How to build a super quiet HTPC (1 Viewer)

[funkstar]

unfortunitely i can't hide my setup anywhere as i live in a one bedroom appartment. Originally i was going to house it in a built in cupboard in the bedroom, but i could still hear it. Ditched that PC and built one round the mCubed case (linked above) which sits along side my surround amp in the living room.

Thinking of building a second silent PC to act as a NAS system with 8+ drives each in silent enclosures. This will go into that cupboard.

We'll see how it goes.

 

[forsaken!]

I use one of these: http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/desktop/bach/vb8000_index.asp

And Zalman cpu cooler and gfx cooler. I intended to netboot mythtv initially but I found that it wasnt really what I wanted so I bought a 2.5" hdd and installed MP instead.

This setup is virtually silent from a few meters away.