[mythtv-users] ATA 33 fast enough?

Scott Alfter mythtv at salfter.dyndns.org
Thu Jan 12 17:12:24 UTC 2006


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bic1 at optonline.net wrote:
> I have an old P 3 @ 450 mhz slot 1 cpu and an ATA 33 IDE / motherboard
> laying around.  Is this fast enough for PVR 150?  I am considering making it
> a backend with an AMD 1.2 ghz PVR 350 frontend.

I'm running a cobbled-together security DVR (a PVR-150 and a few small shell
scripts, running on Linux and Samba) on a 300-MHz K6-2.  Since the card is
probably going to generate no more than 1 MB/s in normal operation, your
machine ought to work well enough as a backend.

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