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| Author: | willk1 [ Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Suggestions to a newbie please..... |
I am soo nto be coming into a modest insurance settle ment. A healthy portion is going to a home network. original plan: station1main machine/server Slackware/XP station2 slackware/win98 station 3 game machine for son win98 station 4Laptop mobile for wife win98/slackware router cable modem New plan - (wife is NOT enthusiastic about this...need to get up and running in a stable fasion with web browsing capabilites) station 1 knoppmyth (XP/Slackware?) station 2 win98/slackware station 3 Laptop router cable modem I will be building all myself. Cost is a consideration. In the past I have always used AccessMicro foor just about everything. However, Tiger Direct beats the price by 15-20%, but does not have all Iwant. Newegg is competitive but seems to lack in availability and choices. I would prefer to use 1 vender for all. My main consideration is the myth box. my budget is 600-650$ I wouldlike to be able to watch one station/ record another with 5.1 sound. will I need two tuner cards? code/decode on both? Sound card suggestions? cpu speed/manf? mainboard? soundcard? mem? I would like to go with the shuttle case but all the mainboards only offer 1 agp and 1 pci. |
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| Author: | toxic_d [ Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:04 pm ] |
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http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1228 check the fourth post down add a second tuner card and wala... with the second card you will be over the $650 but lose the 512mg ram and go with 256mg and a lesser expensive card ie the tv wonder and you are all set... |
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| Author: | tjc [ Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:33 pm ] |
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You could trim the cost on toxic_d's config by going with a slower CPU and cheaper RAM. I've never had a problem with the Kingston Value RAM and managed to pick up 512Mb for ~$50 after rebate, but you can manage ~$75 even without one. Having monitored it with "top" while running various tests, I can say that the CPU usage on my 2500+ was always below 25% and usually less than 10%, but the RAM was always close to 90% full. As a result I'd say, keep the Mb, lose some Ghz. |
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