[mythtv-users] Dell-New for noob system

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On Nov 28, 2006, at 00.09, griz_quattro wrote:

> I have been researching best options for my soon-to-be purchased  
> system.
>
> First looked at this:
> $880.00 (Depending on RAM, HDD, & CD options)

[snip]

> Then I found this at Dell Outlet:
> $549.00	OptiPlex 740, AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core - 5000+ (2600Mhz)
> XP Pro
> 80 GB EIDE SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

You're going to need a lot more storage. My SDTV system is using a  
250 GB disk right now, and that can old around 100 hours, give or  
take. HDTV consumes around 8-9 GB per hour (or so I hear). That means  
that's a ten hour storage drive.

> 1000 RAM (2 x 512MB) 667Mhz
> CD/RW DVD Combo & CD-ROM (2 drives)
> CHIPSET nVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 210S Chipset (North Bridge),
>                                nForce 430 (South Bridge)

If you're doing HDTV, I'm wondering about your video output. So far,  
you haven't mentioned anything. And at $550, I doubt that thing has  
an nVidia card in it. If you have some PCI slots (Not PCIe), just get  
an nVidia GeForce FX5200.

> Power Supply 305W (76% Efficiency)
>
> What do you think about these options? Any experience/pitfalls?
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