<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 20:43, criggie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:criggie@criggie.org.nz">criggie@criggie.org.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 14/06/11 19:13, Steve Hodge wrote:<br>
> Despite having those two fans, the power supply fan, and 3 case fans the drives are the<br>
> noisiest components.<br>
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</div>Hence the continued interest in small + silent/quiet frontends + beefy<br>
backends located elsewhere.<br></blockquote><br>If the drives are the main source of noise then I really don't think there is much of a problem. And most FEs probably won't have four drives like my desktop.<br><br>
When I build my combined BE/FE I did pay attention to noise but I didn't go overboard. That system has a stock CPU cooler, a good quality power supply with a quiet fan, a single case fan and a fanless video card. And a single drive. When I replace it I won't be too bothered if I can't get a quiet video card. I'll probably pay more attention to cooling than noise to be honest. But then we don't use the lounge that much without the TV on...<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br></div>