I did what every hardware silencing guru adviced me against.

knutinh · 2005-09-05, 14:14

Despite everyone advicing against intel p4, I went that route for my HTPC...

SilverStone Lascala LC11M, Silver
Asus P5LD2-VM, i955G, LGA775, Dual Core
Pentium4 Prescott 630, 3.0GHz, S775
Kingston DDR2 512MB, DDR2-667
Zalman ZM-CS1, Socket 775 Clip Support
Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu
SilverStone SST-RC01 PCI-E Riser Card
NEC ND-3540, DVD±RW, Silver

Will be using Samsung harddrive, ATI 550 analog tv tuner and Terratec DVB-T tuner. Hopefully, it will all work out. Will report once the hardware is in house :-)

I am using Media Portal right now, as it seems to be the only one supporting all my hw (sort of)

regards
Knut Inge

AlexinPerth · 2005-12-20, 07:40

Good luck!

I've got an AMD Athlon 3000+ in this case, and it's fairly noisy. Let us know how you go with noise, and what you've done to quieten it down.

Cheers,
Alex.

knutinh · 2005-12-20, 09:32

Hehe. Due to availability (not possible to get the VFD version here in norway). I went for the lc16m-s. Not as slick, but very low noise currently.

-k

Toley · 2005-12-27, 18:21

Speed Fan all the way!

Czar63 · 2005-12-27, 22:07

Speedfan me too.

CPU fan speeding up at top speed only during summer nights.

BoelShit · 2005-12-28, 09:19

I have a Zalman cooler with fanmate running @1350RPM... Passive N6200 and 1 papst case fan in a Silverstonetek LC16M-S.... still wanting to add a fanless PSU though!!!

aasmund Nordal · 2005-12-28, 17:25

p4 is the best cpu for high quality video.

I recomand you to find a guide how to use:

ffdshow: for imaqe quality (needs Mhz, therfor intel is better than amd)

reclock: if you have have pal tv ntsc movies wil be speeded up to match pal and the movie wil go more smooth.

powerstrip: to get the correct resolution and refresh rate.
I guess correct resolution wil increese picture quality and i know refresh rate should match fps, so the movie goes smoother.

If you understand norwegian I have a great guide for you.

bigal · 2005-12-28, 19:25

SpeedFan loses all the setting when restarted, how do I save the config?

It is pretty slow to check after chips everytime if it has find it one time isn't it? can this step be skipped in some way?

/BigAl

2005-09-05, 14:14	#1 (permalink)
knutinh Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 555 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I did what every hardware silencing guru adviced me against. Despite everyone advicing against intel p4, I went that route for my HTPC... SilverStone Lascala LC11M, Silver Asus P5LD2-VM, i955G, LGA775, Dual Core Pentium4 Prescott 630, 3.0GHz, S775 Kingston DDR2 512MB, DDR2-667 Zalman ZM-CS1, Socket 775 Clip Support Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu SilverStone SST-RC01 PCI-E Riser Card NEC ND-3540, DVD±RW, Silver Will be using Samsung harddrive, ATI 550 analog tv tuner and Terratec DVB-T tuner. Hopefully, it will all work out. Will report once the hardware is in house :-) I am using Media Portal right now, as it seems to be the only one supporting all my hw (sort of) regards Knut Inge

2005-12-20, 07:40	#2 (permalink)
AlexinPerth Portal User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: I did what every hardware silencing guru adviced me agai Good luck! I've got an AMD Athlon 3000+ in this case, and it's fairly noisy. Let us know how you go with noise, and what you've done to quieten it down. Cheers, Alex.

2005-12-27, 22:07	#5 (permalink)
Czar63 Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Padova, Italy Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Speedfan me too. CPU fan speeding up at top speed only during summer nights. __________________ Silverstone LC03 modded - Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe - Athlon XP 3200+ 400 FSB - Thermaltake SilentBooster :-( - 512 mb DRAM - Samsung SP1614C SATA - Lifeview DVB-T - Sapphire ATI 9550SE 128mb - MCE 2005 Italian Remote - XP SP2 - Directx 9.0c - MP 2.0 RC2

2005-12-28, 17:25	#7 (permalink)
aasmund Nordal Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 199 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	p4 is the best cpu for high quality video. I recomand you to find a guide how to use: ffdshow: for imaqe quality (needs Mhz, therfor intel is better than amd) reclock: if you have have pal tv ntsc movies wil be speeded up to match pal and the movie wil go more smooth. powerstrip: to get the correct resolution and refresh rate. I guess correct resolution wil increese picture quality and i know refresh rate should match fps, so the movie goes smoother. If you understand norwegian I have a great guide for you. __________________ htpc- all in one.

2005-12-28, 19:25	#8 (permalink)
bigal Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gothenburg Posts: 159 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	SpeedFan loses all the setting when restarted, how do I save the config? It is pretty slow to check after chips everytime if it has find it one time isn't it? can this step be skipped in some way? /BigAl __________________ ::Chassi:: Silverstone LC02 ::Mainboard:: MSI RS482M4-ILD :rocessor:: AMD 64 3200+ 'Venice' ::Memory:: 1024MB PC3200 ::HDD:: 300GB SATA

2005-12-20, 09:32	#3 (permalink)
knutinh Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 555 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hehe. Due to availability (not possible to get the VFD version here in norway). I went for the lc16m-s. Not as slick, but very low noise currently. -k

2005-12-27, 18:21	#4 (permalink)
Toley Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Speed Fan all the way!

2005-12-28, 09:19	#6 (permalink)
BoelShit Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rijswijk Age: 28 Posts: 225 Thanks: 4 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts Country:	I have a Zalman cooler with fanmate running @1350RPM... Passive N6200 and 1 papst case fan in a Silverstonetek LC16M-S.... still wanting to add a fanless PSU though!!!

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