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-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David King
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:13 PM
To: [email protected]
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
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