Ongoing Finaly gonna get myself a dedicated MPPC (MediaPortal PC) (1 Viewer)

[Spragleknas]

Goal: Getting a cheap and silent MPPC that runs MP smoothly

EDIT
HW:
NEW:
Case/mobo: AOpen XC Cube EY855 SPCR (review) Price: 100 Euro

CPU: Celeron M 380J Price: 80 Euro
HDD: Samsung SP P120 250GB, ATA, 8MB PRice: 80 Euro
GFX: 6200 w/128MB (passive)

OLD STUFF:
Hauppauge PVR-350
Pioneer DVD-RW
512 MB Geil value (PC3200)
Remote keyboard and RF remote (X10)

 

[Spragleknas]

*Will post here when finnished*

 

[Puissance]

Nice, I am also building a cheap one based on the XC Cube barebone system.

 

[Spragleknas]

Well... for the price you can get it for; yhe EY855 is a good alterantive.

Downs: PSU fan is to loud... I'm gonna try to install a deeber and better fan (orginal: 80x80x20 - gonna try 80x80x25/38). But its gonna include some

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Will post if somebody is int.

 

[Spragleknas]

The 80x80x25 from Nexus (17.6 dB(A)) did the trick!

 

[zag2me]

I use a similar case myself, the ey65, its really good looking on my media rack, and resonably quiet with a cool cpu in it.

Check my website for more details

http://www.gaz1.com/htpc/

Never been able to get S3 standby working or wake on lan though.

 

[Spragleknas]

Cool!

I have, as mentioned above, exchanged the PSU fan (the new Nexus is mounted on the outsiede and is much quieter).

Problem is the CPU fan. I'm controlling it with SpeedFan, but when RPS<2000 an alarm goes of - and nothing to do about it in BIOS, either.

Are you exp. the same?