[mythtv-users] Dell PowerEdge 400SC and ATI 8500DV
Kirby Vandivort
kvandivo at ks.uiuc.edu
Fri Aug 29 15:19:48 EDT 2003
As long as we are talking deals...
I think it would probably be worth spending the extra $50 (to $349)
and going with :
the Dimension 2400 Celeron 2.2Ghz 256MB/80GB HD, CD-ROM,
Free MS Office, XP Home $349 shipped free.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 02:43:22PM -0400, John Girouard wrote:
> I appreciate the prompt replies, and now that I've gone back through the
> archives (downloading 49MB file and searching... there's got to be a better
> way than that!) and seen what you mean about the craptasticality of the AIW
> cards, I certainly appreciate the kind tone! Oh well... guess I'm in the
> market for a new capture card. PVR 250 seems to get good reviews.
>
> $299 is spendy?!?! I'd certainly add more RAM to it, drop my existing
> ATA133 160GB drive in it, and upgrade to at least the P4 2.4, though. I'm
> looking to replace a PIII 733 that doesn't play nice w/ Linux (3com net
> card always gets IRQ 0, which obviously doesn't work so good). Thanks for
> the pointers!
>
> -John
>
> Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> >On Friday, Aug 29, 2003, at 10:13 US/Pacific, Cedar wrote:
> >
> >>John Girouard wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I was wondering if anyone has successfully setup Myth-TV on a
> >>>Dell PowerEdge 400SC.
> >>><http://www.xpbargains.com/jump.php?deal=dellsb&arg=http://
> >>>configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/
> >>>config.aspx?cs=04&oc=PE400SCSAPP&m_1=420CSC&m_3=128M1D3&m_8=40GB&c=us&
> >>>l=en&kc=6W463>
> >>>I was planning on purchasing one and dropping my ATI All-in-Wonder
> >>>Radeon 8500DV card into it. Thanks!
> >>>
> >>>-John
> >>>
> >>All-in_Wonder cards won't work for capture with mythtv. Search the
> >>archives for lots (and lots) of discussion of this issue.
> >
> >
> >Yeah, you're SOL on the AIW, but there's no reason a Dell PowerEdge
> >400SC won't work as your base for a MythTV box (though it is a bit
> >spendy, all things considered). And definitely get more than the base
> >128MB of RAM. Some people are happy w/256, while some still get
> >swapping at that point. At least 384 should eliminate all swapping.
> >There's really no need for ECC memory either. And a 40GB hard drive is
> >a touch on the small side if you're going to do much recording.
> >Personally, I think you could do far better than that system, and for
> >less money...
> >
> >--Jarod
> >
> >
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