drvnbysound
Senior Member
This may have been discussed somewhere else, but I havent been able to locate the answer/opinions.
I am looking at building a PC for Sage now and would like to have it completely setup (structured wiring enclosure, antenna, HDHRs, HD-PVR, etc.) by the end of OCT. I was originally looking at also using a GeoVision CCTV DVR card for analog security cameras. I just took a good look at the AVerMedia NV5000 and really like its ability to add the additional 4-port module as well as being able to easily add a second card for up to 16 cameras (no way I would ever have 16 cams, but I like the flexibility). My current issue is trying to decide whether to build two separate PCs (likely each a Core 2 Duo processor) or to run Sage and the NV5000 on the same pc (likely a Core 2 Quad processor). I am planning to have a ~80GB HDD for OS, a minimum of (1) 2TB drive for Sage, and a minimum of (1) 1TB drive for CCTV. I would be doing some form of RAID on the Sage drive - losing a large amount (to me ~150-200 movies) of ripped DVD/BD movies would not be cool
If a single PC would handle both, I would also highly consider dual GB NIC cards.
NOTE: I am planning to only run to HD Extenders to every TV. So no need for the PC to do added work of encoding/decoding for displaying the video. Also, as mentioned above, I will be using HDHomeruns and HD-PVR for bringing the video into the Sage server rather than internal tuner cards in the PC.
Opinions please...
I am looking at building a PC for Sage now and would like to have it completely setup (structured wiring enclosure, antenna, HDHRs, HD-PVR, etc.) by the end of OCT. I was originally looking at also using a GeoVision CCTV DVR card for analog security cameras. I just took a good look at the AVerMedia NV5000 and really like its ability to add the additional 4-port module as well as being able to easily add a second card for up to 16 cameras (no way I would ever have 16 cams, but I like the flexibility). My current issue is trying to decide whether to build two separate PCs (likely each a Core 2 Duo processor) or to run Sage and the NV5000 on the same pc (likely a Core 2 Quad processor). I am planning to have a ~80GB HDD for OS, a minimum of (1) 2TB drive for Sage, and a minimum of (1) 1TB drive for CCTV. I would be doing some form of RAID on the Sage drive - losing a large amount (to me ~150-200 movies) of ripped DVD/BD movies would not be cool
If a single PC would handle both, I would also highly consider dual GB NIC cards. NOTE: I am planning to only run to HD Extenders to every TV. So no need for the PC to do added work of encoding/decoding for displaying the video. Also, as mentioned above, I will be using HDHomeruns and HD-PVR for bringing the video into the Sage server rather than internal tuner cards in the PC.
Opinions please...
