On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:15:31 -0600, Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > i'm about to order up my components for my MythBox and found two > drives that i'm interested in. Newegg.com has a 300MB Seagate for > $195.00 and a 300MB Maxtor for $199.00. the Seagate is a 7200RPM > drive while the Maxtor is a 5400RPM drive. typically i would go for > the 7200RPM for data transfer, but i've read several posts that the > 5400 drives are more than adequate for a MythBox and they usually run > cooler and quieter. however, the Seagate has a 5 year warrenty while > the Maxtor only has a 3 year warrenty; and i've never been impressed > with Maxtor drives. the only drive i've had fail on me was a Maxtor. > first impressions... ;) > > so i know this is a somewhat religious/flamewar subject, but i'm > curious as to what others would pick up if they were building a new > box and they were choosing between these two drives.
one other question for everyone. i will be using a pvr-250 as my capture card and the onboard tv out (s-video) on the motherboard (Chaintech 7NIF2 with nForce2 chipset). i'm planning on going with an athlon XP proc, but what speed should i get? this box is going to be a dedicated MythBox (FE/BE until i get my xBox set up as a frontend). i'm only going to be viewing/capturing NTSC cable. i know the pvr-250 does all the encoding for me so i don't need much power there. eventually i plan on adding a couple other capture cards (pvr-250's or pvr-500 when supported), but i'm not sure how much more power is needed to support multiple capture cards. prices on the procs available for this board range from ~$70 - ~$210. that's a range of 1.8GHz to 3.3GHz over three different cores (Thorton, Thoroughbred, Barton). any thoughts? thanks andy ------------------------------------ 10 GMail Invites available Email me off-list only...
_______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
