Noise is, of course, very subjective. My system is a very simple combo box (small form factor case, HDD, small CPU fans). My small apartment is not a quiet place though, near the kitchen and computer desk, windows usually open with some road noise. If either the fridge or my regular computer are on, then I cannot hear the mythbox at all. If they're box off, then I can hear it, but only when I'm not playing any TV or music.
Incidentally, I'm using a seagate barracuda drive, which is pretty quiet, it's only noticeable during serious disk activity, like booting. The real killer is the *power supply* fan, which is not readily replaceable due to the proprietary case. But this means that if you were using the same system in a diskless config, it would be just as loud. So, the first step if you're looking to avoid noise, I'd start with a case with a quiet power supply, then work my way out. --- Darren Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been running a client/server combo myth box for a while using > NFS root > and recording storage (no local disk) because it was just too darn > loud. Now I > am looking at upgrading hardware and was curious what people think > about modern > disks, power supplies, case fans, etc. Can you build an "HTPC" with > all those > things such that you can hear the TV over the hardware noise? When > the house is > quiet, does that new box in the entertainment center draw all ears to > it? And I > am talking "living room", not "dorm room". > > I was planning on building a server box and leaving it in the office > closet, and > to hell with the dBs, then building the client with a nice mini HTPC > case, CF > boot disk (or maybe NFS). The drawback here is not using the PVR350 > for video > output. > > So I'd love to hear experiences on case volumes with modern cases, > hard drives, > PSUs and case fans. I'd also be interested in how stable people's > separate > client / server installations are working out to be. > > --Darren > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
