[mythtv-users] Questions about new hardware purchase

[John Drescher]

>  I was looking into putting one together myself, but I couldn't get
>  prices this low. I guess I am looking in the wrong places? I had
>  priced out parts for a system based on the Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core
>  4400+ at over $500, and another with Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHZ
>  Desktop Processor for over $600. Total price on the above is $485. I
>  have been trying to do things "on the cheap" as much as possible, but
>  I was hoping this system could handle HD when I get the TV for it. My
>  tube TVs are still going strong.  ;-)
>
>  Why is it low-end for HD? Are there no hardware encoder/decoder cards?
>  If someone can forward specs for a system under $500, using my PCI
>  capture cards, I'm all for it. Still time to cancel with Dell.
>

 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Brisbane 2.3GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2
65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103776

ASUS M2N-VM DVI AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV Micro ATX AMD Motherboard -
Retail $72.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131214

Rosewill R103A Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power
Supply with 20+4 pin connector - Retail $29.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147010

HITACHI Deskstar T7K500 HDT725050VLA360 (0A33437) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB
Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145137

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual
Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

AMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X
DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache PATA 20X
DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM $26.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151155

Which comes to around $325 without shipping. I did not add that
because it rarely adds up with newegg. I mean you will probably pay
less shipping than the total of each individual shipping.

John