From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 4 22:15:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 118BC16A54B for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:15:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dking@ketralnis.com) Received: from ketralnis.com (melchoir.ketralnis.com [68.183.67.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E53A43D46 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:15:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dking@ketralnis.com) Received: from [10.0.1.239] (ayla.wifi.int.ketralnis.com [10.0.1.239]) (authenticated bits=0) by ketralnis.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k84MFjYW000368 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:15:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dking@ketralnis.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <000f01c6d033$3f447b80$bdcd7280$@com> References: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> <000f01c6d033$3f447b80$bdcd7280$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <68AD5D02-275C-43F0-B0DB-174EDD53702F@ketralnis.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David King Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:15:43 -0700 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: Re: Quiet computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:15:48 -0000 > 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----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David King > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:13 PM > To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > 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: > > 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