[mythtvnz] Suggestions for a MythTV Box

Steven Ellis mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:10:39 +1200


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
> similar (I want a silver HT case)
>
> Athlon64X2 4800+ 2000MHz HyperTransport AM2 64Bit
> GA-M61PM-S2 GeForce6100 DDR2 800 PCI-EX16 mATX
Look at the Asus M2NPV-VM. The integrated graphics will mean you won't
need the graphics card. Shame there isn't a full size ATX equivalent.
> Seagate Single 250Gb 7200rpm SATA 3Gb/s 8Mb cache
320Gb is cheap now. Bigger=Better
> 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?
>
Nice.

Steve

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