[ale] Pentium vs AMD vs DDR3 based motherboard

[Andrew Wade]

I would strongly advise using XBMC on your favorite linux flavor (or XBMC
Live based on Ubuntu) as your frontend to your Mythtv

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=MythTV

http://xbmc.org/skins/

I just finished my XBMC setup and couldn't be happier.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Tavarvess Ware <tavarvessware at gmail.com>wrote:

> Good question but I really don't know I only have one machine @ home
> with AMD (though I love it) at work we only use Intel and the rest of my
> home arsenal is Intel.
>
>
> Thu, 2011-06-30 at 13:39 -0400, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> > It seems as though hardware questions are not supported or
> > entertained.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
> > <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         Friends:
> >
> >         I currently have a Biostar ATX Motherboard that houses a
> >         BE2400 AMD cpu.  There is 4GB of DDR2 RAM.  This is my ongoing
> >         Myth Backend Server.
> >
> >         I have another HTPC with MSI mATX motherboard iwth 4GB of DDR2
> >         RAM with AMD || X2 250 CPU trying to run MythFrontEnd.
> >
> >         I want to replace my Myth Server(the BE2400 cpu one)
> >
> >         1.  I am thinking of putting my Less powerfuls BE2400 CPU to
> >         the HTPC.
> >
> >         2.  Buy a new ATX DDR2 based motherboard, put the CPU (X2 250)
> >         yanked out from the HTPC to this new motherboard. (cost of MB
> >         = 60.00)
> >
> >         However memory for DDR3 is cheap approx 8GB for $50
> >
> >         Is it better to just buy a new DDR3 based Mother board with a
> >         diff CPU ?
> >
> >         I am confused and would some suggestions/advise.
> >
> >         -Narahari
> >
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