How Neuros Built Their Nearly Silent HTPC

JoeBorn writes "Neuros has a blog posting discussing how they created their latest 'thin' HTPC to be nearly silent. Instead of using a net-top architecture (Atom or the like) they used a full 2.7GHz CPU and put their effort into making that nearly silent. The article talks about their efforts on fan selection, placement, control, and vibration dampening. This route was chosen to 'give more headroom' for CPU-hungry apps (web and otherwise) including Adobe Flash. Their solution costs $279; is this an appropriate trade-off for a device powering your TV?"

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One Big Bitch, Then Another

[mindbrane]

i use a quad core2, 4 gigs ddr2, ati 5570 - 1gig ddr3, in an antec box w/ a viewsonic 37" 720p and the ati usb 650 tv/fm recorder but my bitch is w/ the 3000 series wireless ms keyboard and mouse. anything approaching 6' and performance just dies. i thought of trying some logitech stuff but i'm running vista ultimate and, another bitch, after 5 years plus of HTPC is the hardware&drivers have to tie in well w/ the OS. i'll probably build a new box w/ new usb, sata, pci standards but then all my peripherals will probably be hooped. i don't think the upgrade path is practical w/ HTPC and a closely scrutinized system build approach is necessary.

just my loose change