[mythtv-users] Re: Yet another noobie sanity check ;-)

[DTR]

I went with a Shuttle SN41G2V2 which has the newer ICE cooling unit.  I 
took out the stock 80mm fan and replaced it with a vantec stealth fan. 
The only other moving parts in there are the hard drive which is a 
seagate barracuda 200g (pretty quiet as far as HDs go) and the optical 
drive.   I used the onboard MX-400 for video and it does the job. 
Processor is an athlon mobile 2500+ so I can run it at low voltage and 
not worry about cooking my components.  Overall its a very quiet/cool 
machine that looks good enough to sit next to my other stereo components 
and those were the goals I set out with.

--
DTR


Henk Poley wrote:
> Op zondag 11 juli 2004 23:47, schreef Brad:
> 
>>Its disappointing to hear that your Pundit and system with the Zalman
>>power supply aren't very quiet. I was indeed planning to have this
>>system out in the open (part of the entertainment system) when it was
>>completed. If its going to have to be locked away in a closet
>>somewhere, I can go with MUCH cheaper cases/parts than the ones I've
>>chosen.  :-(
> 
> 
> I went down the same route, trying to get an as silent as possible 'normal' 
> system (aka with fans). But now I think the only way to do this is 'the 
> closet way', or useing a totaly fanless system.
> 
> But maybe (notice that word..), using these 'dampening kits' with foam sheets, 
> fan rubbers, really open grilles, etc. would help. Things like using an AMD 
> Athlon XP-M (barton mobile) processor might help too, or just run your Athlon 
> XP with 333MHz FSB at 266MHz, so you can turn down the fan speed of the 
> heatsink.
> 
> All a big maybe though, you might get rather pissed with the little bit of 
> monotone noise it still makes.
> 
> 	Henk Poley <><
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