Mozart Media Lab ...a symphony of multimedia opportunities blended into a stunning aluminum design.
Please note: Configuration options at the bottom of the page.
FEATURES
Live TV Watch, Pause and Record live TV.
Music - Listen and store all your CDs and MP3s in one place.
DVDs & Blue Ray Play and record DVD/Blu-Ray
Internet - Full internet access with all the goodies.
Photos - Organize your pictures and create photo slide shows.
Remote Control - Sit on the sofa and control with a remote.
Radio - With an integrated FM radio tuner you listen to the radio.
Backup and Share - Your work, photos, music, and home movies.
Stylish & Customisable - Customise the look and style.
QUIET HTPC
We are the number one store when it comes to Silent HTPCs. Nobody makes quiet Media Center PCs like Custom Computa. We use the quietest components available in the market.
We make the ultimate HTPCs - stylish and quiet. We know our HTPCs are not for everyone. Our customers are discerning when it comes to their living room PCs they look for high quality Media Centers that are value for money. The prices of our HTPCs reflect the silent components we use and the time and care gone into making them. To use an example the Xilence 600W XP600-FL Semi-Fanless Power Supply (on most of our HTPCs) we use cost £120 alone.
This is how we make the Thermaltake Mozart SX ultra quiet and powerful:
Power Supply The oft-forgotten power supply unit (PSU) is a major contributor to PC noise. Most have one or even two fans whirring constantly inside them. The more powerful the PSU, the more cooling it requires, and the more noise it generates. Applying sound-deadening material or removing the fans is a potential fire hazard, instead we buy PSUs that are specially designed to run quietly. We use the Silverstone ST30NF Fanless Power Supply with Zero DBA at all times. One of quietest PSU available on the market.
Processor and Fans The biggest culprit of noise pollution is the fan that cools a PC's central processing unit (CPU). Most computers ship with the standard small heatsink with a noisy fan designed by either Intel or AMD. These are designed to provide optimum cooling, but noise reduction isn't their forte. We achieve this by using a high end heatsink with ultra quiet fan. We use the Mini Ninja Heatpipe CPU Cooler. It is one of the most efficient heatsinks available for standard sized Media Centre PC cases.
Case Fans - We replace the 80mm fans that come standard with most Media Centre PC cases with quietest fans available in the market. We replace the two front fans and the two back fans with AcoustiFan DustPROOF 80mm fan, which comes with resistors to reduce the speed. We also turn the fans right down to 5v, which quietens them down further. We do this using a special adapter.
Hard Disks There are no fans in hard drives or optical drives, but they do contain a load of moving parts that can make a racket. Whereas some drives are designed for high capacity, others, such as the WD WD1000FYPS 1000GB SATA-II GreenPower Hard Drive are designed for quietness.
To take out or minimise Hard Disk noise we use a minimum of two Hard Disks on each Media Centre PC. We use a Samsum 250GB 2.5 Hard Disks (made for laptops) as the primary - where the Operating System is loaded. The laptop Hard Disks are always quieter than the normal 3.5 Hard Disks.
Sound Deadening Cases A silencer shrouds the disk except for the rear ports, which are still accessible. The enclosure acts as an enormous heatsink that channels heat away from the disk. They also come with a set of rubber mountings on either side, which absorb the vibrations of the disk drive. We place the 2.5 HD in a Scythe Quiet Drive 2.5 Internal HDD Silencer, which makes any 2.5" hard drive virtually silent. To give you plenty of storage space we use 3.5 1000GB (1TB) GreenPower Hard Drive (3.5 HD allows a lot more capacity as the main storage). Currently the quietest hard drive on the market.
We believe Media Centre PCs should have plenty of storage. The Operating System would be loaded onto the 2.5 bay. This would be the disk that would be spinning the most - every time information is retrieved from the Operating System. The 2.5 HD is ultra quiet, on top it sits within a HD silencer which means that you should get next to no HD noise.
Graphics Card and Noise The graphics card is a major contributor of PC noise, arguably more so than the CPU. This is because they usually ship with tiny fans that whir incessantly. We use MSI NX8500GT Graphics Card which is passively cooled and based around Nvdias 8500GT GPU. The standard cooling fan has been replaced with a fanless heatsink, so it's completely silent. Heat is dissipated over a set of heatpipes instead of by a fan. The card concentrates on a feature of Nvidias G8x architecture Pure Video technology. It support for decrypting HD video and HDTV output, and HDMI.
SPECIFICATIONS
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz options available
Hard Disk Storage: 1,000 GB Hard Disk options available
Memory: 2GB Ram DDR2 800MHz options available
Optical Drive: Blue Ray & DVD RW Dual Layer options available
Operating System: Vista Home Premium options available
Graphics Card: options available
TV Tuner: Satellite, Freeview, Cable options available
Video Out Options: HDMI, DVI and VGA
DVD Backup Software: DVD-Cloner 5.0 (backup DVD collection)
Remote Control: MCE Remote
LAN: 10/100/1000
Wireless: Yes, Internal (802.11b/g)
Audio: 8 Channel Audio, S/PDIF Out Coaxial, HDMI Audio
USB 2.0: 6 (2 Front, 4 Back)
Firewire: 1 Front, 1 Back
Keyboard/Mouse: options available
PSU: Silverstone ST30NF Passive 300w PSU
Dimensions: 145(H) x 430(W) x 450(D) mm
Warranty: 1 Year RTB
We have configured the Media Centre PC for optimum power and quietness. You may change the standard specifications to suit your needs. You dont really need a powerful Graphic Card for a Media Centre PC its different for Games PC.
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This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 06 July, 2008.
