[mythtv-users] Fanless, not only quiet

Stephen Brooks nightbikeman at googlemail.com
Fri Oct 5 18:48:57 UTC 2007


This was built by a friend of mine

http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_silent.php

How silent?
"I powered on the system and my heart sunk... nothing happened. Then it POST
beeped and I realised that it was actually on! Complete silence. Job done."

:)


On 10/5/07, Peter A. Daly <petedaly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/4/07, lanas <lanas at securenet.net> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> >   Are there any recommendations for a fanless system ?  Quiet PCs are
> > one thing, but a fanless PC is somethign altogether different.  I
> > recently worked with embedded fanless PC and what it means is that it
> > emits really no noise.  And you don't have to buy Zalman fans amd
> > such and try to get a so-called 'quiet' PC.
> >
> >   Anyone using fanless motherboards and if so, which ones ?
> It sounds like you are looking for something very similar to the
> silent frontends that I have built.
> (http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/frontend/set-top/silent/howto.html)
> They are based on a Via ME6000 motherboard.
>
> If you want a silent system that's a backend as well, the noise from
> the hard drive is an issue, and cooling is more of a concern one you
> start packing a tuner and hard drive into a small case.
>
> If you're after true silence, other than running long audio and
> monitor wires to somewhere else in the house, I think the only option
> is a network attached backend out of ear shot.
>
> I system like the ME6000 certainly has some trade-offs in terms of
> performance, but can truly be silent, and is very energy friendly.  (I
> hope you don't want HD.)
>
> -Pete
>
> >
> > Thanks.
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