On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM, John Stepien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hackerbeavis@yahoo.com">hackerbeavis@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div>I would like to build an Ubuntu box that will serve as a back end for Myth, and I **MAY** make it a front end at some point as well. If it ends up serving as a FE, it will get a discrete nVidia GPU. Size and noise is not a concern with this box, as it will sit in another room from the TV. Here is what I would like to do with this box:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1). MythTV backend.</div><div>2). Commercial flagging.<br></div><div>3). Mythweb server.</div><div>4). Run sshd so I can get in from
work.</div><div>5). Syslog server for DD-WRT router logs.</div><div>6). Transmission bittorrent server.</div><div>7). Storage for media such as photos and music. Music will be accessed by a Windows PC with iTunes for synchronization with iPhone.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For MythTV, I have an HDHomeRun Prime (3 tuners), which I believe
sends MPEG2 directly to Myth, so there is no encoding that Myth needs to do with this if I am correct. All content is HD, and I do routinely record HD with all three tuners at once. While recording is taking place, I may be viewing HD recordings on up to 2 frontends at once. Live TV is not used at this point, and I do not anticipate needing it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The processors I'm considering are either a Core i5-2405S Sandy Bridge 2.5GHz (3.3GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 65W or a Core i7-2600S Sandy Bridge 2.8GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 65W, and there is about a $90 price difference between these two processors. <br>
</div><div><br></div><div>So my question is, will the i5 handle these tasks with a little room to spare, or do I need the i7? I don't want to pay for CPU that won't get used, but I don't want to come up short, either. </div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have the original Core i5-750 as my backend and it sits idle much of the time with HDHR and HD-PVR recorders. I would think the newer Core i5 you mention would be plenty of horsepower for your needs.</div>
<div><br></div><div>/Brian/</div></div>