BORIStheBLADE Wrote:I don't know how loud you Acer is. I don't know if that matters to you.
my single core revo was really silent for the most part, I just had to lay it down horizontally because after awhile the fan started to "scratch" when standing in a vertical position.
the foxconn netbox actually is kinda awesome: the form factor is virtually identical to these xtreamer media players or most wlan routers, and XBMCbuntu is much more responsive when navigating the menus thanks to the 330. this is also where the fan is on highest setting, but thank god it switches off when playing movies VDPAU-accelerated and the CPU load goes below 10%.
in windows 7 the situation is different, here the fan is blowing nearly all the time with only short periods of silent mode, wouldn't recommend it as a windows XBMC box at the moment. also, besides the small LAN annoyance (see linux forum), the atheros wlan might be really difficult to get running in linux, but as it's only b/g there won't be much need for that when streaming videos. one could also go for a different wlan card, i.e. an intel N card.
all in all, the netbox was a real good buy for me, just wish the foxconn guys would update the BIOS for a better fan control. we'll see
btw the habey looks really awesome
I'd definitely would have gone with the shuttle though, but they took too long
and I don't need an optical drive