On Tue, October 18, 2005 3:49 pm, James Oltman said: > I have been researching the Digimatrix for quite some time. It can ONLY > ONLY > ONLY use the Northwood core P4 procs. The max speed as I recall was only > 2.8GHz (something like that). They stopped making these procs so finding
My local store still has them in-stock, so that shouldn't be a problem. I am wondering if ASUS is planning a refresh of the board in the Digimatrix anytime soon. I'd hate to pay the VERY premium price and have something newer released soon after. > little silly personally. It is IDEAL for a frontend only machine. You have Yes, it seems like one of the best options going. I want my MythTV front-end to be as little like a PC as possible. > 10/100 and 1GBs Ethernet onboard. I would take out the WIFI card and the > "tuner" card. From what I hear, it's a piece and super difficult to setup. Yeah, I don't need either the WiFi or the tuner either so any less complexity is a good idea. > It's got SPDIF optical out (all-be-it on the front). Shame about the placement, but good otherwise. > It can handle 1080i but NOT 1080p. Not a terribly bad compromise but 1080p would be futureproof. > I would try and network boot it off of my backend. That way it can run > with out a HDD and be even quieter. Yes, that is my intention as well. > All in all, an EXCELLENT project. Just my 2 cents. Seems like it. If it were just a little cheaper, I'd have one by now :) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
