{"id":254,"date":"2008-01-31T17:53:58","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T22:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?p=254"},"modified":"2009-02-14T15:43:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T20:43:32","slug":"new-mythbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"New Mythbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think i already told everyone who cares, but just in case I didn&#8217;t&#8230; I recently performed a major upgrade on the Linux box that I use as a Tivo like thing (DVR, PVR, what ever other name you like) running the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mythtv.org\/\">open source myth tv software<\/a>, hence the name. For Christmas I got a new capture card that does HDTV, and when I went to install it earlier this month, I quickly discovered that my machine was not powerful enough to play back the 1080i HD content that it was recording. This lead to a scramble to find some hardware upgrade options. There were a lot of constraints that made the search rather difficult that I won&#8217;t go into. The end result is that I now have a very super silent beast of a machine running my TV. I must say that after 3 years of using 3 different, but all under powered machines for this purpose, having a beast is nice! The on screen TV guide actually works now, much to the pleasure of my room mates, who actually use that feature. Without further ado I suppose, here is all the hardware in the current system.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=255' rel='attachment wp-att-255' title='HD-5500 Capture Card'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hd5500.thumbnail.jpg' alt='HD-5500 Capture Card' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=256' rel='attachment wp-att-256' title='PVR150 MCE'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/pvr150.thumbnail.jpg' alt='PVR150 MCE' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=256' rel='attachment wp-att-256' title='PVR150 MCE'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/pvr150.thumbnail.jpg' alt='PVR150 MCE' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=257' rel='attachment wp-att-257' title='AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/cpu.thumbnail.jpg' alt='AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=258' rel='attachment wp-att-258' title='GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 \/ nForce 430 ATX AMD Motherboard'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mobo.thumbnail.jpg' alt='GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 \/ nForce 430 ATX AMD Motherboard' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=259' rel='attachment wp-att-259' title='SeaSonic S12 II SS-330GB ATX12V 330W Power Supply'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/psu.thumbnail.jpg' alt='SeaSonic S12 II SS-330GB ATX12V 330W Power Supply' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=260' rel='attachment wp-att-260' title='Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ram.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=261' rel='attachment wp-att-261' title='Little Serial Port Header Pin Adapter.'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/serial.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Little Serial Port Header Pin Adapter.' \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/?attachment_id=262' rel='attachment wp-att-262' title='MSI NX7300LE-TD128EH GeForce 7300LE 128MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card'><img src='http:\/\/72.233.35.22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/video.thumbnail.jpg' alt='MSI NX7300LE-TD128EH GeForce 7300LE 128MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card' \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Oh and theres a 160Gb hard drive and a DVD drive in the thing, but they are legacy. So whats cool about all this, well its quieter by a lot. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ilabsolutions.com\/home\">iLab<\/a> guys were always complaining about the noise the old one would make. It wasn&#8217;t even that bad, but now their stuff is louder, so I can complain, if I were to care, but I don&#8217;t really. Also, its efficient, the power supply is above average at ~80% efficient, and I&#8217;m pretty sure the 65 watt CPU is actually using less power than the older, much slower Athlon XP CPU I had in there before. Also, I can now watch HD shows, complete with automatic commercial removal and all the other Tvio like niceties, just in time for<strong> Lost season <del datetime=\"2008-02-01T04:37:55+00:00\">3<\/del><ins datetime=\"2008-02-01T04:37:55+00:00\">4<\/ins>!<\/strong> Mmmm should you expect a lost post, soon, hum, you&#8217;ll just have to wait and see I suppose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think i already told everyone who cares, but just in case I didn&#8217;t&#8230; I recently performed a major upgrade on the Linux box that I use as a Tivo like thing (DVR, PVR, what ever other name you like) running the open source myth tv software, hence the name. 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