new hardware

[stustunz]

thinking of upgrading

q1 anyone now of a good motherboard with 4 pci slots or just a good motherboard (not interested in onboard video so dont go there thanks)

q2 do i need a quad core or will a dual core do ?

q3 intel or amd ?

any other thoughts on what makes a good STABLE!!!! system

i now its all been asked before but this way i can ask questions that suit me

[Captcol]

What are you going to be using the system for? The four pci slots would make me think a media server?

[blackpaw]

Does it need to quiet? cool?

[psycik]

The asus m2v has 4 pci, 1 pcie for video and spdif out for sound (Digital coax)....it's what i use for my media center... Full atx though

[stustunz]

it will just be used for gbpvr
have laptop for everything else and dont play games anymore
at the moment i have sempron 2800
its just not upto it
want to record dvb-t HD
also have pvr150,pvr500,hvr4000,and another dvbs tuner =4 pci slots

would rather go intel from past experience amd have always been fast but temperamental but thats not in concrete
psycik how reliable is yours
full size atx is ok

all i want is that it runs 24/7 without crashing
the sempron has always just had a bad driver or fault and runs sweet for weeks then out of the blue will crash like 3 time then will be fine again for weeks

[blackpaw]

Recording takes very little CPU - simultaneous HD DVB recording on my PC only uses 2-3% CPU. Its the playback that's the killer

Using a Geforce 7200GS with the purevideo drivers I can playback HD at around 20% CPU - AMD Dual Core 4200+

[psycik]

it will just be used for gbpvr
have laptop for everything else and dont play games anymore
at the moment i have sempron 2800
its just not upto it
want to record dvb-t HD
also have pvr150,pvr500,hvr4000,and another dvbs tuner =4 pci slots

would rather go intel from past experience amd have always been fast but temperamental but thats not in concrete
psycik how reliable is yours
full size atx is ok

all i want is that it runs 24/7 without crashing
the sempron has always just had a bad driver or fault and runs sweet for weeks then out of the blue will crash like 3 time then will be fine again for weeks

haven't had any problems with it, but its only about 6 months old.

Running 4 tuners, 2 hard drives, 2 gb ram and putting out composite vid, stereo and spdif

[Lindsay]

Bang for buck, the Intel Core2 technology is top of the heap. I wouldn't think you'd get much return on a quad as we tend to use hardware for the processor intensive stuff. Depends on the price differential, I guess, as to whether it is worth the future proofing factor.

[stustunz]

heres what i got reason was i got the 4 pci slots couldnt find intel board with 4 pci slots

gigabyte GA-m56s-s3
amd 4800 + dual core
2 gig ram
nvidia 8600 silent

grand total $500nz cheap i thought

thinking of just plugging it in with old operating system (no fresh install)
never done it before wonder if it will work

[HtV]

thinking of just plugging it in with old operating system (no fresh install)
never done it before wonder if it will work

Even with a fresh install you will have the occasional problem, but now (that is, if you succeed in the 1st place) you'll always ask yourself it it's due to not doing a fresh install.
But please go ahead and let us know how you get along.

Hans