Yes, this is a bump ;)<br><br>No one else has any mobo/cpu combo recommendations? No case recommendations? I expected at least an Intel-vs-AMD or Antec-vs-Silverstone flame war!<br><br>-Dave<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 6/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Frascone</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@frascone.com">dave@frascone.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Ok -- it's about time for me to upgrade my diskless frontend, so I need some help on some items:<br><br>1) I run diskless, and prefer as little noise as possible. I know that AMD makes a low power CPU that can be passivly cooled, but I've had trouble finding one from any of the normal search engines. (It's hard to put 15watts in the search). So -- does anyone have a link for a CPU / MB combo that can be passivly cooled? Built in video would also be nice -- as long as the whole combo can keep up with HD video playback. So -- does anyone have any newegg or other online vendor links?
<br><br>2) Lirc is a constant cause of issues for me. It just often fails, and my wife is not technologically savy enough to ssh in and kill mythfrontend. So -- she usually resorts to pushing reset. While this is fine on a diskless box -- it is unnecessary downtime. So -- what I would like is some input on cases that have enough controls to navigate back and kill mythfrontend. I guess a single "things are messed up" button would be ok -- but ideally it would be a set of arrows and a select. (And, maybe even an escape). Does this exist? (of course, the buttons need to be some kind of HID or something -- an IR transmitter wouldn't do so well, if lircd was hosed.
<br><br>3) Am I missing anything? Would the case mentioned in #2 need a power supply? If so -- should I just buy a cheap one (remember, I'm only powering a MB and possibly a DVD player/burner) Or, should I look for a "quiet" one?
<br><br>Thanks in advance,<br><br><br>-Dave<br><span class="sg"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>David Frascone<br><br>Oxymoron: Safe Sex.
</span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>David Frascone<br><br>He who Laughs, Lasts.