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Author:  gatorback [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:34 pm ]
Post subject:  1GB vs 2GB of memory
I purchased two new Gigabyte G41-M-ES2L motherboards and need to populate them with memory from crucial.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts. ... rev.%201.0)&Cat=RAM

My understanding is that there is no point in going beyond 2GB of RAM, but I am wondering what would I give up if I went with 1GB of RAM? The Mythbox I am building will run with a PVR-150, which means that MPEG encoding will be done with onboard the PVR-150.

If the incremental GB of memory is not really going to be used, I would prefer to spend the money on other resources for MythTV (bigger HDD, etc.).
Author:  Big boy stan [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:23 am ]
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My system has run for years very happily on 1GB. Before I got my HD-PVR, I ran two PVR150s with only 512M of ram. I would spend the $$$ on a bigger HD.
Author:  gatorback [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:44 am ]
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@bigboystan: Thanks for sharing your experience. The path forward is now clear.
Author:  graysky [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:02 pm ]
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I had my main box running w/ 512 MB for years with no ill effects.
Author:  gatorback [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:18 pm ]
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@graysky: was this system FE/BE using LinHES?
Author:  graysky [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:14 pm ]
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gatorback wrote:
@graysky: was this system FE/BE using LinHES?


Yep, my first system was built on an AMD Athlon XP + PVR-250 and was a FE/BE. Was it using LH? No, it was running KM since LH didn't exist at the time but same difference for this question.
Author:  tjc [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:17 pm ]
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I upgraded from 512Mb to 1.5Gb at some point while I was still mostly doing SD and noticed an improvement in various things. The new box has 2Gb and that seems to be plenty for HD. On the other hand it cost a whopping $25 :shock: and gritting my teeth and swallowing hard I opted to pay the extra $1 for the higher speed RAM. :cry:

Seriously there's just no good reason to build a RAM starved box these days. Cut back to one trip to *$ a day for a week or so, empty out the penny jar, ... Better still scavenge it from an old machine that someone else is trying to get rid of.
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