[mythtv-users] CPU power and decoding

[Cory Papenfuss]

 	That's my plan for HD's.  Whatever drive you can 'net-hunt up for 
$120 is the best GB/$.  Currently now 250GB IIRC.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, William Powers wrote:

> FWIW, I usually follow a slightly modified version of the same procedure - I 
> buy whatever costs $150.  The same rule also works for video cards as long as 
> you don't mind playing the newest games on "medium" settings.
>
> Bill
>
> Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>
>>> The way I usually pick which CPU to buy is simple. I check the prices
>>> of all the available chips (usually AMD, Intel is just too expensive)
>>> and I find the point where the price stops incrementing in amounts of
>>> $10 or so and jumps into the $50+ range per model. I buy at this
>>> point. Pricewatch.com puts the Athlon 3000/Athlon 64 2800 at this
>>> pricepoint now. Sure you could get a slower processor, but for a few
>>> bux extra you get a whole lot more.
>> 
>> 
>>     I do roughly the same.  I refer to it as buying "the cutting edge of 
>> yesterday's technology."  Best bang/buck.
>> 
>> -Cory
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