Hi, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Back when there was a difference between PCs and workstations the main > rule I remember was that about half the money went to the screen.
And the box with the screen had big warnings that two people are needed to unpack the content. > My last PC/workstation was a good bit less money than that Man goennt sich ja sonst nichts. :)) (= One doesn't allow oneself any other luxury.) In any case it is what i can reasonably wish for. I already have scruples because of the 32 GB of RAM. 16 would have been enough. But i have this reflex to double the capacity with each new generation of hardware. (Need to buy some organic turnips to compensate.) > *actually* (rather than "extra") silent (Thin-ITX with a fanless case). I began my planning with a small fanless system, because CPU power isn't really an issue for me nowadays. But i need a replacement for my current workstation after 5 years of relentless service. There must be room for two SATA attached optical drives and i was instructed that i want ECC RAM again. From ECC RAM my hardware supplier quickly got to Xeon and matching mainboards. The local Ryzen biotope for ECC is still small. So i will have to endure some fans, albeit large and slowly spinning. Have a nice day :) Thomas