On Monday 09 January 2006 14:00, N Dugas wrote: > After having Myth running for about 6 months, I and thinking of changing > how I have it set up. Right now, both the front and back ends are on > the same box which has a PVR-350 tuner. What I'd like to do is this: > > Make my current Myth box a backend only but also add a firewire > connection to my DCT-6412. I then plan on setting up another Myth box > as a frontend only. My understanding is that the frontend has lower HW > requirements. > > Hardware config for my current Myth box (to become my backend) is: > > Mobo: A7N8X-E Deluxe > CPU: Athlon XP 3000 > RAM: 1G Dual DDR > Video: ATI Radeon 9550 w/ 256M > Disk: Seagate 200G > Lan: D-LINK DWL-G520 Wireless NIC > Connected to my 26" Samsung LCD HDTV. > > I have at my disposal (to use/swap into this box if needed, based on > feedback): > GeForce FX5500 w/ 256M > Seagate 200G > Extra 512M Dual DDR stick > > For my new frontend: > Mobo: MSI KT4V-L > CPU: Athlon XP 1800 > RAM: 512M > Video: Whatever is left, ATI Radeon 9550 or ATI Radeon 9550 > Disk: Seagate 200G > Lan: D-LINK DWL-G520 Wireless NIC > > > Will this work?
Are you planning on doing HD? If not, your current BE/FE machine is more than adequate to handle the PVR350 and DCT6412. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
