[mythtvnz] Rig Recommendations

[Steven Ellis]

On Tue, May 6, 2008 2:06 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Sam Banks <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.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>

I've got a new WD Green series 1TB drive which is very quiet.

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