In 2013, 2014, Ali had to share network set-top boxes, set-top boxes Andrews, at that time the configuration is very mainstream, and now the two have become a local player.

Ali set-top box has affected many people, because television can receive much more than a satellite, and a lot of high-definition channels, there are a lot of TV shows, movies-on-demand can be, no monthly. I was mainly watching television, set-top box power 3W. Today, these platforms have all failed. Ali set-top box used as a local player is still quite easy to use, it can be aired flv, mp4 format as its predecessor product does not support flv, mp4.

Android set-top box, built-in television a lot, but I mainly use the browser to view youku, tudou, set-top box power 3 ~ 4W. If you install youku of APP, video a lot less. Andrews version is 4.0, in that time is among the highest version, hardware claimed to be dual-core 1.6G. Now and then the browser has been unable to play youku. TV APP has not been tested, tried to remember, does not seem to, a lot of APP system needs more than Android 4.2, so this Android set-top box also idle for a long time.

At that time like set-top boxes, but only because it power. Due to the use of the network set-top boxes free period is too short, it seems that watching TV is king with a PC.

PC is the disadvantage of space, power consumption is relatively large, the advantage of a PC to be higher than the performance of the set top box 5 to 10 times.

PC quieting:

PC must first solve is impatient tone, power problems. Impatient tone problem is easily solved, there are a lot of people think water cooling or oil cooling (whole host immersed in mineral oil inside). Disadvantages: users really water-cooling, results of running water, and a bad motherboard; oil cooler, the oil soak in hardware, the hardware may be damaged too frustrating.

So two or three years ago, I did try to put all the computer power supply from 5V down to fan 12V, instant computer into a full-mute, 1 m outside can not hear any sound. Now most computers, can such a change, because the computer's power is getting smaller and smaller. CPU fan reduced from 12V to 5V, the theoretical power of the original 1/5.76. Speed ??test, 12V when over 5600 rev/min, 5V when more than 800 rev/min.

X2 245 main engine power is 86W, the CPU fan can be successfully changed to 5V, not to mention the current 22nm, 14nm new CPU. 22nm of G1840 + 3.5 Yingcun mechanical hard drive, I remember it was measured over the host power more than 30 W.

Fan smooth change 5V, so you can test, boot time, whether to touch hot radiator, in fact, only slightly more than a little hot when 12V, and now most of the CPU, especially after 2008, such products can be try.

CPU, video card, the power supply fan must be changed 5V. 5V source, at first I get power directly from the host, and later found that this may affect the 5V voltage; take power from the USB is not very good, the motherboard voltage may be affected. 100?nsurance method, is to take power from the 12V fan motherboard, CPU fan original cut lines, lines plug fan, with the 5V line is connected to the kind of vehicle charger (charger that can be directly converted to 12V 5V) and 3 to power the fan.

Hard disk quieting:

3.5-inch drives, also an important source computer impatient tone. So, if you want to drop impatient, the computer must use portable hard drive, or SSD hard drives. My main PC, now is the laptop hard drive + SSD hard drive. Notebook hard drive, 1 meter outside can not hear any sound.

Notebook hard drive, SSD hard disk difference:

When the laptop hard drive read power measured about 4.2W, 1.8W when SSD hard disk read about. This data was measured, really excited, SSD hard drive power is not to write a lot of articles of 8W. Boot speed, response time, the SSD is much faster than mechanical hard drives, different.

3.5-inch drives, the measured power 8W more than the old hard drive, and now the new hard disk 6W.

SSD hard drive capacity requires much? Over the years, my main development PC, the system must use XP, SSD hard drives and software systems area area is now only used the 1.67G + 2.37G, a total of about 4G, which is also installed with a few big software. So, 16G, 32G is adequate.

The completion of the above quieting, computers have easily become a full-mute the computer, power is reduced by about 10W.

Computer hardware configuration recommendations:

1. binuclear E3300 (or E5200) + G31 + 2G DDR2 + notebook hard drive (hard disk or SSD), main power 40W-42W, and now is only 18 2G DDR2 memory package mail, at a total cost of about $ 100. G31 in 2008, in 2009 the mainstream motherboard, onboard graphics even now can use the Firefox browser, a more fluid look youku of 1280 720 HD video.

2. The dual-core G1620 + H61 + 2G DDR3 + 2.5-inch hard disk, the hard disk is removed, the host costs about 200-260 yuan. With this configuration, because the CPU is now very cheap, it is 22nm, the engine power is estimated at around 22W-25W, not tested. This configuration than Type 1 E3300 several times higher, particularly nuclear noticeable has been greatly improved, but did not see youku problem.

3. Dual-Core G3900 + H110 + 2G DDR3 + 2.5-inch hard drive, remove the hard drive, the new host cost 400-500 yuan, 14nm, engine power is estimated at around 20W, not tested. Performance ratio G1620 platform to enhance the estimate by more than 50?but watching the video, the usual office, do not see any difference.

The above three configurations, configuration 1 can at least 5 - 10 years, without adding a separate graphics card, graphics card is also recommended not to add, one more than 10W power consumption will increase, the second is completely unnecessary.

Impact on the speed of the PC, in fact, now the biggest bottleneck is the hard drive with a SSD hard drive as possible. Suggest installing XP system, the system light and small, easy to reload, with 2G enough memory, which draw 600M with VSuite Ramdisk software virtual hard disk, Firefox web cache file is set to the virtual hard disk.

Watching TV, many sites offer high-definition television broadcast can be accessed directly using the Firefox browser, without installing the client.