[mythtv-users] EPIA fan noise ?

[Simeon Walker]

John Pullan wrote:

>Hi,
>	I'm looking into building a "silent" combined front/back end mythtv
>box. As such, I've been considering a EPIA based solution. I'm going to
>be using one/two DVB cards so I don't need a lot of grunt to do the
>encoding, but I will need enough horse power decode. 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). 
>
>Any thoughts/comments from anyone ? 
>
>Cheers
>  
>
>  
>
I found the small fan quite noisy so I changed the heatsink to a 
Swifttech MCX-159A and mounted a 9cm fan above it. This usually runs at 
about 1200RPM and is very quiet.

http://www.simland.net/VDR/pict0436-small.jpg

Sim

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