[mythtv-users] Looking to build my first MythTV box--in search of advice!

Mike Kobler mkobler at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 13:13:22 UTC 2005


On 6/7/05, Peter Schmitt <pschmitt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am currently in the possession of:
> ATX case
> dell-style motherboard running Pheonix bios
> Pentium 2, 450-mhz processor
> 288mb ram
> GeForce MX 440
> hard drive space isn't a problem. (I currently have a spare 40 Gig and
> I'm willing to move a 200 Gb drive from my main desktop)
> 
> First question:  Will this be powerful enough for what I want?  I'm
> really concerned with horrible performance for the PVR.

I'm currently running myth on a PII 350.  I offload commerical
flagging to another box, but
the PII is able to record/playback just fine with a 350.  I don't
think the PII could
handle doing playback on its own.

mike


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