[mythtv-users] Building a system from scratch

[Jeremy Hanmer]

I'm running a Shuttle SK41G with an Nvidia 440MX agp card and an athlon
1800+ and am very happy with it.  Complete specs are:

512mb memory
40 gig boot drive
external 120 gig firewire drive for storage
Hauppauge WinTV-dbx capture card (using the provided remote)
NEC DVD-+r/rw for backup

The whole thing cost probably $650 (you could obviously save quite a bit
by only having 1 internal drive and no dvd burner).

If you're comfortable with linux, I'd suggest Gentoo above all others. 
Otherwise, I'm not really sure since I haven't used anything but gentoo
and debian in quite a while.

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 14:36, jack williamson wrote:
> Thanks for all of the information about the AverTV studio card.
> 
> I think I am just going to start from scratch and build a new system.
> 
> So what would you recommend?
> 
> Distro?
> Processor?
> Video Card?
> Tuner Card?
> Motherboard?
> How much Memory?
> What about harddrive space?
> Remote?
> 
> I want something I can build on and maybe use as both a front end and a back 
> end for a system in my dedroom.  I am looking the cleanest, easiest setup.
> 
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