[Gllug] Low-cost fanless linux-friendly hardware

[John Winters]

On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 14:27 +0100, Tethys wrote:
> Tom Schutzer-Weissmann writes:
> 
> >Can anyone suggest a low-cost (< £150) _silent_ computer to run Linux?
> >With lots of USB hubs, to use for networking, as a print hub, whatever
> >needs doing and has to be on all the time.
> 
> I built a near silent machine from a VIA EPIA 5000 motherboard in a
> Cubid case. It's completely fanless, but I chose a slow hard drive,
> rather than flash storage, so it's not *completely* silent. You do
> have to stick an ear against the case in order to hear the drive
> rotating, though.

I have much the same, serving 2 printers and 1 scanner, but made it
completely silent by not having a hard disc in it at all.  This also of
course makes it cheaper and reduces the power consumption.  It has only
64M of RAM in it, which is more than enough.

If you are going to put a HD in one of these cases without a fan then
I'd mount the case vertically.  That way you get a through flow of air
due to convection.

John

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