[mythtv-users] EPIA fan noise ?

[Stephen Tait]

At 10:54 02/08/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>John Pullan <jmp at tarantella.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm wondering about
> > getting a 10000M but I was wondering about how much noise the fan makes,
> > (given that it'll be sat in a silent room).
>
>      I can't speak for others, but my M10000 fan is fairly quiet.
>However, the power supply fan is NOISY.  With the case cover off, the
>power supply fan is much quieter, but the noise is LOUD with the cover
>on.
>
>[ There are fanless power supplies, but I'd be concerned about keeping
>   the M10000, disk, etc., cool.  I thought about using a fanless power
>   supply with my M10000, but I decided against it, and just shoved the
>   box into another room.  ]

As my previous posts WRT to EPIA systems prove, I'm no expert, but IIRC 
there's a fair few external PSU's for EPIA's out there that will enable you 
to keep the PSU outside the box, negating the need for a fan. Not as neat, 
but much quieter.