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[Samw]

Originally Posted by DiscusZ

Here is a quick look at the drivespace I have assigned to my PVR I built.

Mount total Used Avail
MythTV 506G 297G 209G 59% /mnt/store
Captured_Video 29G 18G 9.8G 65% /var/lib/mythvideo

I do all my recordings across to a file server. I use NFS. My PVR frontend does not hav emuch drive space..

Sam.. Have you done anything with this yet?

No, I haven't done anything yet. My first choice was to get the Cubit3 case straight from Hoojum and then buy the internals locally (since the case is not available anywhere else). However, the costs of just the case, powersupply, and shipping, is about $700 before tax. So then I have to add the motherboard, hard drive, RAM, etc and the cost would be over $1,200 for a Cubit3 which is basically a Celeron 1.2Ghz equivalent .

So then I looked at the Hush and that starts at $1,000 for the basic system as well.

Since a basic P4 2.4Ghz complete systems (wo monitor) can be had for <$400, I'm not keen on getting these fancy mini-itx systems. I would rather buy the internals and get a cheap case.

Check this out. Its a mini-itx PC in a breadbox. Now, that's a CHEAP case. Total price of the system: $284US.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/module...rtid=42&page=1



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