<p>I just built a combined FE/BE from:<br>
Zotac ionitx l-e <br>
4gb ram<br>
Apex mi-008 case<br>
Mobil rack for two 2.5" drives(3.5" bay)<br>
2.5" 120gb sata <br>
2.5" 500gb sata<br>
PicoPSU 80 Watt power supply<br>
HDHR dual tuner<br>
Hauppauge HVR 1950<br>
kaze jyu slim 100mm case fan</p>
<p>I cannot hear it sitting next to it.</p>
<p>I can watch a recording while recording 4 digital and one analog show using about 40% CPU. Commercial flagging uses about 80% of one CPU.</p>
<p>Mother board has wireless but I have never used it</p>
<p>Jr</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 7, 2010 5:45 AM, "Ryan Duffy" <<a href="mailto:dusteur@excite.com">dusteur@excite.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>Hi,<br>
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I'd like some ideas for a small silent low-power frontend, if anyone has any experience they'd like to share.<br>
I've only ever built tower PCs before so not sure what to look for in a small HTPC.<br>
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The Gigabyte H55N-USB3 looks like a good motherboard with a bit of future proofing, but might be a bit cutting edge for linux (i'd like it to work now rather than in 3-6 months time). Has anyone tried this board?<br>
My worry here is that on-board graphics would probably only come from using the right sort of Intel CPU, and I think I've read that they're not good enough for hardware accelerated video. Is this true?<br>
Perhaps some other sort of motherboard then.<br>
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What about silent and efficient PSUs?<br>
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Built-in wireless N would be nice, but not essential as I have a suitable USB stick to provide this.<br>
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Budget not really a consideration, but I'd like it to be cheap but fast enough. As I'd only use it for tv, plus a bit of web browsing I guess an SSD might be unnecessary. I'd just put it in standby when not in use so it would start up instantly anyway.<br>
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I'd need a case too. For silent operation, I suppose the case might be important so that the PC is well cooled.<br>
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Any thoughts?<br>
Thanks.<br>
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