<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">But honestly, building any machine other than a NAS device or perhaps<br>a file/print or even a mail server with less than 1GB of RAM is
<br>unusual these days, given the low prices. Certainly anything intended<br>to drive a monitor would have that much RAM unless put together from<br>the "junk drawer".<br></blockquote></div><br>Actually, that's not necessarily true. You can buy a pair of 512MB sticks for, what, $60 or $70? Split that between an FE and BE, and you save yourself... $60 or $70, which you can spend on a nice programmable remote, or heck, another capture card.
<br><br>Personally, I'm running an FE and BE with 512MB in each, and my system runs quite smoothly. However, mine is a purely SD setup, right now, and if I build an HD FE for my pipe-dream home theatre system, I'll go with a GB.
<br><br>Brett.<br>