RE: Kitchen PC & Processing power

[<anthony.kirrane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a Dimension 8200.  It has a 2Ghx Pent IV with only 128 MB RAM.  I
ha=
ve
a Hauppauge PVR 350 in it.  Until recently I stored all of the family MP3's
and pictures on that box and shared them out to other machines around the
house.  I performed all of these functions well and I never noticed any lag
or sluggish behaviour from the box.  It is connected to the LAN via a 11mbs
wireless card.

Recently however I have moved all of the MP3 and pictures to another
centrally located PC in readiness for the arrival of the much heralded KAT5
units from Keith Doxey.  (In fact I had an email from him this morning
sayi=
ng
they will be posted today - wa hey)  The reason I ask about budget is that
the machine I just made PIV 3Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 160GB SATA, Multi Region DVD RW
only cost approx =A3380.  A snip me thinks.=20=20

Hopefully some ideas there for you.


Regards


Anthony


Anthony Kirrane
Application Services
BT Syntegra
Waterloo Lane
Chelmsford
Tel: 01245-458070
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-----Original Message-----
From: Simon McCaughey [mailto:simonmcc@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 30 September 2004 09:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Kitchen PC & Processing power

Anthony

I'm very pleased with the 12" screen, it looks great in the kitchen,
and th=
e
resolution is good enough for kitchen use. Its the main unit I want to
upgrade, with just enough power that it will run normal applications well

What CPU do you have?

Simon


----- Original Message -----=20
From: <anthony.kirrane@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 8:54 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Kitchen PC & Processing power


> Hi Simon
>
> I have a similar setup.  What is your budget?  Would you want a new
bigge=
r
> screen, say a 17" LCD?  How about a TV card?
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> Regards
>
>
> Anthony
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> Anthony Kirrane
> Application Services
> BT Syntegra
> Waterloo Lane
> Chelmsford
> Tel: 01245-458070
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon McCaughey [mailto:simonmcc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 September 2004 08:47
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Kitchen PC & Processing power
>
> I have installed a "proof of concept" PC in the kitchen,
using a nice 12"
TFT
> and an old K6-2-500 PC running WinXP.
>
> It is *almost* silent, and SWMBO has given a big thumbs up to having
online
> banking, weather, internet radio, and kiddy pics screen saver - so all
is
> great on that front!
>
> I want to upgrade the machine (or buy a new one) The current machine
strains
> playing mp3s, and don't even ask it do decode video - I want to know
what
> processor people are using for kiosk type applications - what is the
minimum
> I could get away with?
>
> I'm thinking either go ITX, with one of the epia boards, or else small
form
> factor PIII
>
> Any advice welcome :)
>
> Simon
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