[mythtv-users] the ultimate setup

[Ken Mink]

Hey Dan,

The motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-VM/400. I picked up the
s-video/composite add-on for it. I'm using the on-board video and
sound. The processor is an AMD 2600XP(Barton). That may be a little
overkill. I'm using an Artic Cooling heatsink/fan. It's damn quiet as
well. I don't remember the exact model. The tuner is a PVR-250. It's
the only card in the machine.

I am walking the line on heat. The powersupply fan doesn't move enough
air. There is a fan that came with the case, but it's loud. If I leave
it disconnected, the machine will sometimes overheat and shutdown. I'm
planning on replacing it with a larger diameter, slower and quieter
fan. A slower cooler CPU would have probably been a better choice.

Good luck,
Ken


On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:12:03 -0500, Daniel Wellman
<wellman at edgetolife.com> wrote:
>  
> Ken, 
>  
>  What motherboard, chip, and TV encoder did you end up using for this box? 
>  
>  I'm also sitting on the line here deciding what to build -- I need to build
> a front end/back end combo for space reasons, and would sure love to make
> this as quiet as possible for my studio apartment. 
>  
>  I can highly recommend the Zalman CPNS-7000A-Cu heatsink for 'bigger'
> machines -- so quiet I didn't know it was on when I first turned on the
> machine! 
>  Thanks, 
>  Dan 
>  
>  
> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:15:08 -0500 
>  From: Ken Mink <kmmyth at gmail.com> 
>  Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] the ultimate setup 
>  To: Sarah Roberts <sarah.roberts at gmail.com>,    Discussion about mythtv 
>      <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
>  Message-ID: <245f20f305030408157439e521 at mail.gmail.com> 
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 
>  
>  I went with a FE/BE combo that would sit in my entertainment center. I 
>  bought all quiet parts. 
>  
>  The case: 
>  http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/cPath/23/products_id/32 
>  
>  Power Supply: 
>  http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/cPath/34/products_id/42? 
>  
>  It really looks sharp. I also bought a Samsung SP1604N and very quiet CPU
> fan. 
>  
>  The box is currently sitting on top of the entertainment center. It's 
>  so quiet, that if it wasn't for the LED on the front, I wouldn't know 
>  it was running. 
>  
>  
>  Ken 
>  
>  
>  
>  
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