richcornucopia Posted January 9, 2006 CID Share Posted January 9, 2006 I'm looking for a silent, or very quiet matx power supply for my htpc. The one that came with the case is pretty loud and I want to replace it so I can run it without it being an annoyance. A recommendation for some quiet 60mm fans would be nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 9, 2006 CID Share Posted January 9, 2006 How much power do you need? You might want to check out this article.. http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/11/stress_test/index.html The only thing that I would be careful of would be if you are going to put this computer in a small space you need to make sure that you have enough ventilation so that it doesnt overheat.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 10, 2006 I don't need much power, just enough for a hardrive or two and a cpu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted January 10, 2006 CID Share Posted January 10, 2006 . . .I've found one of the best ways to silence a system is to have at least three tv's on, one stereo and a bunch of noisy family members thinking out loud!! ~ lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 10, 2006 Too bad I can't sleep with all of that going on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted January 10, 2006 CID Share Posted January 10, 2006 get a kvm kit and put the pc in the next room over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 10, 2006 Thats a good idea, I have a kvm right now that I picked up for 5 bucks. How long can keyboard, mouse, and monitor cables go and what would extensions of those cost me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 What would the best case for me to get for a htpc/server to keep it quiet because it will be running all of the time. (matx preffered) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted January 11, 2006 CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 depends. if you just extend the cables the biggest limit is the video, since that is a fairly high freq (broadband) signal. and long vid cables are expensive and may not work well at high res/framerates. but 20 or 30 feet with a good cable should work. keyboard and mouse is easy, if they are usb, get an active (powered) hub and you can run a 50 foot cable prolly with no troubles. again, usb cables are fairly expensive. the best solution is an active kvm extender that uses cat 6 cable to transmit the signal. it will give you specs as to what res/framerate you can run and will let you go 100's of feet, usually. some more, some less. will also incorporate switching between multiple boxes allowing you to control multiple comps from one set of monitor/keyboard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817107326 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 Looks like it would be cheaper to fist try and get the case quiet before I move it to another room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted January 11, 2006 CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 What i did for my HTPC is got ahold of an old Dell Optiplex 260... it's got decent specs, especially for just using it as a HTPC, it's fairly small, and it's really quiet (you can only hear the fan if you stick your ear to the back of the case. Added in a remote control, wireless keyboard and mouse, and I was all set... specs... Windows XP Media Center 2005 2GHz P4 256MB RAM (small, but it still gets the job done with some tweaking...) 20GB hard drive (although I have another computer set up as a file server...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 Thats probably what I should've done, but I've got all the parts to make something just like that I just need to silence it. Athlon xp 2400 512 ram Powmax case http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=3304-SIL&cat=CAS Now I just need some quiet 60mm fans and quiet matx ps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 Whats the bottom end video card I could use for a pvr? I'll be getting a card with hardware encoding so the video card won't have to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 16, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 16, 2006 Well my new power supply came today and it is damn near silent, in case anybody is looking for a quiet matx ps for a server or htpc heres the one I got http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104905 a quiet 270 watt ps for 30 bucks is a steal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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