[mythtv-users] the ultimate setup
Rei Toi
rei_toi at walkingmountain.com
Fri Mar 4 19:20:20 UTC 2005
Hi Sarah -- I don't if it's the "ultimate" set-up, but, FWIW, here's
what I bought last week:
The Cooler Master 620 case:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-024&depa=0
A Coolmax 300w power supply, which is nice and quiet:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=17-159-021&depa=0
A Samsung SP1614N HDD, 160GB is enough for me, not doing any HD stuff.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-152-014&depa=0
This HDD needs to be set to "quiet mode" using Samsung's "hutil" utility
which you can download from Samsung:
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/hutil.htm
You can also find this handily included in the Ultimate Boot CD:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
I used hutil on the Ultimate Boot CD to config the HDD into "quiet mode"
before installing Linux (FC3)
I also purchased an Asus DVDE616P2BLACK 16X DVD-Rom (no burning for me)
which is also nice and quiet. I bought this from an Amazon Merchant.
Finally, I'm using an Athlon XP cpu and bought a Thermaltake Silent
Boost fan for it:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=35-106-037&depa=0
I have built the unit and have just installed FC3, but have not yet had
the time to configure it and install MythTV. I can say that it is
certainly quiet enough for me and I'll have no problem placing it in the
entertainment center when it's all done.
HTH
-Rei.
Sarah Roberts wrote:
> Okay, so given the major problems I've been having since the start
> with this project, I'm thinking of tearing the box down I have now and
> starting over.
>
> I was wondering what kind of recommendations folks had for nice
> looking a/v style cases, preferably with quiet power supplies and
> adequate PCI slots.
>
> Still looking for some hel on this "configuring kernel parameters" problem, btw.
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
>
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