[Cialug] Small and quiet Linux box suggestions

[David Champion]

See also: laptop. Get decent i5 processor, fast HD or SSD, it will be a
fast computer and you have the option of taking it portable when you want
to.

Got a Dell E7440 w/ docking station at work now, I like being able to just
drop it in the docking station, and use dual monitors & keyboard when I'm
at my desk, pick it up and take it with me when I need to go out of the
office. Might be more money than you want to spend, though.

-dc


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Matt Stanton <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:

> I dabbled with the idea of getting a NUC at one point, but after you add
> the memory, drives, wireless card (assuming you want wifi), and other
> necessary peripherals, you end up with a tiny computer with half the
> processor power you could have had in a mini-ATX sized box that cost the
> same amount of money.  The NUC is only worth the drop in CPU power and the
> lack of "accessory space" if you really care about energy savings and a
> machine that is "quiet out of the box".
>
> You can build a relatively small mini-tower machine that is quiet.  You
> can avoid heat from hard drives by going the SSD route (which you /want/ to
> do... don't lie ;) ) and any media storage can be hidden in the basement or
> a closet with a NAS, assuming you have that much stuff to store (they make
> 1TB SSDs, now!).  If you get one of those ginormous CPU coolers, you end up
> with very large PWM fans that only spin up when you need them to, and when
> they do you can't hear them.  Just remember that small fans generally make
> more noise than large ones (assuming the large fan is engineered properly
> to move more air at lower RPM than the smaller fan).  Granted, the larger
> CPU heatsink/fan combos would require a larger case.  You can also get CPUs
> that use quite a lot less energy than their predecessors did  few
> generations ago.
>
> Of course, the NUC will be small and quiet as soon as you get it, while a
> quiet DIY system takes a good amount of research and work.  You have to
> find a case that has sound-dampening qualities, quiet fans, low-power
> components (CPU, GPU, drives), and all in the small form factor for which
> you are looking.
>
> -- Matt (N0BOX)
>
> Sent from my ASUS Transformer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Small and quiet Linux box suggestions
>
> I've got one of the Asus / Atom mini PC's. It's OK but the CPU is just too
> slow for me.
>
> I think any of the Shuttle / Asus / Intel mini PC's with a Core i5 or
> better would work well for you.
>
> -dc
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I can add to the IntelNUC conversation a little.
> >
> > I am using 3 of them in a proxmox cluster, and I have to say they are
> VERY
> > stable and quite zippy!
> > Each one has 16 gig of ram and an ssd in it, and proxmox runs a Debian
> > based distro.  Apt-get and all that goodness.
> >
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