[mythtv-users] Anyone familiar with Shuttle computers?

[Craig Paterson]

Gerald Britton wrote:

>On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 12:14:31AM -0700, Chris Petersen wrote:
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>>They're good boxes, decent cooling (I've built a few, and have one on my
>>desk at work).  keep in mind that they are *not* quieter than the
>>average desktop - in fact, I'd say that they are as noisy as the average
>>desktop (though much quieter than my dual athlon)
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>I've heard this is true of their AMD based boxes (and their older boxes in
>general).  I have the SB61G2 (which is a P4 system).  It's far quieter than
>any typical desktop machine I've ever had.  My mythtv box is currently a
>Pundit (which is slightly quieter than my shuttle), but that case was a
>real pain to deal with. very heavy, hard to get cards in, etc.  Reading
>reviews of the shuttle cases, it seems their latest generation of cases
>(starting with the SB51 or so) are -very- quiet compared to their older
>ones.
>

I built up an SN41G2 (Athlon / nForce 2) box to use for Myth, with an 
Athlon 2500+ and a PVR-250. It's pretty quiet compared to a normal PC. 
The fan has two (or more?) speeds, though. It's very noisy when it 
boots, then it throttles down somewhat and it quietens things off. It 
speeds back up if the machine gets too hot.

With the fan running "slow", the SN41G2 is quiet enough to have on all 
the time in a living room, especially if you're going to be sat more 
than 6ft away, or if you live in a city where there's constant low 
background noise. But if you're somewhere very quiet, and certainly if 
it's going to be placed in a hot room, then the noise may bug you.

Craig.