[mythtv-users] MythTV Hardware Upgrade Questions

[James Oltman]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:31 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 09:27:36AM +1000, Julius Roberts wrote:
> > On 26 June 2011 02:31, Aaron <aaron at rb303.net> wrote:
> > > So I want to upgrade my hardware from a Quad Core Intel (q8200) to a
> > > Six Core AMD (1055T) system.
> >
> > You're upgrading your supercomputer for a faster supercomputer??
>
> ...not sure if the new system is going to be faster really. Will probably
> run cooler though. I made this transition myself when I managed to knock
> the CPU fan loose in my last box.
>
> [deletia]
>
>   Extra CPUs are great for background jobs if you happen to have a lot
> of tuners. Faster cores are better if you need to do software decoding
> of any video.
>
>
This is true, however, most people won't need that beef.  Simply because
you're not going to be running 6+ streams at once + trancoding.  If I were
OP, I'd leave the Intel, and just upgrade the video card to an nVidia
430GT.  HDMI Video and audio with HD codec support.
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