Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:39:34 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: dking@ketralnis.com Subject: Re: Quiet computer Message-ID: <200610041939.35376.soralx@cydem.org> In-Reply-To: <FB5B3795-2451-4A8B-95DD-BE6C215538CA@ketralnis.com> References: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> <4523937B.8090202@bullseye.andymac.org> <FB5B3795-2451-4A8B-95DD-BE6C215538CA@ketralnis.com>
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> >> For the archives, the VIA EPIA VT-310DP > >> (<http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/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
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