[mythtvnz] Hardware Recommendations

[rob at webworxshop.com]

On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:23:46 +1300, tortise wrote:
> On 9/10/2011 3:33 p.m., rob at webworxshop.com wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:13:24 +1200, AlanP wrote:
>>> At 01:57 p.m. 9/10/2011, you wrote:
>>>> Please note the WD "green" drives when in Raid or LVM extents mode
>>>> wear
>>>> out the heads very quickly unless you flash a firmware hack.
>>>
>>> Just did a brief google, and WD's website is very cagey about the
>>> actual
>>> speed of the Green series. They claim that it will perform
>>> "comparably" to
>>> a 7200rpm drive...
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm a cynic, but it seems a bit like weasel words to me.
>>>
>>
>> My understanding was that they were more like 5400 drives, but I 
>> can't
>> remember where I heard that.
>
> I expect, without having done any research, that they run at 5900 or
> possibly even with a variable speed.
>
> My advise is to get a fast SSD for the Main OS, NVIDIA card is 
> critical
> and CPU with the first two is not at all critical. A slow dual core 
> cpu
> equiv to a 2G C2D is plenty. A 3G duo would be worthwhile if you want 
> to
> other non HD GPU video such as VLC. 2G or maybe 4G of RAM can be 
> good,
> depending on what you wish to do and use a separate drives(s) for 
> storage.
>
> For example a 128G SSD and a 2 or 3TB 5900rpm HDD for video storage
> would well satisfy many people.
>

Yes, I have been considering using an SSD for the system partition. It 
might just come down to a matter of cost/benefit in the end.

Rob