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Hardware Support Discussions related to using various hardware setups with SageTV products. Anything relating to capture cards, remotes, infrared receivers/transmitters, system compatibility or other hardware related problems or suggestions should be posted here. |
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Sage Client Machine?
I am looking at the HP s7600n slimline machine for my clients, These can be had at my local Bestbuy for 469 with a 15" Flat display, I can sell the displays at around 120ish either locally or Ebay, Bringing my price to 349, However I need a descent video card, Looking at the new LowProfile HDMI cards on newegg for 130ish.
Now for the question, Anyone know how I could get descent slimline client pc's for less than say $300 a system. And yes for me I would like PC's, MVP's dont give me enough control. |
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Have you looked at the Dell C521? Small form factor AMD X2 based system, 6150 graphics built in, plus a PCI-E slot, and even cheaper than the HP system esp when an occasional sale comes along..
Thanks, mike |
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How about dell optiplex gx240 p4 1.7ghz,256mb,20gb,cdrw, Windows 2K, If I upgrade the video card on this to a better card will these work? I can have 5 of these at little over $100 a piece.
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anyone, Will those specs work for a client pc?
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Just have to make sure that you can upgrade the video. Something that old probably doesn't have PCI-E, but hopefully AGP. OK, I just did a quick Yahoo search, and it does look like it does come with a AGP 4X slot, so you should be ok. |
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I was actually going to find a way to remove the harddrive altogether and I have a few LP Nvida 256mb AGP cards from some systems I upgraded for a friend a little while back.
My main concern was CPU and memory. |
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I ended up realizing that I wanted surround sound and digital out on my main tv, So I purchaed the dell c521 (athlon x2 3800, ATI X1300, 1GB ram, 80GB hdd, DVDrw) for it. I figure this way Ill also be able to play a small game or two on my big screen.
I went with the smaller lower end computers for other tv's that dont need anything special. thanks for the help guys, as always these forum are GReeeeeaaaate! |
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How has the x1300 video card worked for you? Are you using this on an HD display? I was looking at this little computer and the price is right I am just worried about the video card.
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The X1300 seems a little slow, It works fine on the SD, however when I Start streaming DVD's it will stutter from time to time.
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