Thread: Need a Good and affordable hardware config

I'm trying to put together a nice little MythTV box. I've got the following parts picked out so far. If anybody has any suggestions or would like to point out an obvious omissions or incompatibilities.

Antec Fusion
pcHDTV Hd5500
Abit iL-90MV
Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz
OCZ 1024MB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz Memory
Seagate 320GB SATA-300 Hard Drive
Firefly PC Remote

Originally Posted by binarymelon

pcHDTV Hd5500
...
Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz
...
Seagate 320GB SATA-300 Hard Drive

For HD playback, it's recommended to use a 3.0+Ghz Intel
You'll want more hard drive space for HD recordings. They average about 5GB/hr


See this:
http://www.linuxis.us/linux/media/ho...our_needs.html

Just an opinion.

I considered pcHDTV Hd5500, but rejected it for two reasons. It has both ATSC and NTSC tuners. 1) As far as I know you can only use 1 at a time. 2) Reviewing the pcHDTV website http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/index.php?c=5 you will find a lot of posts relating to problems with the NTSC tuner installation. (My main focus was HDTV so it didn't want the NTSC distraction.

Se my HDTV experience at: http://wa6rzw.homelinux.net/myth/mythtv_links.html

Ed

Originally Posted by dknovick

Originally Posted by binarymelon

pcHDTV Hd5500
...
Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz
...
Seagate 320GB SATA-300 Hard Drive

For HD playback, it's recommended to use a 3.0+Ghz Intel
You'll want more hard drive space for HD recordings. They average about 5GB/hr


See this:
http://www.linuxis.us/linux/media/ho...our_needs.html

I'm fairly certain that processor will work since it's dual core. And for the tuner I recommend the Kworld ATSC-110. It has all the same features as the HD-5500 for about $50 less.

Will the atsc-110 fit in a case like the Fusion

Originally Posted by jakep_82

I'm fairly certain that processor will work since it's dual core.

Oops, missed that...

Originally Posted by binarymelon

Will the atsc-110 fit in a case like the Fusion

It should. It's just a regular PCI card and it looks like the Fusion has 3 full height slots.