<div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Would a 2.8 GHZ celeron and 512 mb of memory do alright with mythtv?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I have a Sempron LE-1200 (2.1GHz) which feels about as slow as a 2.8Ghz Celeron. All HD channels fine in conjunction with my 8500GT. It can only do one thing at a time though - transcodes are slower than a wet week. <br>
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Has a half length, 1 lane PCI Express slot in it.<br>
Are these cards available fairly cheaply?</blockquote><div><br>I know HP do a PCI-e 1x 8400 GS 256MB card which is available in NZ:<br><a href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06c/A10-51210-64268-348724-64268-3454917-3454918-3454921.html">http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06c/A10-51210-64268-348724-64268-3454917-3454918-3454921.html</a><br>
<br>I've never used one though so it would be a leap of faith. Also, with the distributor listing it at $170 for just the card, it would be worth more than the PC you are considering.<br><br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
What would be a good price in your opinion?</blockquote><div><br>I wouldn't pay more than $100 for the PC if it is in good nick. <br></div></div><br>