[olug] HTPC box

[T. J. Brumfield]

I'm debating whether I need DVR functionality at all or not. I have DISH
network and a DVR with that. But I can add an additional DVR to the house by
dropping $50 on a tuner to the HTPC I'm building. Then again, I'm trying to
focus on a silent, low-power build. Linux compatibility for the hardware is
also a must. This is what I'm looking at currently:

BIOSTAR A880G+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD
Motherboard<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138283>
AMD Athlon II X2 255 Regor 3.1GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
ADX255OCGMBOX
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103896>
SAPPHIRE 100292DDR3L Radeon HD 5450 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP
Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882>
Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model
KVR1066D3N7/2G
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134751>
 Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136806>
APEX DM-317-A Black/ Silver Steel Micro ATX Media Center / Slim HTPC
Computer Case w/ ATX12V Flex 275W Power Supply
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154061>
Adesso ARC-1100 Vista Infrared Remote Control
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823166095>

Total - $270. The retail Boxee box is $200, but is weaker hardware by far
and I really don't control it.

I might add a tuner (not sure which) or a BluRay drive, but I'm not sure I
need them. If I add a tuner, then I'm going to install MythBuntu, with Boxee
on top of it. If I don't use a tuner, I'll probably install openSUSE with
Boxee.

-- T. J.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Marc Mapes <marcmdm2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just have a Single Core AMD 3200+ I believe
> 2gb ram
> Nvidia 7900GT 256mb
> Avermedia M780 Tuner for the DVR end.
>
> And I still use XBMC on all of my xboxes (all 5 of them...lol)
>
> Marc
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:52 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I ran XBMC on my original XBox. I was a fan of it. Apparently Boxee is a
> > fork of XBMC.
> >
> > What kind of hardware do you use?
> >
> > Do you have a tuner for DVR-like functionality as well?
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Marc Mapes <marcmdm2005 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > To be honest I just use XBMC for my HTPC
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Carl Lundstedt
> > > <clundst at unlserve.unl.edu>wrote:
> > >
> > > > I was  all exited when I read the subject.  To me "THPC" means High
> > > > Throughput Put Computing, ie.  cluster nodes.
> > > >
> > > > Sadness.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, can't help with what sounds like a media machine.
> > > >
> > > > Carl
> > > >
> > > >> Has anyone looked into building a HTPC box recently?
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm debating the merits of building a cheap, Linux based HTPC box
> > myself
> > > >> versus getting a $180 Logitech Revue Google TV box, a $100 Roku box,
> > or
> > > a
> > > >> $200 Boxee box.
> > > >>
> > > >> My initial instinct is to build a box so I can do whatever I want
> with
> > > it,
> > > >> install other apps, emulators, a full browser, etc. It's just that
> > some
> > > of
> > > >> the existing dedicated boxes out there are so cheap, it is hard to
> > > justify
> > > >> dropping $500 to build my own.
> > > >>
> > > >> -- T. J. Brumfield
> > > >> "I'm questioning my education
> > > >> Rewind and what does it show?
> > > >> Could be, the truth it becomes you
> > > >> I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
> > > >> -- Pearl Jam, Education
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"I'm questioning my education
Rewind and what does it show?
Could be, the truth it becomes you
I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
-- Pearl Jam, Education