<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Bruce Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:acaferacer@gmail.com" target="_blank">acaferacer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div class="h5"><br><br>On 8 November 2013 12:57, Alex Marshall <<a href="mailto:alexmnz@yahoo.com" target="_blank">alexmnz@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>> 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>> Case: Antec New Solution NSK 4000-B II Mid Tower Case, Black/Silver<br>> Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Motherboard, Socket AM3+, AMD 760G, 2xDDR3, 1xPCIe-16, 1xPCIe-1, VGA, DVI, RAID, M-ATX<br>> CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6 GHz, Socket FM2, Trinity<br>
> Hard drive: Western Digital Green WD20EZRX Hard Disk Drive, 2000GB, 5400-7200rpm, 64MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s<br>> Memory: G.Skill RipjawsX F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL, 2x2GB, DDR3-1600, PC3-12800, CL9, DIMM <br>> Keyboard: Logitech Desktop MK120 Keyboard & Mouse, USB, Black<br>
> Power supply: Silverstone Strider Essential ST40F-ES, 400W ATX PSU, Active PFC, Black<br>> TV Tuner: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-2210<br>> TV Tuner Card 2: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1110<br>><br>> My questions are as follows:<br>
> 1. This seems quite expensive to watch and record TV how can I cut the cost<br>> 2. Was thinking of dropping storage to 1TB as only using PC for one purpose. Is this enough<br>> 3. Do I need a Video card for playback or will onboard graphics processor on CPU cope<br>
> 4. Will this set-up be quiet enough for the living room.<br>> 5. Does anyone have a better configuration using parts I can still buy now.<br><br></div></div>Hi,<br>Can do a working setup for cheaper<br><br>HP XW4600 Workstation Intel Dual Core<br>
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<div><br></div><div>Yes well you are going to do better with second hand! Also that machine has a 73GB hard drive which you could install the OS on and have a separate drive for recordings, which is a much better arrangement all round. Also has 5 internal and one external sata connector. Hell I might buy it myself!!<br>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br>Galaxy Geforce GT630 2GB DVI, HDMI, VGA<br>
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</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Has a fan :(<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br>
Hauppauge DVB-T Card HVR 2200<br>
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<br></div>+ a 1 to 2 TB drive of your choice.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am pretty sure 3TB might be the sweet spot now.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>This is just an example of a reasonably priced system. I would start with 1 dual tuner and get another later if you get conflicts. You will want a NVIDIA card, probably not a bottom end 210 or 610. I hate excessive fan noise, but I would think this system will be very quiet while idling or just recording or watching TV.<br>
<br></div><div>Cheers<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Bruce<br><br></font></span></div>
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