On 1/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Justin Luitjens</b> <<a href="mailto:luitjens@cs.utah.edu">luitjens@cs.utah.edu</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Thank you for your suggestions. I do see a few potential problems with<br>this setup though. There are only 3 PCI slots. That leaves room for my<br>PVR-350 PVR-500 and a sound card. In the future if I wanted to add HD i
<br>would not have room for these tuners. </blockquote><div><br>Well, you could probably find a similar MB w/ 5 PCI slots for not a lot more money, but assuming you were stuck with 3 PCI slots in your current configuration, I would advocate ditching the sound card first, and then possibly dropping the PVR-350, too. I mean, how often are you going to watch 4 simultaneous programs?
<br><br>Of course, another option is to get a USB (PInnacle and Hauppagge make them now) or network (HD HomeRun) HD capture device. <br><br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
That may or may not be a<br>problem. Also if i'm upgrading the whole machine, I'd be willing to put<br>in a bit of my own money (up to $100) also opening up my options. I'm<br>thinking it would be better to move to a PCI-express video
<br>card/motherboard in order to keep the machine forward compatible as long<br>as possible as AGP seems to be a dieing technology. Do you have any<br>suggestions on a montheboard/graphics card that could fit these needs?
</blockquote><div><br>In the case that your budget was $250 or so, I would suggest adding a case, a power supply, and a DVD burner t<br> </div><br></div>