I use a coolermaster 260 case, which was only about £60 UK. It takes either full size atx or matx boards, 2 Hds, 1 optical, and uses standard atx psus. In mine I have an athlon xp 2000 running a combined be/fe system with 512mb of memory with 2 hds and a cheap generic psu, runs fairly quiet. I can only hear it with the tv and everything else off.
<br><br>If you are using hardware encoding or dvb cards then you should be able to find end of life boards and amd cpus fairly cheaply if you shop about. they'll have plently of power for normal use. <br><br>With Uk pricing I could get a board and cpu for about £80 (about $150-160) add £40 ($80) for memory, and about £50 for a 250GB hard disk and £20 for a dvd-rw drive. Usb dvb-t tuners are about £35 each, and about £40-50 for something like a hauppauge pvr-150
<br>Look for reasonable makes such as gigabyte, msi, and asus for example. having said that I ran be/fe on a "jetway" generic matx board which cost next to nothing for about 3 years with very little problems.<br>
<br>You will not get complete silence, but you can build a pc inexpensively which is quiet enough to be unobtrusive in a normal living room enviroment.<br><br>gary<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 07/02/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</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>On Feb 6, 2007, at 6:14 PM, Ryan wrote:
<br><br>> Hi I am looking to make a combo frontend/backend combo Myth Box,<br>> but I was looking to keep things relatively cheap. I have looked<br>> at the Pundit cases with AMD Processor support.<br>><br>> I basically want to keep prices low, while making a quiet Box. I
<br>> need:<br>><br>> A Barebone System with integrated video out<br>> or a PC case/mobo/graphics card for HTPC functionality<br>> I am looking at using the device for a non HD environment.<br>><br>> I need suggestions for the entire system.
<br>><br>> Thanks for any help you could offer!<br><br>Having said what I did, you might want to look at the Casetronic C158<br>case:<br><br><a href="http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/products_id/284">http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/products_id/284
</a><br><br>With a mini-ITX motherboard and a single hard drive and a low-profile<br>PVR it *might* meet your needs. Mobos with no fans, integrated video<br>and 5.1 audio are available, like:<br><br><a href="http://www.logicsupply.com/advanced_search_result.php">
http://www.logicsupply.com/advanced_search_result.php</a>?<br>keywords=ML6000EA&x=0&y=0<br><br>It wouldn't be what I would call "cheap", but it would be quiet and<br>cheaper than some other solutions. No guarantees it would work to
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