Processors looking for a good home

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Sep 17 16:53:29 UTC 2007


On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 12:48:06PM -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
> Just run a thin client on your desk and put the noisy computers in a place 
> where you don't care, like the basement.  Cheaper than the expense of 
> making a powerful but silent computer and gives great (even better 
> performance) than a regularl workstation.  I've run a thin client on my 
> desk for 10+ years.

Great, unless you need graphics performance.  Of course graphics cards
are often loud, so what can you do.  Oh yeah, you get get a better case
to dampen the sound. :)  For regular office work or programming, sure
put the cpu somewhere else (works for me).

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