Quiet computer

[David King]

> 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 at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David King
> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:13 PM
> To: freebsd-hardware at 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