[mythtv-users] noise questions

Steven Marcotte sdmarcotte at comcast.net
Tue Dec 23 18:12:11 EST 2003


On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 11:50, fsquires wrote:
> I'm planning on building a sff myth box.  Right now I'm using an older 
> Athlon 900 system with a TV Wonder VE.  I was thinking of using either 
> a pundit or another case with a chaintech 7nif2 mb (maybe a hornet).  
> I'd like the chaintech for the extra pci slot but I'm worried about 
> noise.  My question is how loud would an Athlon (possibly 2500+) with 
> the stock cooler be, as opposed to the pundit or a different HS/F?
> 
> Also has anyone tried to use a Creative DXR2 with mythtv?  I've found 
> some drivers and a patch for ogle but haven't been able to do any 
> testing with it yet as I don't have the room for it in my current case.

I have an AthlonXP 2100+ in my file server, which is being cooled by a
Thermaltake Silent Boost.  It's very quiet, about 21dBA @ 2500 RPM.  It
does a good job at keeping the CPU cool, currently about 37C.  

http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/volcano/rs/a1889a.htm

Quattro



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