[mythtv-users] Best configuration for current hardware

[Richard Shaw]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
>
>  > Just playing HD content only uses 30-50% CPU even without XvMC but
>  > even using the OSD causes small pauses in playback.
>
>  You didn't mention you were going to upgrade your processor. Of course
>  a faster processor will help your pause when displaying OSD but if
>  pausing for a moment when displaying your OSD doesn't bother you too
>  much, I say save your money until you can upgrade your motherboard and
>  get a much faster (dual core or the like) processor.
>

There's just not that many upgrade options for my motherboard since
it's socket 754. I found a Athlon 64 3200+ for under $100 but if I
were to do that I might as well get a new MB/CPU combo, but it would
cost even more since I'd likely have to buy DDR2 memory for a modern
system.

I think I'll go with the HD and Memory for now and move all the media
stuff to the new disk. I can deal with the slight pauses for now, the
biggest irritation is the BIG pauses when moving recordings out of the
ring buffer or comm flagging which I'm hoping these upgrades will help
with since I notice a lot of disk thrashing going on.

Thanks,
Richard