Fanless HTPC

[bookman]

Has anyone built a fanless HTPC? I am looking at building one, ideally with a 2.8 GH P4, and a Radeon 9600 AIW. Has anyone tried this? If so, what case, power supply, and cooling solutions did you use?

Thanks for the help!

 

[User1001]

I don't think you can build a fanless htpc unless you get it pre-built with those components. Search for Hush atx. I suppose you could you the tnn500a but its 999 dollars and hasn't been released.

 

[pelikan]

The only way to go fanless with that cpu is with watercooling. Are you open to that option?

 

[User1001]

Originally posted by: pelikan
The only way to go fanless with that cpu is with watercooling. Are you open to that option?

I forgot about the water cooling option (although there are fans on the radiator), but as I said Hush ATX makes completely fanless pc.

 

[Perplx]

The only fanless solution for a 2.8 is probably the Zalman TNN (totally no noise) 500A. Throw in in solid state hard drive and you got a fast computer with ZERO moving parts, too bad it costs more than $1,000.

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[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Perplx
The only fanless solution for a 2.8 is probably the Zalman TNN (totally no noise) 500A. Throw in in solid state hard drive and you got a fast computer with ZERO moving parts, too bad it costs more than $1,000.

Preview

thats a lot of cash....

 

[Gravity]

You can get close to noiseless without all that bank. but noiseless is tough.

 

[User1001]

Originally posted by: Perplx
The only fanless solution for a 2.8 is probably the Zalman TNN (totally no noise) 500A. Throw in in solid state hard drive and you got a fast computer with ZERO moving parts, too bad it costs more than $1,000.

Preview

not the only solution. http://www.hushtechnologies.com/ They have a 2.8

 

[bookman]

Thanks for the input. I saw the Hush Technologies solution, and it is very impressive, but I would like to have 2 external 5.25 inch bays. I have sent them an email asking if they would have a 2 external drive bay solution, but have not heard back yet. As an alternative to zero noise, I am open to solutions where the total noise does not exceed 25-30 dBa. I would just hate to have a quiet section in a great movie be marred by the whirring of a fan. On a separate train, has anyone heard if the Pentium M will be offered for desktops? Or is Intel's marketing machine keeping it for laptops only? I understand it and its chipset have great thermal characteristics.

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: bookman
Thanks for the input. I saw the Hush Technologies solution, and it is very impressive, but I would like to have 2 external 5.25 inch bays. I have sent them an email asking if they would have a 2 external drive bay solution, but have not heard back yet. As an alternative to zero noise, I am open to solutions where the total noise does not exceed 25-30 dBa. I would just hate to have a quiet section in a great movie be marred by the whirring of a fan. On a separate train, has anyone heard if the Pentium M will be offered for desktops? Or is Intel's marketing machine keeping it for laptops only? I understand it and its chipset have great thermal characteristics.

You can easily build a machine you can't hear from the listening position without sacrificing all airflow. Take some pointers from Yoshi @ TechTV and read up at Silent PC Review.

 

[GreatDaleness]

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: bookman
Thanks for the input. I saw the Hush Technologies solution, and it is very impressive, but I would like to have 2 external 5.25 inch bays. I have sent them an email asking if they would have a 2 external drive bay solution, but have not heard back yet. As an alternative to zero noise, I am open to solutions where the total noise does not exceed 25-30 dBa. I would just hate to have a quiet section in a great movie be marred by the whirring of a fan. On a separate train, has anyone heard if the Pentium M will be offered for desktops? Or is Intel's marketing machine keeping it for laptops only? I understand it and its chipset have great thermal characteristics.

You can easily build a machine you can't hear from the listening position without sacrificing all airflow. Take some pointers from Yoshi @ TechTV and read up at Silent PC Review.

Yeah, going fanless doesn't make it any quieter. Zalman's CPU cooler is nearly silent with your ear next to it, much less sealed up in a case on a home theater shelf. You can build a silentPC cheap, but as you can see fanless is very expensive.

 

[Wuzup101]

The best option as far as price/vs quiet is concerned would just be to build a HTPC using very quiet Low output fans... something like panaflows or maybe something w/ a thermal switch???

 

[dannybin1742]

you could probably get away with a tualtin based celeron and an sk6, the tualtin clereon run at like 1.45V i think and they run really cold