I am building a HTPC. This PC will have no other uses other than to be a PVR, DVD, MP3, Picture player. No gaming i have a rig designed just for that.
So here is my question.
I am looking at the following right now and trying to keep the cost low as i have most of the items (HD, Processor, case, 256mb ram, 1 PVR 150 Retail and MCE, Video card)
AMD Sempron 2800+ 64 edition (will OC to 2 ghz)
At least 512 (more like 764)mb of Ram.
1 40 Gig ATA drive for the OS (windows XP Pro)
1 250 Gig SATA drive for the recordings and MP3 and so forth.
1 PVR-150 Retail
1 PVR-150MCE
ATI X700 Pro 128mb Video card with TV out or a X600 256 MB Pro with TV out
Have both and am using the X600 in another rig but i can swap it
Motherboard is yet to be determined but i will us the OB sound for now.
Case i have one for now. Looking at Nvidia Chipset or the ATI XPress 200
depending if i am unlucky with the PVR-150's i might get the usb-uirt as well, but my setup box has serial (that works) as well.
I will not have a monitor hooked up to this unit other than to install, after that it will be connected to the TV Only . HDTV is not a worry right now (or in the next year)
Now on the Motherboard anyone have experiance with MP and the Xpress 200 Especialy with 2 PVR cards?
Any suggestions would be great.
(deleted out of hardware help, recreated here)
So here is my question.
I am looking at the following right now and trying to keep the cost low as i have most of the items (HD, Processor, case, 256mb ram, 1 PVR 150 Retail and MCE, Video card)
AMD Sempron 2800+ 64 edition (will OC to 2 ghz)
At least 512 (more like 764)mb of Ram.
1 40 Gig ATA drive for the OS (windows XP Pro)
1 250 Gig SATA drive for the recordings and MP3 and so forth.
1 PVR-150 Retail
1 PVR-150MCE
ATI X700 Pro 128mb Video card with TV out or a X600 256 MB Pro with TV out
Have both and am using the X600 in another rig but i can swap it
Motherboard is yet to be determined but i will us the OB sound for now.
Case i have one for now. Looking at Nvidia Chipset or the ATI XPress 200
depending if i am unlucky with the PVR-150's i might get the usb-uirt as well, but my setup box has serial (that works) as well.
I will not have a monitor hooked up to this unit other than to install, after that it will be connected to the TV Only . HDTV is not a worry right now (or in the next year)
Now on the Motherboard anyone have experiance with MP and the Xpress 200 Especialy with 2 PVR cards?
Any suggestions would be great.
(deleted out of hardware help, recreated here)