Completely Silent Media PC 275
Kez writes "Zalman's first completely fanless PC case, the TNN 500 was an impressive piece of engineering, but it was very bulky. Aiming their new chassis at those looking to build multimedia PCs and who don't want noisy fans to spoil their experience, the TNN 300 is smaller than its predecessor. From the Hexus.net review: 'It's a niche product that will appeal, in no uncertain terms, to a select bunch of users that value silence above all else. If you happen to be one of them, the TNN 300 is a pretty unique product that will appeal to you.'"
Alternative reviews (Score:5, Informative)
ok its a google search, but usefull
what? no link? (Score:4, Informative)
Here it is. [zalman.co.kr]
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It's by the same people. I've got some Zalman fans and heatsinks in my machine and they are really nicely done.
Re:what? no link? (Score:3, Informative)
Coral Cache (Score:2, Informative)
Re:The sound of silence (Score:4, Informative)
Apple II, Mac, Mac 512, Mac +, Mac Cube, and the iMac (G3). None of them had fans.
Overrated.. (Score:5, Informative)
Anandtech Post (Score:2, Informative)
Just wanted to mention it since zalman.com and hexus.net are currently down.
Re:The sound of silence (Score:3, Informative)
If I actually want to burn a DVD, I just sit down at my "main" computer and pull the captured video off the iMac (100 Mbps ethernet) and burn.
Really, unless you're encoding/transcoding video, you don't need that much computing horsepower.
Linux Scores Another First (Score:3, Informative)
Re:My attempts for a silent PC (Score:3, Informative)
Re:fanless not silent (Score:2, Informative)
You could boot from a solid-state drive, and store all your media files on a noisy server somewhere else. Then your only problem is the local optical drive. You could do without the optical drive if you've already got a stand-alone DVD/etc. player, and now you're silent. I haven't tried booting from a flash drive on a windows system, but it should be possible. One of these http://www.acscontrol.com/Pages/Products/CompactFl ash/IDE_To_CF_Adapter.htm [acscontrol.com]
will turn your CF card into an IDE drive, or use an all-in-one DiscOnChip http://www.tri-m.com/products/msystems/ffd35ideplu s.html [tri-m.com]. It doesn't require drivers, so one should be able to install any OS on it.
You could even retrofit your Zalman PC, and poof! now your TiVo is the loudest thing in the living room.
Re:Linux Scores Another First (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Overrated.. (Score:2, Informative)