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Old 10-03-2008, 06:15 PM   #3
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What do you guys consider the most critical parts of the build? beefed up processor, More Memory on the Video card, etc. etc.
Video card is not needed if you don't decode H.264 (HD resolution)...the built-in video card on the microATX motherboards is fast enough.
A 2GHz processor is plenty fast enough to save off the HD video to disk. You won't need that much memory either.
The most critical part is probably the tuner if you want to use it w/ Verizon. Make sure you get one w/ unencrypted QAM support.
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