Jacob Potter Wrote: > On 8/1/06, Mark Lanctot > <Mark.Lanctot.2bvmtc1154461802 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> > wrote: > > The ultimate would be one that's fanless. I'm almost there, so > close! > > Drives need cooling too - more than CPUs, really. A processor can run > happily at 60 C, but more than 40-45 for a drive is pushing it. You'll > want some substantial heatsinking if there aren't any fans in the > system. > > Fanless is nice, but why do you want a fanless server? You can't get > rid of the drives (heck, I'm thinking of getting an i-RAM for my > desktop, but that's no good for music), so there's still some noise, > and cooling will be a nightmare. Energy efficiency matters, but if the > system is stuck in a closet somewhere, does it really matter if it > makes a little noise? > > - Jacob
Point well taken. Again, I was just trying to compete with the NAS proponents. So maybe that FlexATX case with fans doesn't look so bad after all. I've also found fanless ATX power supplies, but what's interesting about them is that there has to be case ventilation, in fact above average case ventilation, in order to use them. So you might as well use a PS with a fan in that case. P.S. The cheap USB 2.0 enclosure for my backup drive doesn't have a fan, but the case is aluminum and the HDD slides very tightly into it, so it acts as a big heatsink. Plus I only use it for ~15 minutes at a time anyway. It barely gets above ambient. However when I formatted it and did my first backup it got warm-to-hot. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25892 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
