begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 07:56:58PM -0700: [snip] > Things seem to be going in both directions at once. The simple things > which do not require much computing power are staying simple or getting > more so and not needing fans. The desktop PC's and servers however are > needing more and more fans.
A desktop PC's *what* is needing fans? It depends on the user. The mini has a fan, but barely. My via mini-ATX system doesn't have a fan on the board -- the one in the power-supply does nicely, thank you. I know many people who would *prefer* not to have fans in their desktop PCs. Fans are prone to failure, noisy, require maintenance, etc. -- they are, IMNSHO, a kludge. > The new servers we got at work have 4 fans > in the front that each spin at 14k rpm according to the BIOS RPM > monitor. If these servers were liquid cooled those four fans in front, > the cpu fan, and the power supply fan could all be replaced by a much > quieter and probably better cooling pump. I like the idea of a peltier cooler and a five pound block of aluminium sitting outside. That may be insufficient for modern CPUs. But wouldn't it be neat if they'd build in peltier cooling in the _chip_? -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
