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Posted by Jeff Rife on 09/30/16 11:46
Dave (noway@nohow.not) wrote in alt.home-theater.misc:
> Plus, even assuming that you are willing to fork out thousands in hardware
> just to say that you built it yourself,
It cost me $1300 for all the parts for a box that is way overkill
compared to what he likely needs (Intel PCI-e motherboard, Pentium D 920,
2GB RAM, 4 250GB hard drives, HDTV capture card, Radeon X850XT).
> you've got to consider the power
> requirements for that beast. You will want something beefier than a typical
> ~500W power supply. You'd probably need dual power supplies (and a
> expensive case to mount them in), or something much greater than 600W, which
> will cost hundreds of dollars all by itself. You are looking at a
> multi-CPU, multi-tuner, multi-disks spinning at once monster.
Wow, this is way off base.
A 480W supply quite nicely handles a Pentium D 920 and 5-6 hard drives.
As long as you don't need a 100W video card (which he won't, since gaming
isn't on his list), power requirements are modest. A good 300W supply
might handle his needs.
If you go with AMD, you can probably get by with even less power, but
not much below 300W anyway. And, a little overkill on a power supply is
a good thing, since the supply works less than it is rated for and thus
tends to run its fan more quietly.
> Plus, don't forget the noise factor. Many hard-disk equipped DVD recorders
> are silent, even when recording. If you build a computer for DVR use, it
> will need to be liquid cooled, or placed in a room that is not used, and the
> door to that room will need to be kept closed. Otherwise, the noise will
> drive you bananas.
Good, quiet fans can keep the box quite cool with no problem. My Pentium
D 920 unit (4 hard drives) runs about 50°C inside the box with no
significant noise if the TV sound is actually on, and that has a Radeon
X850XT because I wanted to do games.
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