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<p class="MsoNormal">I just built a new system and wanted to open up some discussion. I did a lot of research, and think that this system would be great for others looking to build a new system. Just wanted to get some feedback from the community.<br>
</p><br><br>Use case:<br><p class="MsoNormal">MythBuntu as the main OS and running Windows XP in VMware.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">System:<br>
GIGABYTE GA-770TA-UD3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail<br></p><div style="margin-left: 40px;">4 PCI Ports for legacy PVR cards. On-Board Fire Wire for cable box control. Future Compatability for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0<br>
</div><br>AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Model HDX945WFGIBOX - Retail<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Plan to do video editing on this system and lots of transcoding HDTV recordings to H.264, thus the Quad Core.<br>
Still have to do some research on multi-threaded transcoding...<br></div><br>A-DATA Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600GB2G9-AG - Retail<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">
Lots of RAM for virtual machine.<br></div><br>MSI N210-MD512H GeForce 210 512MB 64-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card - Retail<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Cheap fanless GT 210 card for half of the price of a 220. Have not heard good review on 210 but no fanless 220 found on newegg and 220 w/fans are twice the price. Next bump was $90 for a GTS 240. Will upgrade to a GTS 220 fanless when they are cheaper. However, this review is pretty damning of the 210: <a href="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf-210-gt220_7.html">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf-210-gt220_7.html</a><br>
Anyone have feedback on this review?<br></div><br>Rosewill R5605-BK 0.8mm Japanese Cold Rolled Steel Front Mesh Design Dual 120mm Fans ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail<br>Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply - Retail<br>
<br>System Cost = $450<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">-Brian<br></p>