Computer!

[desh]

Component	brand	details	site	price	after rebate
Barebones	Shuttle	sn85g4 (small form factor)	newegg	$250	$250
Processor	AMD	Athlon 64 3000+	newegg	$146	$146
Memory	Kingmax	2x512 DDR 3200	newegg	$107	$107
Video card	AOpen	NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT	newegg	$194	$194
Video Card	ATI	9600 All In Wonder w/ Remote	newegg	$172	$172
HD	Hitachi	Deskstar 160GB ATA (not SATA)	CompUSA	$120	$60
CD	Rosewill	DVD+-R dual layer, CD-R, etc	newegg	$50	$50
Monitor	none			$0	$0
Total				$845	$785

So what do y'all think? That's without a monitor, and without XP Pro and Office, which yes, I do want legit copies of. But it seems like a total of about $1100 for an awesome small-form-factor monitorless PC. Thoughts? Suggestions? Quickly, please. My money is burning a hole in my pocket, and if I'm not lucky, something is also burning a hole in my hard drive right now. It sounds that way, at least.

edit: Apparently the power supply maybe can't handle the video card? Crap. Now looking for good 240W video card options... edit again: Yay, All In Wonder! Should work, right?

Comments

[desh]

Actually, I might dual-boot. Tell me more?

[conana.livejournal.com]

Well, in principle if you are doing this you want to be able to credibly claim that you had a working DVR before July. I'm not really clear on the deal with ReplayTV; I seem to recall reading that TiVo had some weird software update provisions that made people not confident that it would continue to Do the Right Thing. I read that the all-in-wonder had insuperable driver issues (which usually means "proprietary and no one has reverse engineered it") but now I cannot confirm that. There seems to be an extensive hardware database which I am not going to browse now. The only card that anyone I know has been recomending is some expensive HDTV deal that the local ubergeeks seem to be buying. And for myself, I can't really justify a MythTV box when I do not watch television.

[desh]

Oh, you're talking about that broadcast flag stuff? Stupid government. Though I heard good news a week or two ago about judges not liking it, or something...

Anyway, yeah, I just think TV in is nice. I don't think I'll be doing MythTV anyway. But if I were, I probably wouldn't do HDTV. And if I did want to, then I'm sure I can get the cards somewhere. Either they won't be illegalized, there's 3rd-party stuff, or there's probably Canadian-manufactured imported stuff.