Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-09-05 Thread Nicolas Huillard
Simon Baxter a écrit : Simon Baxter a écrit : I'd like to go fanless and cool. What I like about the shuttle is it's size. The 1x PCI is fine, as is the VIA unichrome VGA s-video out. Any ideas on a small compact fanless (DEAD quiet) case motherboard?? * mobo : compact + fanless = VIA

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-09-05 Thread Tony Grant
Le mercredi 05 septembre 2007 à 13:10 +0200, Nicolas Huillard a écrit : Nice setup - but the case is too big for me. I have a single glass panel shelf, the case can be 11.5 deep maximum.. I went for a heavily customized CD player... Count 1-2 days drilling and cutting to fit the

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-09-05 Thread Simon Baxter
Nice setup - but the case is too big for me. I have a single glass panel shelf, the case can be 11.5 deep maximum.. I went for a heavily customized CD player... Count 1-2 days drilling and cutting to fit the mobo inside, with all planned before that. Hmmm - cool idea!

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-09-04 Thread Simon Baxter
Simon Baxter a écrit : I'd like to go fanless and cool. What I like about the shuttle is it's size. The 1x PCI is fine, as is the VIA unichrome VGA s-video out. Any ideas on a small compact fanless (DEAD quiet) case motherboard?? * mobo : compact + fanless = VIA (new EX is really well

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-09-03 Thread Nicolas Huillard
Simon Baxter a écrit : I'd like to go fanless and cool. What I like about the shuttle is it's size. The 1x PCI is fine, as is the VIA unichrome VGA s-video out. Any ideas on a small compact fanless (DEAD quiet) case motherboard?? * mobo : compact + fanless = VIA (new EX is really well

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-25 Thread Simon Baxter
23, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice HDMI VGA RGB S-Video is the order. HDMI is digital und should those provide best quality (equals to DVI. My list is a bit other way round, as beauty of the picture is in viewers eye. S-Video Composite RGB Component VGA HDMI/DVI

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-22 Thread Steffen Barszus
covert covert schrieb: I have made the choice for a BE 2350 since finding a eesff cpu in Australia is very difficult. Thanks for the help. Now I can go find a suitable motherboard. Asus M2NPV-VM - on vdr-portal.de this board has been on of the recommendations (usual topic over there -

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-22 Thread Magnus Hörlin
Steffen Barszus wrote: covert covert schrieb: I have made the choice for a BE 2350 since finding a eesff cpu in Australia is very difficult. Thanks for the help. Now I can go find a suitable motherboard. Asus M2NPV-VM - on vdr-portal.de this board has been on of the

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-22 Thread Steffen Barszus
covert covert schrieb: Thanks again. The Asus M2NPV-VM looks like a great choice for me since it is easy to get in Australia. I am looking at the AN-M2HD now and it also available in Australia. The Asus has Composite out and the Abit has HDMI. I have VGA, RGB, S-Vid, HDMI inputs on my TV. In

[vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-21 Thread covert covert
About to step into the deep end and build my first VDR box. In fact 2 of them at the same time both with the exact same specs. All parts are going to be new. New CPU's are a lot more confusing than the simple days of single cores at fixed clockspeeds. My question is what CPU should I chose for

[vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-21 Thread Jouni Karvo
hi, covert covert writes: About to step into the deep end and build my first VDR box. In fact 2 of them at the same time both with the exact same specs. All parts are going to be new. New CPU's are a lot more confusing than the simple days of single cores at fixed clockspeeds.

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-21 Thread Nicolas Huillard
covert covert a écrit : My question is what CPU should I chose for good noise reducing , heat reducing solutions. The most efficient CPU are still the VIA ones... Low power, very low heat, very low noise. There are lots of EPIA mobos (Mini-ITX for factor) with fanless CPUs around. With these,

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-21 Thread Marko Myllymaa
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Nicolas Huillard wrote: covert covert a écrit : My question is what CPU should I chose for good noise reducing , heat reducing solutions. The most efficient CPU are still the VIA ones... Low power, very low heat, very low noise. There are lots of EPIA mobos (Mini-ITX for

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-21 Thread Petri Helin
On 8/21/07, covert covert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/21/07, Nicolas Huillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are lots of EPIA mobos (Mini-ITX for factor) with fanless CPUs around. With these, you get only one PCI slot, but everything is integrated on the motherboard. Using a good

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-21 Thread Magnus Hörlin
covert covert wrote: About to step into the deep end and build my first VDR box. In fact 2 of them at the same time both with the exact same specs. All parts are going to be new. New CPU's are a lot more confusing than the simple days of single cores at fixed clockspeeds. My question is

Re: [vdr] Mid range CPU choice

2007-08-21 Thread Steffen Barszus
Magnus Hörlin schrieb: covert covert wrote: About to step into the deep end and build my first VDR box. In fact 2 of them at the same time both with the exact same specs. All parts are going to be new. New CPU's are a lot more confusing than the simple days of single cores at fixed