[mythtv-users] help needed speccing out small silent frontend.

[Greg Cope]

On 7 Jul 2010, at 15:39, "Ryan Duffy" <dusteur at excite.com> wrote:

>
>>> I'd like some ideas for a small silent low-power frontend, if anyone
>>> has any experience they'd like to share.
>>
>>
>
> Hmmm, I had already discounted the Revo due to reports that the CPU  
> is very slow (compared with an i3 at least) and that the fan can be  
> very noisy. I tend to watch TV with the volume fairly low and really  
> want my PC to be as close to silent as possible, which ideally means  
> no fans, or fans that run slowly and hence very very quietly.
>
> Would you agree with these reports, or would you say the Revo is  
> fast enough and silent?

My 330 revo is fast enough to be a combined front end/backend.  CPU is  
not a problem.

Fan noise is no more than a laptop, albeit not the queitest.

If it is just a frontend why do you need an i3?

Greg