RE: Obsession for "cheap" and quiet, therefore, remove!

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Posted by AbeCollins (A) on April 7, 2012 at 12:14:33

In Reply to: Obsession for "cheap" and quiet, therefore, remove! posted by soldermizer on April 7, 2012 at 12:00:49:

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend with the "cheap" comment about the PowerSpec.

I too have owned a couple of these machines from Microcenter as they typically give you more for your money. I discovered that the down side was they didn't really pay much attention to noise. The fans typically run fairly fast and noisy. I had one and when it got really old and not worth upgrading, I gave it to charity (after clearing everything!!) and then bought an inexpensive Dell 530 (I think), also from Microcenter. It was noticeably quieter under normal use. The fan would only kick in if there was an unusually heavy load on it.

There is a certain appeal though to making a small low-power music server with zero moving parts.

Best regards and have fun!

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Topic - cheap or DIY silent (or nearly so) PC - soldermizer 21:40:01 04/06/12 (11)

small Compaq desktops, circa Celeron 1.7 or the Raspberry Pi? - bassbinotoko 00:38:27 04/08/12 (0)

Don't understand obsession over removing fans - Jon L 09:10:01 04/07/12 (5)

obsession over removing fans - fmak 12:36:53 04/07/12 (0)

RE: Don't understand obsession over removing fans - AbeCollins 10:05:50 04/07/12 (3)

Obsession for "cheap" and quiet, therefore, remove! - soldermizer 12:00:49 04/07/12 (2)

RE: Obsession for "cheap" and quiet, therefore, remove! - AbeCollins 12:14:33 04/07/12 (1)

I'm not cheap, I'm economical...! - soldermizer 16:29:21 04/07/12 (0)

RE: cheap or DIY silent (or nearly so) PC - Bones13 03:48:02 04/07/12 (0)

RE: cheap or DIY silent (or nearly so) PC - Dawnrazor 02:38:42 04/07/12 (0)

RE: cheap or DIY silent (or nearly so) PC - J.Mac 21:59:51 04/06/12 (1)

Another option would be... - soldermizer 21:03:11 04/07/12 (0)

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RE: Obsession for "cheap" and quiet, therefore, remove! - AbeCollins 12:14:33 04/07/12 (1)

I'm not cheap, I'm economical...! - soldermizer 16:29:21 04/07/12 (0)

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