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

Calvin Harrigan calvinharrigan at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 8 17:15:19 EDT 2003


All this talk about quiet PC has me wondering...
What is the quietest powersupply that any of you have come across?
The PS is the last source of noise in my box.
I have a zallman flower heatsink and a seagate hd both of which
are extremely quiet.

Thanks...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shirley, Mark R" <MarkRShirley at eaton.com>
To: "'Discussion about mythtv'" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] ivtv, mythtv & via 694 ?


> 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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