[mythtvnz] Silent Frontend - Specs

[Nick Rout]

Similarly I have a second hand hp/compaq D530s.

* quiet
* tolerable for the lounge/WAF in a black SFF case
* Sata header on the MB
* front USB sockets for the times you want to plug in an extra drive etc
* onboard intel video works, but also a half height AGP slot if you want nVidia
* 2PCI slots
They cost about $250 with a 40G hard drive.

Mine is a combined BE/FE.

On Feb 20, 2008 12:39 AM, Johan Schuld <johanschuld at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heyz,
>
> One thing you might want to consider if you want to keep it cheap is to buy
> a 2nd hand Dell PC. I've bought one a couple of years ago on trademe for
> 400NZD. P4 2.x Ghz and works like a charm. It's one of those GX260 boxes
> which are very silent out of the box. Harddrives etc are all suspended in
> rubber mountings and the fans are all speed controlled.
>
> I'm at the point of upgrading now, but it's served me well.
>
> Cheers,
> Johan.
>
>
> >
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > Thanks for all your input!
> >
> >
> > I was thinking either:
> >
> > http://www.procase.co.nz/VIA/EX15000.htm
> >
> > Which is NOT fanless.
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://www.procase.co.nz/VIA/EX10000.htm
> >
> > Which IS fanless...
> >
> > I was thinking of using a CompactFlash to IDE adaptor for the hard
> > drive.Should I use Minimyth or Mythbuntu??  The EX150000 has DVI output so
> I
> > can use the DVI to HDMI cable I already have to connect it to the 32inch
> > SONY LCD.
> >
> > How does that sound?
> >
> > We really only need to do SD not HD, and it would be connected via 10/100
> > LAN.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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