[mythtv-users] Quiet HDTV Hardware

[Donn Lee]

After trying other "quiet" or fanless PSUs, I got the fanless
SilverStone SST-ST30NF (st30nf).  It is truly 0db and I'm very happy
with it.  Stays nice and cool in my black Antec P180 HTPC case.

Highly recommend these items (and so does my noise sensitive wife!).

Donn

On 4/22/06, John Goerzen <jgoerzen at complete.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My current MythTV box died this week, so I figure this is a good time to
> upgrade.  I did some googling based on my criteria, but almost all of
> the advice I got was about a year out of date.
>
> The most important things are:
>
>  * The machine is VERY quiet
>  * Powerful enough to play back HDTV while recording 1 HDTV and
>    1 PVR-250 stream simultaneously
>
> I currently have working pcHDTV 3000, fanless AGP nvidia card w/HW MPEG
> acceleration, and a PVR-250 that I could use on the new system.  (If the
> new system is PCI-X, I have no problem with buying a new cheapo nvidia
> card for that.)
>
> Most of the people that have built nice, quiet HTPC boxes aren't doing
> HDTV.  The resulting boxes either physically can't accept a pcHDTV 3000
> card or are often underpowered.  So that's why I'm asking here.
>
> Nice to haves include:
>
>  * Horizontal form factor
>
>  * Nice HDTV case (but QUIET is more important than style)
>
>  * Athlon64 (because I already own some Athlon64 hardware, but I'd
>    take whatever works well)
>
>  * Both coax and optical digital audio out
>
> Any advice?  I'm particularly interested in suggestions for cases, power
> supplies, CPUs, and motherboards.  I've found some really bad cases and
> motherboards out there.  I'm not opposed to buying a pre-assembled
> barebones unit either.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- John
>
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