[Cialug] Small and quiet Linux box suggestions

[Philip Henely]

I can echo what a lot of what people have mentioned about the Intel NUCs. I
have one running Fedora with a KVM server and runs like a champ.

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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:30 PM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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