[mythtv-users] Advice on Building a Quiet MythTV Box?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 21:13:48 UTC 2008


On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:05 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I had a hard time finding a half-height PCI-E fanless card with
>> component out for my Myth box. In the end I bought a Nvidia 8400GS
>> half-height card with a fan. The fan was ridiculously loud and I ended
>> up replacing it with a heatsink I got from a local computer store. I
>> have no idea what the heatsink came from, but it is about 50MM^2 by 35MM
>> tall. I had to do some minor modifications to make it work, but now my
>> video card is fanless and under load is cooler than my full size 8400GS
>> fanless. The downside is that the heatsink covers the PCI slot next to
>> the PCI-E slot. Not a problem for me, but may be for others.
>>
>> If you want to see more details of it I just put up a post about it:
>> http://jamesanddiana.com/blog/?p=9
>>
> Looks like a zalman zm-nb47j
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118214&Tpk=zm-nb47j
>
> BTW, The only reason I got that is I have a few on my desk...
>
Oops did not read far enough. Ignore my post.

John


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