[mythtvnz] Rig Recommendations

[Jeremy Lamb]

Getting up there price-wise but the HP dc7000 SFF series are simply awesome
as a Myth box; small, reliable, fast and damn quiet. If you aren't doing HD
ex-lease ones can be had pretty cheap now but that's kinda moving away from
the 'powerful' factor you mentioned.

It's a shame the BTX form factor never caught on with the home-brew market,
IMHO it's very well suited to this sort of task. :(

Cheers

Jeremy


On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Sam Banks <dodgywhitemaori at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> I am about to build a new Mythtv rig, to accomodate for the fact that
> multirec now works so well (and some of my arcade games are struggling a
> bit) and would appreciate any advice/experience regarding hardware.
>
> Heres the gear I have decided on:
>
> 1tb Sata drive
>
> 4gb Ram
>
> Technotrend S-1401 DVB-S Card
>
> I am leaning towards a shuttle case as space is at a premium, any pro's or
> cons here cooling or otherwise? Any other case recommendations?
>
> I am leaning towards an Intel quad core due to personal preference but
> would consider AMD if there was an advantage there.
>
> I want this to be silent! That is one of the prime objectives, aside from
> power of course.
>
> Cheers
>
> Sam
>
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