With the advent of affordable consumer-grade networking, both wired and wireless, more computer users have been creating extensive computer networks in their homes and small offices. By creating a centralized server for the network, clients can easily share and obtain files with much ease in addition to the abilities to stream audio and video over the network from an HTPC (Home Theatre PC). Although most any box will do for a simple SOHO (Small Office Home Office) server, in this article we're going to be trying out several different products to silence the noisy cooling devices in computers while maintaining acceptable airflow. Although these products will work in nearly any desktop system, we're focusing a majority of our attention in this article to silencing HTPCs/servers. The main areas of interest in this article are silencing our system, while maintaining appropriate airflow, through fan gaskets, silent/dust proof fans, and an optional passive CPU heatsink.
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Phoronix
Jul 14, 2005, 03:31 PM
