[mythtv-users] Questions about new hardware purchase

[Fred Firestine]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:53 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  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
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Thanks, sounds like you've built this one already?  ;-)  Is this
HD-capable? I know there have been previous discussions of a separate
drive for the OS + MySQL, how about in this situation? Also, what
Linux did you use?

Fred