[mythtv-users] OT: Hardware purchase question for eventual HD Mythtv system

Johnny jarpublic at gmail.com
Fri May 22 15:10:07 UTC 2009


>> This comes with the retail boxed cpu / heatsink however its perfectly
>> fine to scrape that off and apply ordinary silicon based heat sink
>> compound.
>>
>> John
>
> Thank you all for the responses.  As always the MythTV community has
> been helpful!

I recently bought that exact processor from Newegg. It came with a
heat sink and already had the thermal compound on the heat sink. I
wouldn't do anything extra. It hasn't run hot. Also if you are making
purchases with sound considerations in mind, you may want to consider
getting an aftermarket heatsink that will have a quieter fan. Also
that 80mm fan that comes with your case is almost guaranteed to be
really loud. So spending $10-$15 on a quieter case fan like a Scythe,
can be well worth it. Also if you care about saving energy, the newer
80+ certified power supplies can make a significant impact, and there
are quieter ones available than the one that comes with that case. I
try to avoid cases that come with a power supply. They tend to be low
quality and inefficient. A low quality power supply can lead to lots
of other odd errors or hardware failures that are hard to trace back
to the power supply. Not to overkill the sound thing, but spending a
little time to track down a fanless video card is usually worth the
effort as well.


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