Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:15:43 -0700 From: David King <dking@ketralnis.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quiet computer Message-ID: <68AD5D02-275C-43F0-B0DB-174EDD53702F@ketralnis.com> In-Reply-To: <000f01c6d033$3f447b80$bdcd7280$@com> References: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> <f34ca13c0608200749k6bff68dfs96c96f186404bf0d@mail.gmail.com> <AD8E3F6C-562A-4F1F-86A3-CA9396F9873D@ketralnis.com> <000f01c6d033$3f447b80$bdcd7280$@com>
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> Very cool looking computer! But, with a Duo core in it, it HAS to > create > some heat, thus some fans. My MacBook Pro gets pretty hot, but runs fanless most of the time. It's a Core Duo. > The only things I've seen that run fanless are Via based, fast > enough for > email-web etc. but probably not much of a game machine. Yes, the Via's aren't the most performant, though. They would be fine for my purposes if they were slow but dual-core, unfortunately they are just slow. I'm not looking for a game machine, though, I'm looking for a quiet server for a home-office that can witstand a long- running single-threaded process that sucks up most of the CPU, hence the call for dual-core (since then it will only be able to suck up one CPU). It's replacing a single 350 MHz "server," so even dual-core 600 MHz would be a step up. > I've been toying with the idea of building one of those for our home > computer. Let me know if you get something quiet and acceptably performant, I might ask for advice or your services :) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David King > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:13 PM > To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Quiet computer > >>> I am looking for a small computer that is silent or very quiet to >>> sit >>> in a home office. >> I think you might want to wait a month or two until Intel Core 2 >> "Conroe" and "Allendale" become more readily available. > > Indeed (less than a month later), a vendor called Shuttle just > released this > machine: <http://sys.us.shuttle.com/X100.aspx>; > > They call it their X100 and it's just smaller than a cereal box. It > has an > Intel Core Duo in it. > > Does anyone have one of these by chance? Can anyone attest to the > noise that > it makes? > > Thanks for any information
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