[Gllug] Low Power / Quiet - Silent PCs

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 02 Nov, Philip Hands wrote:
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> Chris Jones wrote:
> > Hi
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> > Chris Bell wrote:
> >>    You may need a fairly powerful PSU, and a fan to cool the 4-6 SATA drives
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> > I'd be tempted to go with a miniPC and a NAS in a cupboard somewhere it
> > won't annoy people.
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> If you're going that route, then a koolu might suit -- I certainly cannot
> hear it (over all the other machines in the house ;-) but if you were
> running it thin-client there'd be no need for a hard drive, so it would be
> totally silent:
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>   http://www.koolu.com/

   And make sure the whole cupboard does not overheat, it may take longer
but it can still cause failures later.


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