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<div>I just built a Pundit-base MythTV setup and, so far, I'm super
happy with it. Its small, can go in the vertical or horizontal
orientation (although when horiz. the left side is unfinished). And
I've got a 200G barracuda HD, CD-ROM, and PVR250, with a Celeron 2.4G
proc and there seems to be no problem with the power supply. I don't
have all the ports working yet, but I'm confident that will
come.</div>
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<div>With regards to how quiet they are, well, before I enabled the
Q-Fan option in the bios it sounded like your average jet engine (like
every other PC I've seen). But since I enabled Q-Fan it is barely
audible 95% of the time. I can hear the fan kick in if I give it some
serious transcoding, but normally its virtual inaudible. For point of
demonstration, I have it in the open in my bedroom about 4 ft from my
head when I sleep and I've never even noticed it. Although I do live
in the city so there is a bit of ambient noise to muffle it, I think
even in a completely quiet surrounding, it would be very
acceptable.</div>
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<div>Good luck!</div>
<div>Brad</div>
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color="#000000"><b>Pundit</b></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana"
color="#000000"> Hey, folks. I'm in the process of choosing
equipment</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" color="#000000">for
a multimedia box. The Asus Pundit looks like a</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" color="#000000">good
option. Two questions...</font></blockquote>
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All of the pictures I have seen show the Pundit</font></blockquote>
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color="#000000">sitting upright. Can it sit horizontally
without</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana"
color="#000000">compromising the cooling? I want to place it in
an</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana"
color="#000000">entertainment center.</font></blockquote>
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color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" color="#000000">- Is
the 200W power supply adequate for a 200GB disk</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana"
color="#000000">drive, DVD-ROM, and PVR-350 (in addition to
the</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana"
color="#000000">motherboard, of course)?</font></blockquote>
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