[mythtv-users] recommendations for building new FE/BE HDTV system?

[Bill Williamson]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John-Marc Chandonia <jmc at dolorespark.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    I'm upgrading a combined FE/BE box to be able to handle HDTV.  I
> have a D-Vine HTPC case that I will use with the new system, but the
> mobo/cpu need to be upgraded, and I plan to use DVI or HDMI out to
> replace the PVR-350 that I currently use for output (I plan to keep
> the 350 and a 500 as SD tuners, and add at least one HD tuner, either
> a HDHomeRun, firewire to a STB, or the new Hauppauge HD PVR to capture
> video from a STB).  My receiver has coax digital in, and no optical.
>
>    Any thoughts on the Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H?  I see it was
> discussed briefly on this list a few months ago--are people still
> happy with it?  It looks like the integrated graphics will work well
> with all types of VDPAU decoding.
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128363
>
>    It looks like I'll need to use my current coax SPDIF connector to
> attach to the header on the mobo, and I'll need to buy a cable to
> connect the parallel cable header on the mobo to the LCD display on my
> case (which is driven by a parallel port).
>
>    Can anybody confirm whether or not the fan connectors on this
> board can be controlled through ACPI under linux?  My case has 2
> large fans in the back, but I don't want them to be constantly
> running.
>
>    Is the Wolfdale 2.8GHz CPU sufficient power to decode anything
> that's currently out there?
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115206
> or should I go with one with a the faster FSB--e.g., the 3.16 GHz:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
>
>    Have other people tried replacing the CPU fan with a passive
> cooling system, or adding passive cooling to this board?  I've seen
> reviews that it runs hot, but remains stable.
>
>    Is 4Gb of memory sufficient for this system?  Are you running
> a IA-64 linux distribution, or a 32-bit distro?
>
>    I will probably get 2 WD Green 1TB drives, and run them in
> (software) RAID-0 for storing recordings.  I'll put long-term
> storage on NFS, over a gigabit network.
>
>    Finally, any recommendation on power supplies?  I currently
> use a fairly quiet 350W Ahanix PSU, if that's sufficient power
> to run this system.
>
> Thanks,
> JMC
> --
> John-Marc Chandonia (jmc at dolorespark.org)
> http://www.dolorespark.org/
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Why raid 0?
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