[mythtv-users] Intel NUC?

[jedi]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 01:32:55PM -0400, Jeff Siddall wrote:
> On 03/25/2013 10:11 PM, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
> >On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Evuraan <evuraan at gmail.com
> ><mailto:evuraan at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     >
> >     > if you are looking to spend between 2 and 3 hundred why not the
> >     >
> >    a dc5750 from ebay for ~$70, and a GT430 or so for ~$30.
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> >I assume he wants small and quiet.  If you are not apposed to used and
> >are patient, I have bought my last three ZBOX ID11 with ION2 for ~$125
> >on eBay with memory and storage.  I have found that mine are very quiet
> >when well ventilated, but in a closed cabinet they will get loud and
> >HOT!  I also have five IONITX-C-U frontends in M350 cases in the
> >bedrooms.  They are small and you can't get any quieter than silent!
> 
> Agreed!  For me the ideal FE is not "small and quiet" but rather
> "small and silent".  Some of my FEs are in cabinets and I have never
> found a system with a fan that wasn't too loud!
> 
> When it comes to silent HD the list of options grows _very_ short,

    The more extreme you get, the harder it is to find suitable options
and the more likely that they are to be equally expensive.

[deletia]

    Nvidia kit is the most suitable stuff and unfortunately it tends to 
run hot which in turn conflicts with the whole silent and fanless thing.