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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:25 am 
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# Video type: HDTV
# Type of system: back-end
# Noise level: I can tell it's on until I play some media (it lives in my shed)

# CASE: Lian Li PC-61 Gen 2 (front view) (side view)
# PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 TP-II 550
# MOTHERBOARD: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
# CPU: AMD Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 170 stepping 02
# RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS3200 @ 400MHz + 512Mb Hynix PC3200 @ 400MHz
# CPU HEATSINK: Zalman QuietCPU 2-bearing
# NORTHBRIDGE HEATSINK: ASUS ALife Heat Pipe (stock)
# CD/DVD-RW: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D
# HDD: 3x80Gb WD800JB's / 3x320Gb DC3200KS
# GRAPHICS CARD: Gigabyte nVidia 6200 128M PCIe
# SOUNDCARD: Integrated RealtekĀ® ALC850 8-channel (spdif to TSS-15)
# TUNER CARD: Multiple Twinhan Alpha based USB2 HDTV
# REMOTE CONTROL: None (yet)
# CABLE SERVICE: None
# TV/SCREEN: None (this is a back-end system right now)

Some people are going to freak out when they read this spec. OMG OVERKILL WTF BBQ!

Yes, it is overkill. So was the Core 2 Duo I purchased to do the job, unfortunately, that system came with ICH8 IDE controllers and no end of pain getting Linux of any kind booted on it.

Despite great help from Cecil and others, I decided I wanted a HTPC more than I wanted to debug drivers so I swapped my desktop (the Opteron) for the Core 2 Duo. That process took a few days to juggle all the disks around. The A8N32-SLI has tons of I/O (2xPATA, 6xSATA including the rear external SATA port) whereas the Core 2 board is fairly limited (1xPATA, 4xSATA).

My what a pleasant experience installing RD51 was on the ASUS. 10 minute Auto install, one reboot, 5 minutes of basic EIT tuner configuration and channel scan and wham, welcome to live HDTV on Myth!

I can't decide between LCD, plasma or projector for the primary front-end I'm building. I might get a cheap 16:9 projector for the back-end to give me something to watch in the shed when I'm working.

Still shopping for ideas on the remotes.

Cheers

Leigh

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15 minutes! I think we have a new record!

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:57 pm 
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Does it count when you spent two weeks discovering you had the wrong hardware and did several test runs on the replacement? :-)

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