New PC build time. Building up a fanless, headless Plex server. Cost about £250, took a couple of hours to build up. All pretty straightforward apart from forgetting to plug in the 4 pin, square power supply to the motherboard (which I've forgotten on pretty much every build I've done for some reason). Trouble shooting power issues on a PC with no fans and no HDDs is a bit tricky as you can't tell whether anything is actually turned on or not.
The CPU cooler, one of these http://www.nofancomputer.com/eng/products/CR-80EH.php , is pretty sizeable, need to see how it actually performs as to whether I can get away without a case fan. Seems to idle at about 50 degrees which seems a bit high but I haven't tested it much as Virgin decided to turn my internet off last night so limited on what I could install.
New PC build time. Building up a fanless, headless Plex server. Cost about £250, took a couple of hours to build up. All pretty straightforward apart from forgetting to plug in the 4 pin, square power supply to the motherboard (which I've forgotten on pretty much every build I've done for some reason). Trouble shooting power issues on a PC with no fans and no HDDs is a bit tricky as you can't tell whether anything is actually turned on or not.
The CPU cooler, one of these http://www.nofancomputer.com/eng/products/CR-80EH.php , is pretty sizeable, need to see how it actually performs as to whether I can get away without a case fan. Seems to idle at about 50 degrees which seems a bit high but I haven't tested it much as Virgin decided to turn my internet off last night so limited on what I could install.
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