I'm sure that lots of people have their favorite solutions
Mine is ANTEC NSK1380 case http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAvdOd_VBnQ
I use AMD BE2350 dual core, a couple of TV cards (Twinhan and DIVICO) and a 1T
WD green caviar disk.
This server draws 30W (at the meter with a stopwatch) and you can't hear it in
the same room.
(cause it's low power the CPU fan is not WINDING)
For bigger boxes the passive CPU coolers are kewl
http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/ CPU PARTS -> AMD SOCKET 2 -> FAN COOLERS
You *can* get quiet without the technical overload.
James
Mine is a large silverstone case
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_spec.php?pno=lc17&area=usa
I have 4 or 5 80mm fans in it
one per hdd rack, 2 or 3 near the CPU (cant remember)
an antek 600W psu with a 120mm fan
quad core q6600
It has 4 hdd's in (2x 320s, 1x 400, 1x1000) it and a bluray.
The noisiest fan in it, is a 40mm fan I put onto the onboard VGA (9400)
because it seemed hot.
That said, when I put a DVD in the seek noise swamps the other noise
from the system.
There is a fish tank next to the TV and the noise from the airstones in
it is louder than the TV system.
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