On Friday, August 12, 2016 15:13:12 Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Thought this might help others looking for a fanless dekstop.
You don't have to go fanless to have a quiet computer, but there are other pros and cons involved. I've had a full tower case for my computer for years now, because I was sick of trying to mess with what was inside when it barely fit, and I wanted room for more hard drives. The result was that I ended up with a well-insulated case with very large case fans that don't spin quickly. And since I had had problems with the heatsink/fan that came with the CPU not doing a good enough job, I switched to having a huge heatsinks (which then had a large fan on one side of it), so the CPU fan had less to do on top of not needing to spin as fast. And the net result is that I've had a very quiet desktop for years now (though obviously _much_ larger than what you seem to be dealing with). It was actually quite a shock to me I put together a secondary computer from some of my parts, and put it in an old case without much insulation and smaller fans. The fans sounded _so_ noisy under normal circumstances and like they were screaming when I pushed the CPU. But I'm pretty darn sure that that's exactly what it was like when I'd used that case for my primary computer years ago. So, my perception has definitely shifted overtime... In any case, fanless certainly isn't necessary for a quiet computer, but it certainly doesn't hurt, and the stuff like better insulation and large fans do tend to mean that the case will be larger, which may not be what you want. Regardless, thanks for posting about what you did find. I've never seen anything quite like it. - Jonathan M Davis
