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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was planning on using Ubuntu as recommended in
Practical MythTV (<A
href="http://www.amazon.com/Practical-MythTV-Building-Media-Center/dp/1590597796/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8477770-3755023?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189994808&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Practical-MythTV-Building-Media-Center/dp/1590597796/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8477770-3755023?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189994808&sr=8-1</A>).
While I've been a UNIX user and developer (application & OS) for the last
20+ years. Surprisingly, I've only used Linux for about 1 of those years. I like
the cookie-cutter approach when building something this complicated that I
haven't done before.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Chuck Rudolph<BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:rudolph4404@comcast.net">rudolph4404@comcast.net</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=steve@priorityelectronics.com
href="mailto:steve@priorityelectronics.com">Steve Peters - Priority
Electronics</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mythtv-users@mythtv.org
href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">'Discussion about mythtv'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 13, 2007 1:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users] My first
MythTv box,first linux box and first build</DIV>
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Justin
Corner<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Discussion about mythtv'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users] My first
MythTv box,first linux box and first build<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=593164503-13092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>you can save $40 on your power supply, use the money for
some other component, i just bought two of them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=593164503-13092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.xoxide.com/powmax-demon-480w-psu.html">http://www.xoxide.com/powmax-demon-480w-psu.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=593164503-13092007><FONT
color=#0000ff> >> </FONT></SPAN>Here's my current
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href="http://newegg.com" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://newegg.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> shopping list...
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target=_blank>SILVERSTONE SST-LC17-B Black Aluminum front panel,
0.8 mm SECC body ATX Media Center / HTPC Desktop Computer Case -
Retail </A></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Model #:</STRONG>
SST-LC17-B<BR><STRONG>Item #:</STRONG>
N82E16811163055</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<TD><STRONG>$139.99</STRONG> </TD>
<TD><SPAN>-$20.00 Instant </SPAN></TD>
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onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131013"
target=_blank>ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP
ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail </A></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Model
#:</STRONG> M2N-SLI Deluxe<BR><STRONG>Item #:</STRONG>
N82E16813131013<BR><STRONG>$139.99</STRONG> </TD>
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onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
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target=_blank>Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE White box PCI Interface
Personal Video Recorder - Retail </A></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Model
#:</STRONG> 1081<BR><STRONG>Item #:</STRONG>
N82E16815116628<BR></TD>
<TD><STRONG>$139.99</STRONG> </TD>
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target=_blank>AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor 2.8GHz Socket AM2
Processor Model ADA5600CZBOX - Retail
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ADA5600CZBOX<BR><STRONG>Item #:</STRONG>
N82E16819103771<BR><STRONG>$149.50</STRONG> </TD>
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target=_blank>Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
KVR800D2N5K2/2G - OEM </A></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Model #:</STRONG>
KVR800D2N5K2/2G<BR><STRONG>Item #:</STRONG>
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target=_blank>Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM
SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM </A></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Model
#:</STRONG> ST3500630AS<BR><STRONG>Item #:</STRONG>
N82E16822148136<BR><STRONG>$119.99</STRONG> </TD>
<TD><SPAN> <STRONG>x3 </STRONG></SPAN></TD>
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<P><SPAN class=660544906-13092007>I would recommend at least 1gb of ram,
because if you are going to be doing transcoding, that takes up extra
memory. Also, what distro are you planning on using...that makes a big
difference. I'm using ubuntu feisty, and when it all loads up with myth and
all, it's using around 900mb ram. I have 1gb total. When i transcode, or
when comm flagging starts up, it starts using the swap. Still, never had a
problem.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=660544906-13092007>Also, unless you will be doing tons of
transcoding, you wont need a processor that fast. You could save a few bucks
here.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=660544906-13092007>Lastly, get a good power supply. If it
goes out, you could lose a drive, the board, or anything else. I'd save the
money on the ram and stick with teh 1gb since that's been enough for me and
seems to be more than enough for most myth users and go with a
good name brand power supply that has a ton of newegg good
reviews.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=660544906-13092007>-my two cents</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=660544906-13092007>-Steve</SPAN></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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