[Gllug] Low Power / Quiet - Silent PCs

[Andy Farnsworth]

Does anyone have any experience with Low Power and Quiet to Silent PCs?  
I am looking at building one to use as a combination media server, 
Asterisk (VoIP) server, general server, home web / app server.  I know I 
could get a mini-itx system, but due to the "general server" section I 
want something that can take 4-6 SATA drives so that I can backup to it 
as well as store a very large media collection (200+ DVDs).  I am also 
not very comfortable with the VIA processors that are on these boards.  
I am much happier with an Intel or AMD CPU.  This server will be sitting 
in my home office / living room which is why I want it quiet, not so 
much when under heavy load but during normal operations.  I am 
considering using a Compact Flash card as the main drive so that all 
normal hard drives can spin down.  My current server is just an old PC I 
had and it doesn't support most of the modern power saving features.  In 
fact, other than drive spin down, it doesn't even support CPU stepping 
(it is an AMD Athlon XP CPU).

Andrew
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