From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 20 14:49:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F1616A4DE for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mureninc@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2941E43D53 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:49:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mureninc@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so1230103wxd for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:49:43 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qa42QlwY5Ap3DuKJiQjBoYnf85rfa3RcewXJhscFr3X0eQMJ+k0Sd498PcZytqB99lCb1n4uEDbek6/j7lajqjf49yF4Ct9d3lPaW6J19SXpAuH4A0l85yg+3w8oll7nj4x9JIlF9uwWQygqHWlTuwCGCZ0beq0bzkbRLVZWxaI= Received: by 10.70.48.15 with SMTP id v15mr8025714wxv; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.78.17 with HTTP; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:49:43 -0400 From: "Constantine A. Murenin" To: "David King" In-Reply-To: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quiet computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:49:44 -0000 On 19/08/06, David King wrote: > I am looking for a small computer that is silent or very quiet to sit > in a home office. > > It will be functioning as a server, and will need space for two > ethernets (although preferably two ethernets and one wireless card, I > can rig up a cheap access point instead), and two hard drives > (although one can be external firewire or USB if necessary). It > doesn't need a graphics card, although it wouldn't hurt, and here's > the hard part: I would like it to be at least dual-core. > > I see http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/, and they are pretty > impressive, but most of the processors are VIA and don't go up to two > cores (unless I missed something). > > It's replacing my very aged 350 mhz server, which I've had for so > long because it's so quiet. > > So does anyone have a favourite vender of silent/very quiet PCs? I think you might want to wait a month or two until Intel Core 2 "Conroe" and "Allendale" become more readily available. They're dual core, available for Desktop, and they're likely to be the cheapest (they already go for 193,00 USD in the US), quietest and most performing CPUs that are available on the market today. They were released just last month, 27th July 2006, but there is still some commotion over the availability of the processors, and short selection over motherboards... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Search.jsp?Category=00&Key=intel+core+2+e6&SearchBy=PRC_CPRICE Try asking your favourite vendor if they have forthcoming plans on making some solutions based on Intel Core 2 "Allendale" or "Conroe". Cheers, Constantine.