[Gllug] mini-itx & usb wifi & mythtv & DVB-T stuff

[SteveC]

Hi all

After 3 years with a mac laptop I want to get a linux box again.

I'm thinking a mini-itx since they're small and cheaper than I thought.
Normally I'd build it myself but I've not touched one of these before.
Is it significantly cheaper building it than buying a pre-built box?
Does anyone have component / supplier reccomendations? Any gotchas I
should look for? I looked at the sites google.co.uk threw back looking
for 'mini-itx buy linux' including cheeplinux.

I thought there were more cool looking cases than there are. Any case
recommendations?

I'd like it to drive a 17" LCD for working on, but also a TV for myth
TV. I was thinking of getting something like HAUPPAUGE WINTV NOVA-T PC.
pci card. eg something that does mpeg-2 onboard but I't like it to have
PAL or scart output and DVB-T (eg freeview) input. Is that possible?
Anyone got mythtv set up with a card capable of doing freeview? Also,
anyone know how sensitive freeview is to tv aerial set up?

I need wifi, so I'm thinking pci card, or usb dongle. Any experience
with usb wifi? bit of a crappy solution I think, so I;m thinking a 2-pci
slot box, one for wifi, one for tv card.

I'm thinking I need

case
motherboard (fanned, something 1.2 Ghz)
(slim?) cd/dvd
pci riser depending on case?
power supply
1 gig ram


TIA

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/
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