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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=734470614-04112006>Agree on the UPS etc. fortunately I already have that
covered for the Asterisk system, which is more essential than MythTV in the life
continuity stakes! ;o)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=734470614-04112006>I was thinking about a Gigabyte board (GA-M55plus-S3G)
as it already has a built in video card etc. and GB LAN (<A
href="http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2385&ProductName=GA-M55plus-S3G">http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2385&ProductName=GA-M55plus-S3G</A>),
what model is your board?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>On Nov 4, 2006,
at <SPAN class=734470614-04112006>13:49</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=734470614-04112006>Brian</SPAN> wrote:<BR
class=khtml-block-placeholder></FONT></FONT></FONT>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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>You forgot to mention a UPS, which I consider essential for any Myth
system.</DIV>
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<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>