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>Why should you do this? >Because I was done with the fan noise of my older and more powerful computer. After a while it felt as if a fighter jet was taking of
by MattDemers 4y ago
>Why should you do this?
>Because I was done with the fan noise of my older and more powerful computer. After a while it felt as if a fighter jet was taking off next to me, constantly. I moved my old computer more away from me, but that wasn't enough.
:thinking: Feels like this could be fixed by some new fans, or at least an understanding of what GPU/CPU load is. Referencing "buying a new computer" just because of this is kind of overkill.
- rambambram 4y agoTrue, could have replaced the fans. Or better, try to replace them and break something (never assembled a computer, no experience here). I didn't want to spend money on new fans and a technician. Another problem was, I needed something working the next day. But the biggest thing was, I wanted to experience fanless. RPi4 made that possible and held up pretty good, which surprised me.
- omni 4y agoThere are fanless full-PC builds, though that would probably require you to build your own computer. Parent's overall point is definitely true though, the idea that you have to go all the way down to a Pi to get a quiet computer is laughable. With a few fans and a decent heatsink you can cool hundreds of watts silently.
- rambambram 4y agoIt seems you miss the point of my post. I had the thing lying around. And it is indeed laughable, I laugh my ass off since this little silent computer is still going strong, without me giving up too much of my workflow.
- MattDemers 4y agoHey, if it works, it works (sorry if my comment came off as snarky). For reference in the future, Noctua fans are typically a highly-rated cheap/quiet fan product.
- rambambram 4y agoNo prob. Thanks for pointing to Noctua fans.