Quote from: colinjones on January 28, 2009, 10:39:08 PM
A dedicated core is rarely necessary for performance - this is usually only done if you want to use a noisy system for the core. 2GB is probably overkill. Video chipset is the most important piece. Then sound. Then your NICs (you need 2 on the core, yes?) Personally, I would situate my media on a separate machine from LMCE. If you have a general PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) put a big drive in that and share it out.
Thanks for your feedback.
There's no noise issue with the "media centre" system I have, so probably not worth setting up a dedicated core...just means I can use the HP server for something else.
In terms of the RAM, I've got it sat there doing nothing so it might as well be in the system, even if it doesn't make much difference - at least it's there if I need it.
Will the GeForce 7025 chipset be sufficient do you reckon? For sound, I was thinking of using the onboard S/PDIF output straight to my AV amp.
When it comes to the NICs, can I use the onboard NIC for one of them and just add a dedicated card for the other, or do I need 2 dedicated cards?
As you reckon it would be best to keep the media separate, I can just store it on my main file server.
Cheers,
