<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Josh White <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jaw1959@gmail.com">jaw1959@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I need to upgrade a frontend, and I'm thinking of shuffling my BE motherboard to my FE, and replacing the BE motherboard with this MSI board: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130129" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130129</a> I like it because it has 3 PCI slots that should work well with my 3 tuner cards, and the price looks right. <br>
<br>My only previous experience with MSI boards involve a Vista box that I built for my brother. It came as part of a "barebones" machine that I purchased through Newegg, and it worked well, except it wouldn't shut off when I shutdown Vista. Does anyone have any experience with these boards and Ubuntu? If so, how did the power management functions work?<br>
<br>Of course, if anyone has an alternative board to suggest, I'm all ears. My main needs are onboard NIC, and at least 3 PCI slots. Onboard video isn't necessary, but welcome. <br><br>Thanks for any advice. <br>
<br>-Josh</div></blockquote><div><br>I'm also choosing a new CPU for a frontend, and I've found the following: <br></div></div><font size="2"><br></font><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2">Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail</font><br>
</h1>(<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052</a>)<br><br>and <br><br><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2">Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
</font></h1>(<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072</a>)<br><br>What would the performance difference between the two be in terms of Myth? I'm planning to use this machine initially to view SD recordings from my PVR-250 & PVR-500's, but I could foresee using it to view HD recordings in the future. <br>
<br>Since the power usage is about the same, and the CPU frequencies are about the same, I would imagine that the Core2 Duo would be faster, but is if faster enough to justify the increase in price? Would the performance benefits be noticed? I intend to use this card without relying on XVMC support for the GPU, so the CPU will be doing some work. <br>
<br>Again, Thanks for any advice.<br><br>-Josh<br><br></div>