On Tuesday 18 October 2005 16:19, Mike Frisch wrote: > 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 :) >
u know, I've been giving this Digimatrix thing some thought, and for ~$100 more you could have a very nice Silverstone or Ahanix case with a newer mobo. Consider that the Digimatrix requries you to buy a cpu, memory, a HD and a optical drive, its basically a mobo and case. For ~$250 for the HTPC case ~$60-100 for a mobo and ~$50 for a PSU you've got basically the same thing. I think the Silverstone and Ahanix cases are much nicer anyway and worth the slight increase in cost. Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
