[mythtv-users] Intel NUC?

Joseph Fry joe at thefrys.com
Wed Mar 27 19:19:33 UTC 2013


>      >
>>      > 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.
>>
>> 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, with a
> couple of fanless IONs being the only things I have found.  I was really
> keen on the CrystalHD stuff, given it would allow a much wider set of
> fanless motherboards to be used, but sadly never could make it work :(
>

Personally, if true silence was my goal, I would just use some long HDMI
cables or HDMI>CAT6 extenders to locate a noisy, cheap, computer where it
won't bother me.

If I can build out a noisy frontend for well under $100 and use a cable or
extender... I have a more powerful frontend, and true silence for less than
you would spend trying to build a silent frontend that sits by your TV.
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