3XS Milo

[philiph]

I'm thinking of treating myself to a 3XS Milo, however I'm trying to find any information regarding noise levels - how does this compare to say a sky+ box? Are there any obvious gotcha's or reasons why I shouldn't go for this model - all comments/advice welcome!

Phil.

[jim]

Gut reaction - if I was paying that much for an HTPC:

A) I would want it to be fully fanless, ensuring it would be similar loudness to Sky+ box. With an SSD and fanless, it would be completely silent.
B) I would want a more powerful CPU solution than Atom.

I'm a big fan of 3XS systems, don't get me wrong, but that seems pretty unimpressive to me. With a few alterations, it's basically a nettop in a flat case? Hmm.

[philiph]

ok thanks for your thoughts - will rethink things/carry on searching...

Phil

[jim]

I'm not going to start making recommendations in Scan's forum obviously, but I'm sure one of their representatives will be along on Monday to comment though, and maybe explain a couple of things.

[zugged]

I think the Silverstone LC19 case looks a nicer option.

The description says "NVIDIA 9400M ION" graphics and Asus AT5NM10-I motherboard, but these don't match up; the motherboard has Intel GMA 3150 graphics, which in some reviews led to 95% CPU use playing 1080p video, compared to 40% for Nvidia ION graphics.
> perhaps Scan could confirm which is correct?

--edit
did scan ever get back to you about this system?