[mythtv-users] what do you think?

Justin Hart justinhart at gmail.com
Tue Sep 7 13:54:45 EDT 2004


Nice...  If I weren't using my old tower for mine I'd grab one of these puppies!

Justin


On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:32:51 -0500, Aaron Griffin
<aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Woah, so this Chaintech board has integrated Geforce 4 + Tv out? And
> supports DDR400... definately a step up.... perhaps I'll go with that.
> 
> On another topic, is there any processor choice which will aid in the
> heat issues presented by Ryan Steffes (not in this message, but
> hopefully the rest of the list got it)
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:31:25 -0500, Jason Lee <mythtv at theleehouse.net> wrote:
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> > Aaron Griffin wrote:
> >
> > | Antec Aria mATX Cube ($83.19)
> > | NVIDIA GeForce4 MX4000 Video Card ($45.11)
> > | Crucial 512MB PC2700 DDR DIMM Memory ($76.00)
> > | Athlon XP (Barton) 2500+ Processor ($89.00)
> > | MSI KM400 Athlon Motherboard ($51.00)
> > | Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250MCE ($71.33)
> > | Seagate Barracuda ST3200822A 200GB Hard Drive ($104.50)
> > | GD-2500 4x DVD-ROM ($34.00)
> >
> > I bought a Chaintech 7NIF2, as it has sound, video (the card you're
> > contemplating) and network all on board.  I haven't done the math
> > recently, but I bet you'll save money with the Chaintech.  The only
> > hitch with the Chaintech is the nForce2 chipset.  If you run a 2.4
> > kernel (Fedora Core 1, for example), you'll have to download the source
> > for the driver and get it on the box somehow.  With 2.6 (e.g., Fedora
> > Core 2), that's not an issue.  I'm extremely happy with my Chaintech board.
> >
> > jason
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