* Jussi Peltola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-01 20:56]: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 08:13:07PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > > * Imre Oolberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-01 19:17]: > > > I am thinking of setting up for myself a noiseless workstation > > > > I have that - easily. It is in another room. > > with DVI and USB it is easy to get 10m and a wall between you and the > > machine.
[..] > Besides, then you get to walk to the machine when you want to use CD's, while I do walk when I really need a CD (almost never), there are USB CD/DVD readers/writers/whatever > Nowadays I have a Core 2 Duo with laptop drives, a 120mm power supply > fan and the stock heatsink with PWM. I can't hear it when it is idle, so > after building it I didn't bother moving it farther away. The buzz the > deflection coils in my CRTs make (yes, CRTs do make noise and it drove > me crazy until I got used to it) is much louder than the machine even > under 100% CPU... let alone the noise the rack of servers 10m and 3 > walls away makes :) i have no CRTs in regular use any more :) -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
