On 8/21/07, Nicolas Huillard nicolas@huillard.net wrote:
covert covert a écrit :
My question is what CPU should I chose for good noise reducing , heat reducing solutions.
The most efficient CPU are still the VIA ones... Low power, very low heat, very low noise.
I will have a look at these.
There are lots of EPIA mobos (Mini-ITX for factor) with fanless CPUs around. With these, you get only one PCI slot, but everything is integrated on the motherboard. Using a good laptop-like power block (efficient and fanless), you can have a really silent setup (one slow fan for the whole system).
At least 2 PCI slots is a must. I want 2 x DVB-S, 1 x DVB-T, 1 x Analog TV. I plan to do this with 1 all in one card and a single Skystar2 for the second DVB-S tuner.
For processing power and cost I am looking at AMD AM2 4000 and Intel Duel Core E2140 and Intel core2 Duo E4400. I am open to other suggestions as long as they can currently be purchased in store.
Since the system will be spending 95% of it's time idle I want a CPU that can drop down to the slowest possible clock speed with the least power consumption. I will also be using temperature controlled fans to keep it real quiet and any other ways I can find to drop down power and noise.
Drop noise:
- suspend the disk drive with rubber bands
- carefully design the air path inside the case
Nice tips. I especially like the idea of rubber bands.
-- NH
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