On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 02:42:25 +1030 Tom Lanyon <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 03/02/2008, at 2:18 AM, Sergei Steshenko wrote: > > > I'd suggest to split the workstation and HTPC. > > > > HTPC needs to be quiet, and I do not think "at least 6 internal SATA > > + at > > least 1 E-SATA" will be quiet. > > > > Today stumbled across this post: > > > > http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=439630&cid=22271590 -> > > > > http://www.fit-pc.com/new/fit-pc-product-tour/product-tour-overview.html > > http://www.fit-pc.com/new/fit-pc/specification.html > > . > > > > That small machined is _fanless_, and this should make a huge > > difference. > > > > Regards, > > Sergei. > > Whilst I agree that the HTPC and workstation should be split, and that > the HTPC should be nice and quiet, I don't agree with the Fit-PC. It > has no CPU power, no digital audio out and no expandability. How could > it possibly work as a HTPC? > > > I tried to pick a motherboard with onboard digital-out for my HTPC, > but failed and ended up putting a Chaintec AV-710 sound card in it. > It's an Intel Core2 Duo E6850, 2 GB DDR2, ASUS P5K-E-Wifi in a > Silverstone LC16M case, so sounds similar to what you're looking at. > Plays 1080p x264 video out through my HT perfectly. :) > > Tom > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > Tom, you are probably correct. Anyway, the keywords are: fanless, underclocking, quiet. By the way, several months ago AMD was a winner regarding price/performance - not the absolute performance. A dual core AMD, energy efficient, should be quite sufficient for HTPC. Also, motherboards for AMD used to be cheaper than the ones for Intel; I picked a MB with 4 PCI (not PCIE) slots, which made machine quite expandable. Regards, Sergei. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
