<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv4428974227"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv4428974227"><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21422"><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21421" class="yiv4428974227" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_9_1383783997884_8"><span></span></div><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_9_1383783997884_10"> Hi Thanks for all your responses to my first ever post. Very helpful.<br><br>I am looking at hardware configuration now. So for a combined front/back end running MythTV and potentially MythWeb in
the future. <br>TV recording and watching only and must do HD to my Panasonic Vierra through HDMI.<br><br>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21528" class="yiv4428974227">Case: <span id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_86" style=""> </span>Antec New
Solution NSK 4000-B II Mid Tower Case, Black/Silver</div>
<div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21527" class="yiv4428974227">Motherboard: Gigabyte
GA-78LMT-S2P Motherboard, Socket AM3+, AMD 760G, 2xDDR3, 1xPCIe-16, 1xPCIe-1,
VGA, DVI, RAID, M-ATX</div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21526" class="yiv4428974227">CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6 GHz, Socket FM2, Trinity</div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21525" class="yiv4428974227">Hard drive: Western Digital Green WD20EZRX Hard Disk Drive,
2000GB, 5400-7200rpm, 64MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s</div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_70" class="yiv4428974227">Memory:<span style=""> </span>G.Skill
RipjawsX F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL, 2x2GB, DDR3-1600, PC3-12800, CL9, DIMM<span style=""> </span></div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_73" class="yiv4428974227">Keyboard:<span style=""> </span>Logitech
Desktop MK120 Keyboard & Mouse, USB, Black</div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_76" class="yiv4428974227">Power supply: Silverstone Strider Essential ST40F-ES, 400W
ATX PSU, Active PFC, Black</div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_79" class="yiv4428974227">TV Tuner: <span style=""> </span>Hauppauge
WinTV HVR-2210</div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_82" class="yiv4428974227">TV Tuner Card 2: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1110</div><br><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21657" class="yiv4428974227"> My questions are as follows:</div><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21657" class="yiv4428974227">
</div><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21738" class="yiv4428974227" style="margin-left:18.0pt;">1. This seems quite expensive to
watch and record TV how can I cut the cost </div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21739" class="yiv4428974227" style="margin-left:18.0pt;">2. Was thinking of dropping storage
to 1TB as only using PC for one purpose. Is this enough<br></div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_1_1383783997884_21740" class="yiv4428974227" style="margin-left:18.0pt;">3. Do I need a Video card for playback or will onboard graphics processor on CPU cope<br></div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_160" class="yiv4428974227" style="margin-left:18.0pt;">4. Will this set-up be quiet enough
for the living room.</div>
<div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_11_1383783997884_163" class="yiv4428974227" style="margin-left:18.0pt;">5. Does anyone have a better
configuration using parts I can still buy now.</div>
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<br><br></div><div id="yiv4428974227yui_3_13_0_9_1383783997884_12">Alex Marshall<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>