Finally set up again!

[polarhyte]

I will first admit that the only reason I built my first HTPC was MythTV. I could see what it could do and I was hooked. After dozens of failed attempts to set it up, I found SageTV and made my purchase. After that my setup was a breeze, and with a A7V8X and a PVR350 I was all set up. It didn't take long for me to fill a 200GB HD(Music, Movies, Everything on Sci-Fi) so something had to be done. I was lucky enough to find 4 250GB SATA HD's for 99 each a few months back. I got them, along with a Highpoint RocketRaid 1640 card. Much to my dismay, the HighPoint would stop the PVR350 from working. This blew me over the edge with how much time/effort/money had gone into it. About a week ago, I gave it all a go once again. This time, I did research into what I was getting.

Lascala Case - Hands down BEST HTPC Case(if you need room for 5 hard drives)
EPoX 8RDA3+ Pro (Never went EPoX before, never going back)
Sempron 2300+
512MB PC2700
4x Maxtor 250GB SATA ( 5 yr Warranty )
1x Maxtor 200GB IDE
1x PVR500 ( 1 more to install when I get the new cable boxes )
1x PVR350
1x Chaintech AV710
1x Addonics 114 4 Port SATA PCI Raid Card (0,1,10)
Thermaltake Purepower 420W PSU
GF440MX

After I got all that stuff in, I spent about 3 hours tearing everything apart, and adding variable control fans. Everything set as low as could go would result in ZERO sound and temps only rose(after 1 hr in entertainment center) 5c. Fans set to max would result in sound only audible when TV was off, and temps were nice and low. Can't wait to fill this setup up!

[Fluffdaddy]

Nice system. I will take a look at that Lascala Case. Are you thinking about throwing in a HD tuner card some day ?

[polarhyte]

I would love to have HD, but the only HDTV in the house has been forbidden from my messing with.