Raspberry Pi

[panteragstk]

http://www.oemproduction.com/products/itx-index.asp

Those are also very nice. Much cheaper too.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by Evil_Attorney

My friend works for a company that designs/builds small computers for industrial use. He pointed me to this fanless system he recently designed. It's much more expensive than R Pi, but may be a better option for either Sage or MythTV.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Logic_Supply_LGX_AG150

The Raspberry Pi is a special instance since it is so cheap but I personally would never buy one of these systems that has an Atom CPU - and that Logic Supply system is not cheap at $700 (as tested in the SPCR review). The price diff between an Atom and a low end Sandy Bridge like an i3-2100 is not so much anymore and the difference in capabilities is huge. The Ivy Bridge i5-3470T (2.8GHz - turbo up to 3.5GHz) will have a TDP of 35W which means it will be easy to cool passively. It is a bit more expensive at about $180 but that will be a lot of computing power for very little electrical power. It should be available in early June. Once these types of 22nm CPUs become widespread it will be even easier to build small, silent HTPCs.

[Evil_Attorney]

Cool. I really haven't been paying much attention to recent developments in CPUs/GPUs/etc, so it's nice to get context. It does seem like some of these models are getting very close to being a good HD300/MythTV extender/xbmc system. On that note, has anyone posted a recent feature comparison between Sage and Myth or maybe any recent experiences moving over to Myth? When I ultimately do dump Sage, Myth is on the top of the list.