Quad Core On Its Way !

[Joey Z]

Well, It is on its way. I have 4 usb2's and a 500pci card in my test computer (dell P4 390) and everything looks good. Ended up ordering this bad boy, I know its overkill, but i like excess ;o). I should see it monday or tuesday. Going to add 6 usb2's in a short while, so I will have a min of 12 tuners working. I will keep ya updated.

Also Thanks for the help everyone !!!!

XPS 710:
Intel® Core™2 Extreme QX6700 (8MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1066 FSB)
Operating System:
Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD WPXP
Memory:
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs 4GB64
Hard Drive:
1.5TB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 750GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs)
2nd Hard Drive:
500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ 500SB Optical Drive:
Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable COM6DVR
Monitor:
20 inch UltraSharp™ 2007WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel 2007WFP
Video Cards:
768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX NV8800
Sound Cards:
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card XFI
1 Kilowatt PS

I also have a 750gig drive to add once it comes in.

[mcowger]

So, um, do you really record 12 shows at the same time?

[rugby]

RAID 0 is crazy.

Also, you're putting together this great system just to watch tv on a 20" monitor?

[HomeyFour]

Originally Posted by rugby

Also, you're putting together this great system just to watch tv on a 20" monitor?

This made me LOL! Seriously though, I easily record 5 shows at once with maybe peaks of 20% utilization while also watching recorded video. With hardware encoders, it just doesn't put much strain on the CPU - more so on the disk subsystem.

[rugby]

I've recorded 4 simultaneous HD streams while watching a recorded HD program, all off a single 750GB SATA hard drive without any problems.

RAID 0 is asking for trouble.....

[bradpvr]

It's just TV, RAID 0 is fine unless you consider TV critical data.

[rugby]

Yeah, I do consider my wife's tv programming critical data. I really don't want to hear about her losing shows.

Originally Posted by bradpvr

It's just TV, RAID 0 is fine unless you consider TV critical data.

[bradpvr]

That does generate a lot of static noise for sure!

[Joey Z]

Originally Posted by mcowger

So, um, do you really record 12 shows at the same time?

Yes !!

[Joey Z]

Originally Posted by rugby

RAID 0 is crazy.

Also, you're putting together this great system just to watch tv on a 20" monitor?

on the drive
The RAID 0 drives will just be used to record with and short term storage, any shows recorded will be transfered to a NAS system on the network.
on the monitor
I'm gonna actually swap it out with a 17". No one is going to watch anything on this system, its just gonna record/serve/store.

[Joey Z]

Originally Posted by rugby

I've recorded 4 simultaneous HD streams while watching a recorded HD program, all off a single 750GB SATA hard drive without any problems.

RAID 0 is asking for trouble.....

write error or disk failure ?

[rugby]

1 disk failure = all data gone on RAID array.

Originally Posted by Joey Z

write error or disk failure ?

[mcowger]

Originally Posted by rugby

1 disk failure = all data gone on RAID array.

Indeed, but for many of us that dont keep hundreds of recording and view TV as take it or leave it, losing all the recordings is no big deal.

[rugby]

I take it you're single....

Originally Posted by mcowger

Indeed, but for many of us that dont keep hundreds of recording and view TV as take it or leave it, losing all the recordings is no big deal.

[Joey Z]

system was sent out today. Hopefully I have something to play with at work Thursday!