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Fanless 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 24TB (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Or you could just save your money and put a normal PC in another room where you can't hear the fans.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like I could build a nearly silent PC for 1/10th the price and serve a lot more than just audio from it, and still be comfortable with keeping it in the room with me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Noctua literally has a consumer grade fanless heatsink that is allegedly just as good as advertised for like 100 bucks. Find a quiet PSU and you're basically done. Unless it needs a GPU which could be more problematic

[–] WolfLink 3 points 1 week ago

Literally just build a normal PC but use one of these big hear sinks instead of a fan: https://graphicscardhub.com/passive-cpu-cooler/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or just... longer cables. Ethernet is already designed for long cable runs, and USB and video cables are easy to find in lengths over 10m (though good ones are a bit pricey). You could even make do with standard cables if you set up against an interior wall and pass cables through the wall to the PC in the adjacent room.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Absolutely 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, ---

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Fanless PC cases cost about $400.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Or just go with a fanless one, perhaps an ARM based or even a PC. 🤷‍♂️