<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Alex Marshall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexmnz@yahoo.com" target="_blank">alexmnz@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span></span></div><div> 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>Case: <span> </span>Antec New
Solution NSK 4000-B II Mid Tower Case, Black/Silver</div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">Motherboard: Gigabyte
GA-78LMT-S2P Motherboard, Socket AM3+, AMD 760G, 2xDDR3, 1xPCIe-16, 1xPCIe-1,
VGA, DVI, RAID, M-ATX</div>
<div>CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6 GHz, Socket FM2, Trinity</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>More than sufficient I would say, you need next to no processing power except if you are (a) transcoding (b) commflagging or (c) relying on your CPU for playback. Personally I would go for a celeron or similar or the AMD equivalent and buy a fanless GT610 nvidia graphics card. CPU choice will of course affect motherboard too.<br>
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<div>Hard drive: Western Digital Green WD20EZRX Hard Disk Drive,
2000GB, 5400-7200rpm, 64MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You will never have enough disk capacity and although you could start with 1TB to save $, you'll regret it if (like me) you don't like deleting stuff.<br>
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<div>Memory:<span> </span>G.Skill
RipjawsX F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL, 2x2GB, DDR3-1600, PC3-12800, CL9, DIMM<span> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>2GB is more than sufficient<br></div><div>
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<div>Keyboard:<span> </span>Logitech
Desktop MK120 Keyboard & Mouse, USB, Black</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>I know keyboards are cheap but you don't need one, or a mouse, except with initial setup. Beg or borrow from another PC then disconnect and forget.<br>
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<div>Power supply: Silverstone Strider Essential ST40F-ES, 400W
ATX PSU, Active PFC, Black</div>
<div>TV Tuner: <span> </span>Hauppauge
WinTV HVR-2210</div>
<div>TV Tuner Card 2: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1110</div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ditch those and get a HDHR from Hadley.<br><br></div><div>you forgot a remote, spend US$15 for a sapphire <a href="http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/">http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/</a><br>
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<div><div> My questions are as follows:</div><div>
</div><div style="margin-left:18pt">1. This seems quite expensive to
watch and record TV how can I cut the cost </div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">2. Was thinking of dropping storage
to 1TB as only using PC for one purpose. Is this enough<br></div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">3. Do I need a Video card for playback or will onboard graphics processor on CPU cope<br></div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">4. Will this set-up be quiet enough
for the living room.</div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">5. Does anyone have a better
configuration using parts I can still buy now.</div><span class=""><font color="#888888">
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<br><br></font></span></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div>Alex Marshall<br><br></div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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