Need advice on new pvr build please.

[quantum3]

My family is trying EBP FIOS TV from comcast and we went from 4 dvrs to one because you can only get one per household right now. I have an older 780i motherboard with 6 gigs of 1066 memory and a duel core Intel e6600 running at 3.0ghz with a geforce 8800 gts (640k memory). I have purchased a HVR-2250 for the 80 channels (roughly) of SD and a HD PVR 1212 for the HD channels coming off of the cisco CIS430. I have 64 bit windows 7 installed and sage tv version 7. I have been reading about uirt and firewire but as of right now I only have ir blasters. I have not had the time to set up the HD PVR yet. Now here come the questions.....

Is this machine fast enough for prossessing hd and watching tv at the same time without lag or do i need to upgrade the procsessor to a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 ?
I have been reading firewire will not work with 64 bit windows is this true and is there any way around it?
I love building pc's but this is my first pvr build. What tips can you give me to help with keeping the wife happy? She has used tivos and I am trying to make something close.
What questions am I not asking that I need too ask to make this a smooth experience?

Thanks for all the help and advice as it is greatly appreciated!
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[Spectrum]

Originally Posted by quantum3

My family is trying EBP FIOS TV from comcast

FIOS from Comcast???? I'm confused. I thought FIOS was Verizon....

Originally Posted by quantum3

Is this machine fast enough for prossessing hd and watching tv at the same time without lag or do i need to upgrade the procsessor to a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 ?

That system should be able to handle it just fine. The problems start when you add more tuners and want to run comskip or show analyzer on 10 things at once

Originally Posted by quantum3

I have been reading firewire will not work with 64 bit windows is this true and is there any way around it?

You are correct, there are no x64 firewire drivers. Your options are using the built in HDPVR blaster which is flaky and I would not recommend, using a USB-UIRT to change channels, serial (RS232) if your box supports it, or install an x32 bit version of Windows.

Originally Posted by quantum3

I love building pc's but this is my first pvr build. What tips can you give me to help with keeping the wife happy? She has used tivos and I am trying to make something close.

I've never used a Tivo before but the best advice I can give for WAF is keep it simple and install comskip or show analyzer to ditch the commercials

[quantum3]

sorry about the confusion. I came from comcast to epb fiber optic iptv. thanks for the imput i guess i need to order usb-uirt asap. thanks again

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by Spectrum

I've never used a Tivo before but the best advice I can give for WAF is keep it simple and install comskip or show analyzer to ditch the commercials

What if your wife enjoys commercials?

Seriously though, as Spectrum said, that server setup will be plenty for just Sage. But if you start doing other tasks at the same time, you'd benefit from another core (or more).