[mythtvnz] Suggestions for a MythTV Box

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:35:58 +1200

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Steven Ellis wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">Craig Whitmore wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">I'm looking at building up a new mythtv box.

I am looking at are below stuff. Does anyone have any opinions or
alike about the bits? or can supply all the below at a cheap price? or
similar (I want a silver HT case)

Athlon64X2 4800+ 2000MHz HyperTransport AM2 64Bit
GA-M61PM-S2 GeForce6100 DDR2 800 PCI-EX16 mATX
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  <pre wrap=""><!---->Look at the Asus M2NPV-VM. The integrated graphics will mean you won't
need the graphics card. Shame there isn't a full size ATX equivalent.
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Second that, I am using the M2NPV-VM, not only built in graphics, but
HD video out also!<br>
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    <pre wrap="">Seagate Single 250Gb 7200rpm SATA 3Gb/s 8Mb cache
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  <pre wrap=""><!---->320Gb is cheap now. Bigger=Better
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    <pre wrap="">Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5
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Rethink the speed of the ram. 800 DDR2 is real expensive, you may well
just find that the 667 DDR2 is going to be more than fast enough, and
is almost half the price!<br>
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    <pre wrap="">GIGABYTE: GV-NX73G128D GeForce 7300GS PCI-EX16
Silverstone SST-LC16M
Enermax EG565P-VE24P

Zalman HD160/HD135 (These are expensive, anyone have a spare one?),
I'd rather have one of these?

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  <pre wrap=""><!---->Nice.

Steve

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