[mythtv-users] Advice on Building a Quiet MythTV Box?

Brian Long briandlong at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 18:22:32 UTC 2008


On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux
<charles at reptile.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First, thanks to everyone to responded to my first e-mail:
> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2008-November/238792.html
>
> So given people's comments in there, I'm exploring building a MythTV box myself.
>
> The first thing I'd like a MythTV box (that I would build) to be, is
> to be quiet.  Completely silent if possible.  Does anyone have any
> advice or experience in doing this?

Charles,
I recently built a PC to replace my aging P4 box.  It's not running
MythTV, but I built it to be quiet and it's working out well.  I'll
give you a list of components and you can see what makes sense for
your MythTV setup.

Antec Solo case (recommended on silentpcreview.com)
Replaced Antec 12cm fan with Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E
Seasonic Power Supply (also recommended)
Asus P5K Pro motherboard (fanless northbridge)
Core 2 Duo E6300 with stock cooler (quiet)
(2) Samsung 250GB SP2504C Drives (older and quiet)
Nvidia GeForce 7300LE (fanless, fast enough for my needs)

/Brian/


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