Make sure you get a quiet case fan. Also get a quiet fan for your CPU. Also make sure you get a hard drive that is quiet. I would also get a vid card that doesn't have a fan. Any processor will work fine.
Aaron On 6/28/05, Anthony Vito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/26/05, Daniel Finnie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is the system, with links to NewEgg and some questions: > > You probably could just get away with searching the list and deciding > on hardware that way. Machine building question aren't too relevant to > the list, but that's ok. It's not like you cursed or something.... > > > Is it OK if I forgo the floppy drive? > > You should have a floppy laying around if you need it in a pinch to > update a BIOS... so much easier that way..... > > > HDD - 300GB 7200RPM IDE Western Digital (only $133, otherwise I would get > > SATA). If I end up needing a second hard drive, will MythTV recognize > > it and use it the same? IE I don't have to say "put this recording on this > > hard drive" > > That's actually an interesting question. Myth uses a path for > storarge. One for recordings and one for a live TV buffer. I don't > think there is any fail over ability built in. Typically in a 'nice' > linux setup you use LVM to manage your disks. With LVM you can add a > new disc as a physical volume and extend other logical volumes, then > extend the file systems to match. Most modern linux distros will let > you set up LVM on install. > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > > RAM - 2x 256mb ddr333 (pc2700) > > Get 512M and then you don't have to think about it again. > > > second tuner, should I get more? > > This is a personal question.... how much TV do you watch? > > > CPU - AMD Sempron 2600+ Palermo 333MHz FSB Socket 754. > > Fine for everything but HDTV... but it doesn't look like your doing that. > > > $608 :( Can I skimp on anything? I might just get a case later and > > leave it in a > > cardboard box. > > Personally I wouldn't set out to build a system by buying the absolute > bottom of the barrel parts.... but to each his own. I left out all the > other questions because they can easily be searched for. > > Good luck! > > -- > Anthony Vito > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
