Hi,<br><br>I'm thinking about setting up MythTV for the first time.<br><br>I've recently managed to get hold of a Compaq Evo 500 Small Form Factor PC (D5S) similar to the one here: <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1386319">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1386319</a><br>
<br>I've only got the motherboard and case at the moment, but I'm aiming to purchase the rest (RAM, CPU, HDD, Graphics Card) giving me:<br>
<br>Pentium 4 1.7Ghz Processor (Socket 478)<br>512MB RAM<br>120GB HDD<br><br>Unfortunately the case isn't too high so I need a half height AGP Card and there is only one PCI slot (although on-board sound).<br><br>I want to be able to watch and record live digital TV (as I'm living in the UK) through mythtv (perhaps using XBMC which I currently have operating as the frontend).<br>
<br>Can you let me know whether this spec would be up to the challenge. I presume because there is only 1 PCI card, I wouldn't be able to watch live tv and record another channel at the same time as I'd need two tuners.<br>
<br>Any thoughts about tuners and graphics card would be helpful too (is it possible to find one at half height?)<br><br><br>Many thanks,<br><br><br>Mark<br><br><br><br>I've only got the motherboard and case at the moment but when I purchase the Intel celeron processor (Intel 815e chipset socket 478) and ram, it'll give me a Pentium 4 1.7Ghz Processor with 512MB RAM.<br>
<br><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Mark Golledge<br>E: <a href="mailto:mark@markgolledge.com" target="_blank">mark@markgolledge.com</a><br><br>