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"Server" computer suggestions
Sosseres:
I am considering getting a silent box with low power requirements to run as my computer that is up 24/7. I would most likely want slots for 6-8 HDDs and if possible dual (built in?) network cards unless that increases costs so much that a router is cheaper. Size isn't a consideration since the price limits more.
The problem I see is that that many HDDs generate a bit of heat when used, considering I want a minimum of fans and any I do need to be silent, how do I solve that?
I have heard about NAS and so on, but most of the ones I've checked seems to be severely lacking in the HDD department (I consider 4 TB to be the absolute minimum).
How do I get that other computer to send a network signal at a specific time to start up the better computer so it is running when I get home?
I would use the same monitor for both of them, main one on DVI and the other one (which hardly needs screen time) on VGA.
I could perhaps replace my current Lian Li PC - V1110 with a new chassi for the main computer since it can't handle the heat without a side open.
Pentium100:
Depending on your budget -
Intel Atom - small size, low power, but only two integrates SATA ports and one GbE port, so you would need to choose between two network ports or a lot of drives.
Some low power desktop board + CPU - uses more power, is bigger, but you can connect as many HDDs as you want and add a second network card (or a dual port one).
As for the noise, I cannot advise anything, since I buy loud fans to keep my computers cool (and only one of my computers* overheated and shut down for ~1hour when my room was at 39 degrees one day, and after I cleaned the dust out of the power supplies of the overheated computer, it did not overheat again when the room was at 39 degrees). I buy fans with ball bearings (reliability) and usually the fastest of their size (effectiveness).
* an old server - this was not built by me, and has critical case temperature at 40 degrees (still works if it's 41 though).
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WakeOnLAN - if your network card does not support it, get another one.
--- Quote ---I would use the same monitor for both of them, main one on DVI and the other one (which hardly needs screen time) on VGA.
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I recommend buying a KVM switch, or you will have two mice and two keyboards. Or just use remote control to control that PC.
flyawave:
Scythe Gently Typhoon fans are quiet at less than 1500RPM and are very powerful. at about 1700RPM they aren't loud, but they aren't quiet either. The noise they make is like a low growl, not like other fans that hum. it's like ambient rumbles. I would definitely get those and replace any loud stock fans. so long as their not at full speed all you can hear is the air moving in the case
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: flyawave on September 03, 2010, 09:07:58 PM ---Scythe Gently Typhoon fans are quiet at less than 1500RPM and are very powerful.
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Comparison:
GentleTyphoon 12cm case fan @ 1,850 rpm: 0.083 A - 28 dBA - 98 m³/h
Sunon EEC0251B1-A99 12cm x 12cm x 2.5cm @ 3100RPM; ~44dBA - 183.8m³/h. 8.4EUR
Still, a louder fan produces twice the airflow and it isn't so loud anyway. In my room that is.
flyawave:
the tone from the fan is very different. don't knock it till you try it :P
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