[mythtv-users] Fanless HDTV backend on EPIA SP 8000E Vs. EPIA PD6000E

[Brad Fuller]

What is this "watercooling list" you speak of? Is it a mailing list?

Dean Collins wrote:

>I know it's not applicable for lounge room based machines but I cant
>help but comment here how blown away I've been with the Zalman Reserator
>water cooling system I installed.
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>I have a large server rack in my office and have now installed 2 of them
>to totally water cooled (except the power supplies and commercial
>versions of them are now available as well) 2 of my pc servers and cant
>believe how different the sound is (including double hard drive
>coolers).
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>At the moment I'm designing a wall of water that will feed 4 separate
>pumps and cover 1 entire side of my rack.
>www.collins.net.pr/watercooling  
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>There are a number of people on the watercooling list that are pumping
>from a central location to multiple machines in separate rooms (1 is
>even running a intercooler solution through his basement into a well :) 
>
>Just a suggestion.
>
>Cheers,
>Dean
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Robert Tsai
>>Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 2:42 PM
>>To: Eric Gilbert; Discussion about mythtv
>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Fanless HDTV backend on EPIA SP 8000E Vs.
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>EPIA
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>>PD6000E
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>>On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 10:51:33AM -0700, Eric Gilbert wrote:
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>>>On 6/1/05, Robert Tsai <rtsai1111 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>>On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 12:42:47PM +0100, Ivor Hewitt wrote:
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>>>>>On 5/31/05, Eric Gilbert <eric.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>I've got Myth running just fine on my desktop P4, but I want
>>>>>>to add a fanless low power server to my network so I can have
>>>>>>a Myth backend running 24/7 with minimal noise and power, and
>>>>>>physical size.
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>>>>Heatwise, you may be in trouble. My pcHDTV HD-3000 cards (2) each
>>>>run pretty warmly. Not so hot I can't touch them, but there is
>>>>definitely noticeable radiating heat ...
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>>>Yeah, I'm worried about that too. The case I was planning on was the
>>>Travla C158 Mini-ITX Case 120W. It's the perfect size and it's
>>>mountable. Unfortunately the the HD-3000 will be sitting directly
>>>over the HDD.  I hoped to get address some of the heat issues with a
>>>HDD cooler like the Zalman ZM-2HC2
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>(http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=371018).
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>>>Would that be enough or am I just trying to fit too much into too
>>>small an area?
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>>How would the HDD cooler help? All it does is increase the surface
>>area for HDD heat dissipation, which still has to go *somewhere*.
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>>I'm actually wondering if the HD-3000 cards can robustly withstand
>>their own heat without any active cooling. As for your SFF case, only
>>one way to find out, I guess.
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>>For acoustics, http://www.silentpcreview.com/ has lots of information
>>for both full-size and SFF form factors (and fanless systems).
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>>--Rob
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