[Nottingham] A quiet compact PC?

[Paul]

Hi Martin

I use an Intel NUC. There is a range of processors and specs and I have found them both reliable and quite. I run both Ubuntu desktop and server on mine along with pfsense.

Would highly recommend that you take a look.


Paul 



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> On 9 Mar 2014, at 12:49, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Any recommendations/experience of any x86_64 hardware based 'quiet' PCs
> that are in a small box suitable for bolting onto the back of a monitor
> or that can be used as a monitor plinth?
> 
> This is to install Linux ofcourse. And it is to be something a little
> more powerful/responsive than such as a RasPi.
> 
> My first thoughts are something along the lines of the AMD "APU" CPUs.
> Could look at the latest Intel dual-core Atoms.
> 
> ARM SoCs are still a little too fringe for non-computer-literate use ;-)
> 
> And all to be in a nice small box...
> 
> 
> And the various all-in-one style PCs all look to be rather clunky and in
> any case are unnecessarily knobbled by a restrictive OS pre-installed...
> 
> 
> Any suggestions/experience/ideas?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin
> 
> 
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