">So does anyone have a similar set up and can advise on hardware?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="281102111-04112006">Cheers in advance.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have a very similar system, using an Asus mobo with a 754-pin Athlon64 3700+ (Clawhammer), 1GB of RAM, 3-250GB internal HDDs, 4-PVR-150s and an AGP nVidia 5700 video card. I use an external USB drive for archive storage.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Only real differences from what you describe is that I'm using 2 SATA HDDs in RAID-0 and have 4 PVRs instead of 2 DVBs and 2 PVRs. It's running as a combined F/E-B/E and not just a B/E. I'm sure a 5200 video card would work just as well as the 5700 but that's what I had hanging around. As a B/E the video card wouldn't matter anyway. The 250GB PATA drive is just for the system and is thus way overkill.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This system has run fine for many months, running a MythDora installation which is FC4-based but running in 32-bit mode. From what I've read there is nothing to be gained by running Myth on a 64-bit system.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You forgot to mention a UPS, which I consider essential for any Myth system.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But truly any reasonably modern system can run Myth. IMHO you are better of spending your money on things like more storage and a good UPS rather than PCIe video or dual-core CPUs at this time.</DIV></BODY></HTML>