Agreed the power supply is normally one of the loudest, have a look at
<a href="http://www.quietpc.com">www.quietpc.com</a> for some good ideas. I have the Elan Vital power supply
with ssm that works amazingly.<br>
<br>
If you are looking for a good frontend only and not worried about cost
that much then hush do a superb comp <a href="http://www.hushtechnologies.net/">http://www.hushtechnologies.net/</a>
It is fanless and even has a dvd player, is tiny and looks cool but is
pricey for what it is. It does 'come' with a hard drive though this
could easily be removed and nfs mounted.<br>
<br>
Paul<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Kundinger</b> <<a href="mailto:mkundinger@yahoo.com">mkundinger@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Noise is, of course, very subjective. My system is a very simple combo<br>box (small form factor case, HDD, small CPU fans). My small apartment<br>is not a quiet place though, near the kitchen and computer desk,<br>
windows usually open with some road noise. If either the fridge or my<br>regular computer are on, then I cannot hear the mythbox at all. If<br>they're box off, then I can hear it, but only when I'm not playing any<br>TV or music.
<br><br>Incidentally, I'm using a seagate barracuda drive, which is pretty<br>quiet, it's only noticeable during serious disk activity, like booting.<br> The real killer is the *power supply* fan, which is not readily<br>
replaceable due to the proprietary case. But this means that if you<br>were using the same system in a diskless config, it would be just as<br>loud.<br><br>So, the first step if you're looking to avoid noise, I'd start with a
<br>case with a quiet power supply, then work my way out.<br><br><br>--- Darren Hart <<a href="mailto:darren@dvhart.com">darren@dvhart.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> I have been running a client/server combo myth box for a while using
<br>> NFS root<br>> and recording storage (no local disk) because it was just too darn<br>> loud. Now I<br>> am looking at upgrading hardware and was curious what people think<br>> about modern<br>> disks, power supplies, case fans, etc. Can you build an "HTPC" with
<br>> all those<br>> things such that you can hear the TV over the hardware noise? When<br>> the house is<br>> quiet, does that new box in the entertainment center draw all ears to<br>> it? And I<br>> am talking "living room", not "dorm room".
<br>><br>> I was planning on building a server box and leaving it in the office<br>> closet, and<br>> to hell with the dBs, then building the client with a nice mini HTPC<br>> case, CF<br>> boot disk (or maybe NFS). The drawback here is not using the PVR350
<br>> for video<br>> output.<br>><br>> So I'd love to hear experiences on case volumes with modern cases,<br>> hard drives,<br>> PSUs and case fans. I'd also be interested in how stable people's<br>> separate
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