[mythtvnz] Newbie hardware help

Phill Coxon phill at getresults.co.nz
Thu Jan 31 11:01:05 GMT 2008


Hi everyone, 

I'm a newbie looking to set up a MythTV box and would like some feedback
& suggestions on hardware. 

At this stage I'm thinking of building a new computer which will  be
used mainly for MythTV but will also dual boot into Windows for family /
friends to play games PC games now and then.  

We have Sky so I want to record output from the sky decoder and have an
irblaster set up to control scheduling etc. 

Here's what I'm thinking as far as hardware.  Would you please give me
feedback and any suggestions - i.e.: certain motherboard chipsets to
avoid etc.

Intel E6750 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6GHZ CPU
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R Motherboard 
2Gb DDR2 800 RAM
Western Digital 320GB 7200RPM Drive
Albatron 8600GT-256XS Video Card
Hauppauge Wintv PVR 150 MCE 
Microsoft MCE remote control
Wireless keyboard & mouse 

I don't need a satellite card at the moment as I'm happy with Sky TV
(unless there's a NASA TV feed available off the sky satellite?)

Anything missing or anything that should be changed?

Any suggestions / feedback would be appreciated. 

Thanks!












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