[mythtv-users] VIA EPIA EX for mythtv front+backend (newbie)

[Wouter van Atteveldt]

> Wouter,
>
> I settled on the EPIA myself as a good choice for small size.  My own
> experience
> was that the smaller the case the more heat problems you have .... even
> with the
> EPIA.  I could never find a hard drive that would run cool enough to
> co-exist in the
> case with the EPIA.  More aggressive case fans solved the heat problem but
> raised the noise level.
>
> I finally moved to a larger case ... I believe it was a 'flex' case to
> resolve the heat
> issues but provide a quieter solution.
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Thanks!

I was considering a nexus psile case (http://www.psile.com/index.php?page=catalog_details&CID=2), they claim that the inner element functions as a heat sink for the hard disk, but I have no idea whether the one case fan will generate enough flow to cool both hdd and EPIA. I guess another solution is to use a network drive for the storage, and restrict the built-in hdd to the OS. In that case, it should hardly be used during normal functioning, so that might solve the heat problem.

Do you have any suggestions on hdds that are low in noise and/or heat?

-- Wouter