[mythtvnz] Hardware Recommendations

[Bruce Wilson]

I bought a Gigabyte GT430 like this
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/video-cards/pciexpress/auction-412049597.htm
The fans are really quiet. It is a modern card, does full VDPAU.


On 4 October 2011 22:04, Rob Connolly <rob at webworxshop.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm moving towards buiding a dedicated Myth box/home server system and
> am looking for hardware recommendations. It will be a
> front-end-back-end system and I'm also toying with the idea of moving
> my current VPS setup onto it as a KVM virtual machine. There will also
> probably be no end of other uses I can find for it once it's actually
> in place and running.
>
> With all this to consider I'm thinking that the machine will have to be
> fairly beefy. I've been looking at the new AMD Processors (specifically
> the A8-3850 [0]), but I'm not sure whether to go for that or swallow
> the extra cost of an i5. The integrated graphics in the AMD processors
> is of little interest as I'll probably go for an Nvidia card so that I
> can run VDPAU (assuming the integrated graphics can be turned off?).
>
> As I'm going to be running the thing in my living room noise and power
> usage are also concerns, so any tips there will be well received.
>
> I haven't built a PC in a few years, so all recommendations are welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rob Connolly
>
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