My old system kept randomly crashing so I need to build a new FE/BE. In total it came to $340 (-40 mail-in rebates) w/ re-using my DVD drive and Tuners from my old one.

# Video type: SDTV
# Type of system: combined front-end and back-end

# CASE: APEVIA Black / Silver SECC Steel / Aluminum X-MASTER-AL/500
# PSU:APEVIA 500
# MOTH ERBOARD: ECS IC780M-A2 (V1.0A) AM3 AMD 770 ATX
# CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz
# RAM: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
# CPU HEATSINK: Stock
# NORTHBRIDGE HEATSINK:
# CD/DVD-RW: PATA DVD rw+/-
# HDD: Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB 5900RPM
# GRAPHICS CARD: ZOTAC ZT-20313-10L GeForce 210 1GB 64-bit
# SOUNDCARD: On-Board / HDMI
# TUNER CARD: PVR-150 & PVR-250
# REMOTE CONTROL: None

Only problem I had was getting HDMI audio out. First I had to disable the on-board audio, run "aplay -l", and did a "aplay -D plugw:0,3 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav" and "aplay -D plugw:0,7 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav" to find the correct output, I stopped at 7 because it was the correct one you might have to go 8 and 9.

I modified my /etc/asound.conf as follows;


Once this was done I went in the LinHes Setup and set 0,7 as my playback device. and then in the MythTv setting to the correct one also.

My aplay -l is as follows