[mythtvnz] Rig Recommendations

[Steven Ellis]

On Tue, May 6, 2008 2:52 pm, Michael Dilger wrote:
> 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.
>

My desktop is like that. I just pulled the fan cable from the MB. I'm not
a gamer so  the NB doesn't get that hot.

Steve

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