[mythtvnz] Rig Recommendations

[Michael Dilger]

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Sam Banks <dodgywhitemaori at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dodgywhitemaori at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I want this to be silent! That is one of the prime objectives,
>     aside from power of course.
>
>
> If you want silent then you really need to run a separate backend and 
> have the frontend diskless. You'll probably need watercooling to build 
> a silent frontend capable of HD though.
>
> Personally I think completely silent is pointless. Just keep it as 
> quiet as possible: fanless video card, only one drive, quiet 
> powersupply and CPU fan. This is what I've done and the loudest 
> component is the 500GB SATA drive when it's in use. But I can't hear 
> it over the TV so it's fine.
I made the mistake of not knowing the motherboard I was purchasing well 
enough.   It has a built-in tiny fan on the northbridge.  Every year 
that fan gets louder and more annoying, and I can't easily swap out the 
motherboard can I?    When you go for silent, be very sure the 
motherboard complies.

Mike