Recent content by jeffesonm

I was worried about read/write contention on the HHDs, but I guess it's safe to say this won't be a problem. :) Thanks for the input. As for the setup itself... apart from the PVR-150, the two 300GB drives, and about $75 of misc parts, this was all put together from spare stuff lying around.

Sorry, that was a little vague. The plan is to put Client 1 in the living room, hooked up to a 32" SDTV via s-video, and access pre-recorded shows stored on Server 1 through the network. I'll also have a regular cable box connected for watching live TV. Server 1 will just hang out in my...

Okay, so here's my setup: Server P4, 1.7 Ghz 512 RDRAM 40GB IDE HDD for O/S 2x300GB 7200 RPM SATA HDDs for content (RAID 0) PVR-150 LAN cable to router. Client 1 P4, 1.5 Ghz 256 RDRAM 40GB IDE HDD for O/S G-wireless Client 2 Dell laptop (no details, roommate's computer)...

I am recording TV using a P4 1.7 Ghz, 256 RAM, and a PVR-150. All the computer does is record TV, but it works just fine. I can also watch already-recorded shows from a network-attached laptop while another show is being recorded without any trouble.

I'm getting a NIB Intel 850 with 2x256 RDRAM and a POS VGA card for $50, shipped.

Oops, yeah sorry, I meant RDRAM. I know it's not ideal, but it's cheap, I have it, and it serves its purpose. If I ever decide to expand sometime in the future I'll be building from the ground up.

Okay, thanks. I haven't done any hardware stuff in a while and it all sounded too damn easy. I'm leaning towards the FSP because it's cheap and sounds okay quality-wise (based on this thread). It will be powering this: Intel 850 P4 1.7 Ghz 512MB DDR RAM 40GB IDE HDD for O/S...

Okay, so I read all through the sticky's and calculated my power needs to be ~325W. The question I have is... will this PSU fit in this case and work with this motherboard?

I just got into this myself, so I'll throw in what I bought: PVR-150 BeyondTV 4 It went into a Dell Dimension 8100, P4 1.7Ghz, 256 RDRAM and it works fine for recording TV, although that's all I really do with it. The PVR-150 has hardware encoding so CPU usage is very low. I recently...

Yeah it sure is... I just picked it up and haven't really tinkered with it much yet. The past few years I've been spoiled/lazy/disinterested in computer games and just used the Thinkpad my job provides me with. Now that I've gotten into the PVR thing I actually need a real PC at home. So...

I was given a Dell Dimension 8100 by a friend and am turning it into a HTPC. Here are the specs: P4 1.7 Ghz 256MB DDR RAM 40GB IDE HD for O/S 120GB IDE HD for data GeForce MX 4400? video card Some SoundBlaster card I bought a video capture card, starting recording TV shows, and...