[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250 is hot! hot! hot!

[James L. Paul]

Micah Wedemeyer wrote:
> Thanks for all the good input from people.  I guess I'll just have to see if I
> can reach an acceptable balance between noise and airflow.  I've got a few
> ideas, but I'm afraid I will just have to crank the 60mm fans on the back up to
> speed.  As we all know 60mm fans are just plain noisy.

I'm using 80mm fans. Still noisy.

> Does anyone here have their Myth box inside an armoire or A/V cabinet?  How do
> you keep it from overheating?  That is my main problem, I think.  It sits in my
> TV armoire and stews in its own juices, rather than being in the open air that
> circulates at least a little.  I asked my wife if we could put it on top of the
> armoire, but she said she'd rather deal with the noise of the fans on high.

Mine is in a glass-door TV stand under my 36" Trinitron. I cut the back 
of the stand away so that the case fans exhaust outside the stand.

> Anyways, I might try to post some pics of my system layout for recommendations
> on cooling, but you'll all laugh at my horrible cable routing, so maybe not. :)

There is one Shuttle system with onboard nVidia graphics/TVout that 
looks to have very good compartmentalized cooling design here:

http://global.shuttle.com/Product/Barebone/SN41G2%20V3.asp

I would buy it immediately if it had 2 PCI slots, it has only 1. But, 
for somebody wanting only 2 tuners, this system with a PVR500MCE looks 
like a nice solution.

For now, I choose to stick with my 4U rack chassis crammed under my TV 
until I find something ideal.

> Micah
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