[linux-audio-user] Quiet PC Components?

[Jan Depner]

On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 10:31 -0500, aljordan at maine.rr.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been playing with DRC and Brutefir for room correction and
> digital crossover capabilities.  The results have been positive and now
> would like to quiet down one of my PC's in order to keep it in my stereo
> system.  I am looking for a particularly quiet case, CPU fan (for Athlon
> 64), and a video card that does not need a fan (hopefully NVidia based
> or something that is easy to configure in Linux).  I can't afford the
> expensive fanless PC cases (heat pipe style).
> 
> For those who have tried to silence their PC, any information on the
> component brands and model numbers that you have had success with would
> be much appreciated.
> 

    I took the coward's way out.  I got keyboard, mouse, video, USB
extenders, and a special extender for my external ADC/DAC and moved the
CPU to a closet.  Ah, blessed relief (as Frank used to say).


-- 
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
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