Re: [mythtv-users] 1st Myth Box Setup

[Richard Bronosky]

Luke Olson wrote:

  Hey all, just found this list and i am loving it.
  
  I will be building a Front end box for a friend that knows a
moderate amount about computers, so i want to build a box set it up,
and never have to chage it again. Fat chance i know. Just wanted to
run a list of components by you and hope that everything you see will
be good. 
  
  I am planning on installing KnoppMyth on it and am also
wondering about install issues i might have 
  
  Thanks for all the help in advance.
  
  
  Case
  
  
http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases
   $132.95
  Tuner Card
  HD-3000
  http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html
   $169.98
  OR
  
  Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual TV Tuner 
FM Radio
  http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html
   
  
http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/hauppauge-wintvpvr500mce/cName/pvr-cardstv-tuners 
   $169.99
  
  Video Card
  Geforce Fx 5200
  http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html
   
   $54.99
  Main Board
   MSI KT880 Delta-FSR Socket A Mainboard (MS-7047)
  
  http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html
  
   $69.99
  
  CPU
   Athlon 2800+
   
  http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html
   $119.99
  
  RAM
   1GB 3200 DDR
400Mhz
   
  http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html
  $119.99
  
  Hard Drive
   Seagate
Barracuda 300GB SATA
  http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html
  
  $189.99
  
  DVD RW
   Pioneer Dual
Layer DVD+-RW (Black)
  http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html
  
   $69.99
  
  Sound Card
   
Chaintech AV-710 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card w/ SPDIF
  
  http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html
  
  
  $29.99
  
  Luke
  
  

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For the motherboard I highly recommend avoiding the via chipsets based
on what other here have gone through. Search
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?list=mythtvdo=search_resultssearch_forum=forum_1search_string=via+chipsetsearch_type=AND
if you like. MSI makes some good nVidia chipset boards. Here is my
rig http://www.bronosky.com/index.php?p=21 (Some of the newegg links
fail now as the product offerings change, but the descriptions are
complete and valid.)
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[mythtv-users] 1st Myth Box Setup

[Luke Olson]

Hey all, just found this list and i am loving it.

I will be building a Front end box for a friend that knows a moderate amount about computers, so i want to build a box set it up, and never have to chage it again. Fat chance i know. Just wanted to run a list of components by you and hope that everything you see will be good. 


I am planning on installing KnoppMyth on it and am also wondering about install issues i might have 

Thanks for all the help in advance.


Case


http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases
 $132.95
Tuner Card
HD-3000
http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html

 $169.98
OR

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual TV Tuner  FM Radio
http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html
 

http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/hauppauge-wintvpvr500mce/cName/pvr-cardstv-tuners 
 $169.99

Video Card
Geforce Fx 5200
http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html
 
 $54.99
Main Board
 MSI KT880 Delta-FSR Socket A Mainboard (MS-7047)

http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html

 $69.99

CPU
 Athlon 2800+
 
http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html
 $119.99

RAM
 1GB 3200 DDR 400Mhz
 
http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html
$119.99

Hard Drive
 Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA
http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html

$189.99

DVD RW
 Pioneer Dual Layer DVD+-RW (Black)
http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html

 $69.99

Sound Card
 
Chaintech AV-710 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card w/ SPDIF
 http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html

 $29.99

Luke
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Re: [mythtv-users] 1st Myth Box Setup

[Erik Pettersen]

One thought/suggestion:

I'm of the opinion that if you want to record BOTH ATSC/HDTV and
NTSC/regular cable you'll probably be best of, IMHO, with a separate
HDTV card (like the HD-3000) from the analog tuner card... maybe a
PVR150 AND a HD3000 if budget allows?

I strongly think for most PVR'ing a hardware encoding tuner card for
NTSC is preferred way to go... (the NTSC part of the HD-3000 or most
HDTV cards relies on the main cpu for encoding SDTV)

*shrug*

e.
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