[mythtv-users] Via Epia sp and hdtv

[Tom Lichti]

Shane wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 12:37:00PM -0700, James Dastrup wrote:
>   
> Thanks for the info.  I haven't comitted to the Epia at
> this point but yeah it's for the silence.  There are cases
> which can fit the sp 1.3ghz board with a heatpipe and
> external power supply.  I planned on going diskless and pxe
> booting the thing from the big server in the other room. 
> That and these mini-itx case dimensions will fit our stereo
> cabinet.
>
> Are there any other system designs which are more powerful
> that can run silent anyone is aware of.  Though I'm sure
> the near-silent systems are quiet, they can usually be
> heard if listening carefully in my experience.
>   
If you want quiet local disk, get a 2.5" laptop hard drive and IDE 
adaptor. You could run a basic frontend on 4GB. They are practically 
silent, at least to my ears.

Tom