Although... if it's for a frontend only, no need for the PVR card... it already has the appropriate TV-out card, and I'd assume the audio is fine, for a frontend machine?
Does it need additional fans to do frontend only ? How quiet is it without extra fans? Thanks Ricardo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Kundinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution > --- Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > This is not a fanless solution, but what do you guys think of this? > > How does this hardware stack up for mythtv? > > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856140003 > > > > It's only $125 with a rebate, just add the cpu, memory, disk. It > > already has a video card with TV-out... > > > I bought a similar small form factor (SFF) case for my system (also > Nforce2 chipset). And it's pretty good, but there are a few serious > drawbacks to consider: > > 1) Not fanless. In fact it's going to have at least 2 fans in it, > maybe more. My system is quiet for a PC, but pretty darn loud for > consumer electronics (not a problem in my case). > > 2) Only 1 PCI slot. This means only one tuner, unless you get a > double-tuner (like a PVR-500), or use Firewire/USB tuners, or do like > me and get an old Matrox Marvel off ebay for the AGP slot. > > Also, you'd need to make sure that the integrated sound does what you > need it to do, because you wouldn't be able to add another sound card. > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
