[mythtvnz] Suggestions for a MythTV Box

Nick Rout mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:45:12 +1200 (NZST)


On Fri, June 1, 2007 12:34 pm, Craig Whitmore wrote:
> I'm looking at building up a new mythtv box.
>
> I am looking at are below stuff. Does anyone have any opinions or alike
> about the bits? or can supply all the below at a cheap price? or simila=
r
> (I
> want a silver HT case)
>
> Athlon64X2 4800+ 2000MHz HyperTransport AM2 64Bit
> GA-M61PM-S2 GeForce6100 DDR2 800 PCI-EX16 mATX
> Seagate Single 250Gb 7200rpm SATA 3Gb/s 8Mb cache

Too small - but then again *any* hard drive will be too small eventually!

> Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5
> GIGABYTE: GV-NX73G128D GeForce 7300GS PCI-EX16
> Silverstone SST-LC16M
> Enermax EG565P-VE24P
>
>
> Zalman HD160/HD135 (These are expensive, anyone have a spare one?), I'd
> rather have one of these?
>

My whole mythtv box cost less than that case!



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Nick Rout