Two Ideas<br>
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1. Cooling on all these systems seems cumbersome to say the least. <br>
I have done some searching. It appears that if you can install a wider
fan you can get more air with less noise. Also there is another option
of making a type of wind tunnel for just the CPU. Dell seems to use
this concept.<br>
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2. On another note keeping things slim may not require you to go
driveless. I have seen many new laptops come with the new Serial ATA
interface. You should be able to plug into the MotherBoard if it has a
serial interface<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 22, 2007 2:47 AM, Magnus Gustafsson <<a href="mailto:magnus@gusse.se">magnus@gusse.se</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm planning on a new frontend. Currently using an xbox as frontend.<br>The xbox is too noisy to have powered on 24/7, too slow to boot up. So<br>I want something better.<br>This is what I would use it for:<br>- watch recorded TV
<br>- watch DVDs<br>- view pictures and video clips in MythGallery<br>- occasionally watch live-TV<br><br>I think it will be powered on 24/7, depends on how fast it will boot.<br><br>My TV-set is an old CRT so I would not need HD, yet...
<br><br>I've been looking around for hardware for a while now and think I've<br>got a reasonable spec:<br>- Via Epia board with CN700 northbridge, fanless<br>- 1 GB RAM<br>- DVD read/write slim<br>- no HD<br>- CF card ~1-4 GB
<br>- a remote controller of some sort<br><br>What about the main board? Which is adequate for this project? CN1000,<br>LN1000, EN1200? I suppose I should avoid the CX700 northbridge and go<br>for the CN700 or am I wrong here?
<br><br>Is this a reasonable hardware spec do you think?<br><br>/Magnus<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>
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