Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.world · 9 months agoFanless audiophile PC sells for close to $30,000 — music server features dual Xeon 10-core CPUs, 48GB RAM, 280GB Optane SSD, and 2TB secondary storage expandable to 24TBwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkFanless audiophile PC sells for close to $30,000 — music server features dual Xeon 10-core CPUs, 48GB RAM, 280GB Optane SSD, and 2TB secondary storage expandable to 24TBwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoOr you could just save your money and put a normal PC in another room where you can’t hear the fans.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThis is exactly what I was going to say You can get fiber optic extenders for USB, video, networking. They can be spendy, like $1,000, but it’s a one-time purchase. A lot cheaper than this computer
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoAbsolutely true, there are some real world scenarios where fiber has the advantage Low/No electromagnetic interference Radio labs MRI techs (audiophiles? maybe) Low latency, long distance The source computer can me many meters/km away All in one device One fiber pair can run the full KVM stack for a remote computer But yeah, for most scenarios, conventional cables are fine, —
minus-squaremichael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoFanless PC cases cost about $400.
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoOr just go with a fanless one, perhaps an ARM based or even a PC. 🤷♂️
Or you could just save your money and put a normal PC in another room where you can’t hear the fans.
This is exactly what I was going to say
You can get fiber optic extenders for USB, video, networking. They can be spendy, like $1,000, but it’s a one-time purchase. A lot cheaper than this computer
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Absolutely true, there are some real world scenarios where fiber has the advantage
But yeah, for most scenarios, conventional cables are fine, —
Fanless PC cases cost about $400.
Or just go with a fanless one, perhaps an ARM based or even a PC. 🤷♂️