Here's my current frontend/backend system: - Athlon64 3200+ (Socket 754) - Sis 755 motherboard (with heatsink, no fan, on Northbridge) - Zalman CNPS 7000Cu (pure copper) - Seasonic Super Tornado PSU - eVGA GeForce 5200FX video card (fanless) - 2x PVR-x50 (one 250, one 350) - Antec SLK3000B case - DVD-ROM - 3x Maxtor 250GB (7200 RPM) IDE drives
This PC is so quiet that I can't hear it when I'm father than two feet away from it, most of the time. My XBox, my desktop PC (which has similar components, except for a Northbridge fan) and my laptop are all louder than it. The only time that I can hear it is when the case starts vibrating, I suspect from the three hard drives seeking so quickly. I'll probably be adding some acoustic foam to the case to help out with that. Putting together a very quiet system, unfortunately, costs a fair amount of money. Don't ask how much I spent on this rig. :) -- Joe --- Ackster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With a group as large as this one, I'm sure I'm > going to get several > suggestions, so here goes : > > I'm looking to move my combo front/backend AMD64 > machine to become only > backend and transcoder, etc, etc. As such, I want > to slap together a > fast machine using a microATX Mobo (I'm looking at > maybe a D.Vine 5 HTPC > Case by Ahanix, or another smaller SilverStone > Lascala SST-LC11 HTPC ). > It can be Intel or AMD cpu (the faster the better, > it will be handling > HDTV decoding). I'm looking for optical and coax > output (either on > board, or via a plug-in slot panel ) . Suggestions > on any and every > component. > > For the record, I have read probably hundreds of > pages on silentpc > stuff, however I'm looking for subjective real-world > results from > members of this community. > > Thanks in advance. > > -Ackster > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
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