Nice! My brother made a fanless gaming PC and it’s pretty nice. Sadly GTX 1650 was the last GPU available with a passive cooler [0]. So sooner or later it will be EOL. Afaik no RTX card was ever released with a passive cooler
My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
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Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#12This is pretty neat.
I wonder what would be the maximum CPU & Ram you can go without installing any moving parts (fan or pump) on a mini itx board.
Has anyone got a setup if you want to use more than 12 cpu cores?
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#13I just realized that his tiny screen consumes 120W when turned on.
Does any of you have a recommendation for a screen that doesn't consume so much energy?
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#14Uncommon (?) monitor configuration. Never really thought to lay one down like that. Anyone do this and have opinions? I think I enjoy the space underneath for papers and pens too much, also it would be awkward with two screens - though perhaps a vertical stack would work well. I think some laptops come with "keyboard screens" (not touch bar) now.
I imagine it's promoting fairly poor posture. I would end up with a migraine from the neck strain.
Just like using a laptop.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#15Uncommon (?) monitor configuration. Never really thought to lay one down like that. Anyone do this and have opinions? I think I enjoy the space underneath for papers and pens too much, also it would be awkward with two screens - though perhaps a vertical stack would work well. I think some laptops come with "keyboard screens" (not touch bar) now.
I imagine it's promoting fairly poor posture. I would end up with a migraine from the neck strain.
Yes, the posture seems bad to me as well. Maybe I am missing something.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#16Uncommon (?) monitor configuration. Never really thought to lay one down like that. Anyone do this and have opinions? I think I enjoy the space underneath for papers and pens too much, also it would be awkward with two screens - though perhaps a vertical stack would work well. I think some laptops come with "keyboard screens" (not touch bar) now.
My neck would hurt in a matter of hours. Not recommended.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#17Very well done :) I have an aversion to sound that borders on a "disability", lol the biggest fights I had with my girlfriend was about sounds (The minute, the repeating and the periodic ones)"
The one where we argued if the UPS 20sec alarm two rooms away is "not that bad" or "ice-picks-in-my-brain" was especially dividing.
Ex-girlfriends aside... I really like your setup and you are so right about the RGB crap ! Computer hardware and sneakers('Tekkies' if your a South African) both follow the "Xmass-Tree school for design.
The marketing copy writing is as insulting as color-schemes.
Their ad-copy and slogans, makes me feel like I'm about to be a general in a internet-dragon-slaying army or secret agent.
EDIT: I almost feel there is a gap in the market for a manufacturer to be competitive solely on a predictive-and-simple naming schemes alone !
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#18Something I've learned from discussing computer hardware informally online over the years is that people have vastly different standards for what it means for fans to be "silent" in use. So much so that it's hardly worth discussing, because someone will insist that such and such fan or actively-cooled device is silent, and then you buy it and it sounds like crap. I suspect it's "Cloth Ears" in many cases.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#19I just realized that his tiny screen consumes 120W when turned on. Does any of you have a recommendation for a screen that doesn't consume so much energy?
Your comment made me check my own (LG Ultrafine 5k) and it’s 140W… That’s crazy. I love this monitor, but am interested in a high quality, lower power option if anyone knows of one.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#20This is pretty neat. I wonder what would be the maximum CPU & Ram you can go without installing any moving parts (fan or pump) on a mini itx board. Has anyone got a setup if you want to use more than 12 cpu cores?
If you are talking about virtual cores (aka threads), then yes, such thing exists, it is called Compulab Airtop 3. You can order it with a Xeon E-2278GE, which has 8 cores | 16 threads | 4.70 GHz | 80W