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  • #21
    deanjo/movieman/anyone did you see my last few posts? Much appreciated.

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    • #22
      Here is the rough outline I have in mind, I already own parts that are in bold:

      1x Intel Core i3 530
      1x mATX H57 or Q57 mobo?
      2x 2GB DDR3?
      1x Asus Xonar Essence ST (PCI)
      1x Asus H6 (Essence daughterboard)
      1x Hauppauge HVR-2200
      1x Antec True Power 3.0 650W
      Storage Sub-sys:
      1x 30GB SSD? ................................... [boot/system volume]
      1x 1TB WD Black ..............................[capture disk, can it handle 4 simultaneous HD streams?]
      3x 1/1.5TB 7.2k HDD? .........................[For content storage & BU, may not bother w/RAID]
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      Low priority
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      1x HTPC Case? ................................... [Have crappy old Lian-Li (PC-60?) mid-tower]
      1x nV GT220? .................................... [only if IGP+CPU proves to be not enough]

      Make/model recommendations greatly appreciated!
      Last edited by jalyst; 27 January 2010, 02:33 AM.

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      • #23
        Originally posted by jalyst View Post
        1x 1TB WD Black ..............................[capture disk, can it handle 4 simultaneous HD streams?]
        What bit-rate is broadcast HD these days? I seem to remember that broadcasters are only using around 20Mbps, so I wouldn't imagine you'd have any trouble keeping up, particularly if you have lots of RAM for caching and a file system that doesn't sync all the time.

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        • #24
          Yeah that's it, i was pretty sure i'd be heaps safe on this one, just wanted to check with others.
          So any specific makes/models you'd throw in where I haven't mentioned any?

          Do you think I'm going to have problems with this as an AIO when I start doing:
          flagging, transcoding, 4 hd streams (2 play 2 record) BT dloads, playing media off storage disks etc.

          Thanks!

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          • #25
            Originally posted by jalyst View Post
            Do you think I'm going to have problems with this as an AIO when I start doing: flagging, transcoding, 4 hd streams (2 play 2 record) BT dloads, playing media off storage disks etc.
            My Atom does most of that without any real problems (except it only records one SD broadcast ad a time and transcoding is very slow), so an I3 with twice as much RAM should easily handle it.

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            • #26
              has anyone heard of a h55/7 or q55/7 mATX mobo that has USB3/SATA6G?
              I've only been able to find an ATX motherboard that meets those requirements: P7H57D-V EVO

              come on ....
              doesn't anyone have recommendations for makes/models?! ;-)
              Last edited by jalyst; 27 January 2010, 12:35 AM.

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              • #27
                Originally posted by jalyst View Post
                doesn't anyone have recommendations for makes/models?! ;-)
                I would have suggested the WD Caviar Greens for the storage drives, but lately people have been saying they've had problems with the new versions; I'm not sure whether that's because they've switched to 4k sectors or whether there's something more inexplicable.

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                • #28
                  So the mobo is a toss-up between these 6 Gbyte's & Asus's







                  Only 1 of the 6 has SATA6G and USB3, and it's ATX, such a downer...
                  Does anyone know of any H55/57 or Q55/57 mATX mobo's that have SATA6G & USB3?
                  I guess it gets trickier to implement....

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                  • #29
                    Alas there's no Q5x/H5x mATX mobo's with SATA6G & USB3.
                    So it come down to these three:

                    GA-H57M-USB3 $174.0 [may be able to get for this price]
                    P7H55D-M EVO $179.3 [definitely can get for this price]
                    P7H57D-V EVO $292.6 [definitely can get for this price]

                    The last is ATX....
                    It does have SATA6G & USB3 but is substantially more than the other two.

                    I've realised that SATAII's "real world" limit is about 300MB/s anyway.
                    I'm not aware of any 30-40GB SSD's that could reach that limit, even at sustained read speeds.
                    So it's no big loss, when S6G does filter-down to H5x mATX boards, I can always sell & upgrade.

                    So these are my finalist parts (in AUD $):
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                    approx $154 1x Intel Core i3-530
                    approx $179 1x GA-H57M-USB3 or P7H55D-M EVO
                    approx $145 G.Skill 2x 2GB DDR3 1600Mhz (PC-12800)
                    Storage Sub-sys:
                    approx $312 3x 1TB Samsung F3? ........................... [content storage & BU, may not bother w/RAID]
                    ___________
                    Total = $790
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                    Can I get some thoughts on this please!
                    Would you slot something different in?

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                    • #30
                      Hey...
                      I used to be able to go back to old posts and edit or delete.
                      How come I cant any more?

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