I need helpfull advice from hardware guru's to build a system to be integrated into my home network for the following purposes:
1) Home security and monitoring: the system will monitor home camera's and alert me at work if anything strange happens etc. So it will be serving video over the web but it doesnt have to be perfect.
2) Home theatre: I want to be able to T/VIVO, surround sound, multimedia serving, access the different home entertainment components etc.
Quietness and coolness are factors. I live in a very warm condo and the machine will be running virtually all the time. Also it shouldnt distract from my home entertainment.
I prefer to run Linux, so the hardware has to have linux support which means probably not the most cutting edge, maybe stuff a year or two back in technology (my own rule of thumb). I need to be able to burn DVD's, CD's etc and access various tv programs from different machines on the network.
I live in Canada so some stuff isnt as readily available. For example newegg doesnt ship here (why? I dont understand that).
This is what Ive been thinking so far:
CPU: Intel P4 3.0 GHz
MOBO: Asus P4P800 SE i865 PE
RAM: 2* 512MB OCZ PC-3200
VC: Asus V9570TD GeForce FX5700 128 or 256 Mb
HD: 2* Maxtor 200GB with 8MB cache
Im a computer programmer but Im not a hardware guru. If you have anything to suggest or add, please give me any suggestions.
1) Home security and monitoring: the system will monitor home camera's and alert me at work if anything strange happens etc. So it will be serving video over the web but it doesnt have to be perfect.
2) Home theatre: I want to be able to T/VIVO, surround sound, multimedia serving, access the different home entertainment components etc.
Quietness and coolness are factors. I live in a very warm condo and the machine will be running virtually all the time. Also it shouldnt distract from my home entertainment.
I prefer to run Linux, so the hardware has to have linux support which means probably not the most cutting edge, maybe stuff a year or two back in technology (my own rule of thumb). I need to be able to burn DVD's, CD's etc and access various tv programs from different machines on the network.
I live in Canada so some stuff isnt as readily available. For example newegg doesnt ship here (why? I dont understand that).
This is what Ive been thinking so far:
CPU: Intel P4 3.0 GHz
MOBO: Asus P4P800 SE i865 PE
RAM: 2* 512MB OCZ PC-3200
VC: Asus V9570TD GeForce FX5700 128 or 256 Mb
HD: 2* Maxtor 200GB with 8MB cache
Im a computer programmer but Im not a hardware guru. If you have anything to suggest or add, please give me any suggestions.