From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 20 06:05:10 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 9710A16A4DD for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:05:10 +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 3F55F43D53 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:05:09 +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 <0J4A00DOW8WLKX80@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:05:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4A008698WLL7A0@pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:05:09 -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 <0J4A00FHO8WL5DB0@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:05:09 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:05:09 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org In-reply-to: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-id: <200608192305.09547.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> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 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 06:05:10 -0000 > I am looking for a small computer that is silent or very quiet to sit > in a home office. Check out VIA's hardware. Something like this: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6852904909 1GHz dual-core CPU is nice. It is very expensive though, and has a fan, but I believe there is a less expensive model, and also a less powerful one with totally passive cooling. You could use small DC-DC converter and a 90W 'brick' PSU to power the beast without any fans. Hardware random number generator and cryptographic engine work with FreeBSD, AFAIK. [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2