From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 5 02:40:01 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 79C6616A407 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 02:40:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF9643D49 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 02:40:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr6so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.21]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J6N00JF1621W180@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:39:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J6N00BO3621VST0@pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:39:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from soralx.cydem.org ([24.87.27.3]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J6N003PM620SGY0@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:39:37 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:39:34 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org In-reply-to: To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-id: <200610041939.35376.soralx@cydem.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> <4523937B.8090202@bullseye.andymac.org> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: dking@ketralnis.com 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: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:40:01 -0000 > >> For the archives, the VIA EPIA VT-310DP > >> () > >> works *great* with FreeBSD 6.1 > > How successfully does it meet your requirements for a quiet system? ...and performance? (i.e., `ubench`) :) Also, just curious... can you test the speed of crypto? Yes, want to gape at some large numbers ;) > > (as I > > think I read that both CPUs are actively cooled...) > > So far, it doesn't, since the power supply fan on the case I bought > is pretty loud (well, quieter than the old system, but not yet quiet > enough). But the manual for the motherboard indicates that it can run > fanless, and it has temperature sensors and a BIOS feature to shut it > down after it hits a critical temperature, so after some fidgeting I > suspect that I'll be able to quiet it down completely. You might wants to consider using a low-power 'brick'-type AC->DC PSU (~90W?) and a DC-DC voltage converter that plugs directly into a mainboard's power connector. This will be quite noiseless. Really, I'm rather impressed with FreeBSD yet again. Such an exotic hardware, and all works right away. Huge kudos to the developers :) [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2