[mythtv-users] ivtv, mythtv & via 694 ?

[Shirley, Mark R]

My new box is very quiet and fairly cool.  I used a Barton XP 2500+, 
with a large Thermalright copper heatsink, an 80mm fan running 2700rpm, 
and a WD 120G hard drive.  It's very very quiet.  I can't even hear it
from 3 feet away.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre-Olivier Bouchard [mailto:petecool at vl.videotron.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:56 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv, mythtv & via 694 ?
> 
> 
> Heikki Julkunen wrote:
> > My old box was a 1100Mhz celeron, which was fast enough to run
> > mythtv, and also being able to decode high quality divx movies.
> > My new box is a 600Mhz P3 - fast enough for mythtv but not 
> for divx...
> > I also tried my Athlon XP2000+ box, definitely fast enough for both,
> > but very hot/noisy!
> > 
> > So if anyone has any hints of how to get a good mythtv box that is:
> > cheap, relatively speedy, and quiet (yes, yes, I know - you 
> can only 
> > pick two!) :)
> 
> You _can_ have speedy, (relatively) cheap and quiet if you 
> choose your 
> parts correctly...
> 
> I would get a Thoroughbred XP1700+, with a BIG heatsink from 
> Thermalright or Swiftech with a slow fan, and a Seagate hard 
> disk as a 
> base. I have mostly that (only the HD is missing, should be coming 
> soon), and the only source of noise from my system is the Western 
> Digital hard disk's whine; if I unplug the HD, close the 
> case, and power 
> on, I can't really tell it's on! But then I also have a very silent 
> power supply and passive video card cooling...
> 
> If you choose the right model of XP, they're not very hot; they have 
> many revisions, with differently placed circuitry on the 
> core, ending up 
> with varying heat outputs for the same frequency; the current 
> ones for 
> the XP1700+ are cool. Another thing you can try, is undervolting, I 
> gained 5C with that.
> 
> Overall not much more expensive than a cheap system, if you don't buy 
> regulars parts before finding out they're too noisy, and end 
> up buying 
> others and not returning the noisy ones (you'd end up paying 
> twice for 
> those parts, not too fun), and choose everything according to 
> noise output.
> 
> Also, you could try using an i815 chipset motherboard for your P3, I 
> have one with a Celeron 1100 Mhz and it's working great.
> 
> 
> Pete
> 
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