My first thought when reading the title was "Oh, I guess he must have an issue with his fan drivers".
Check out this guy's other work. He'd write his own driver or maybe even build his own fans.
My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
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Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#22Nice! 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 0, https://www.palit.com/palit/vgapro.php?id=3494
You can still order Compulab Airtop 3 with Quadro RTX 4000 8 GB in a fanless configuration. See https://fit-iot.com/web/product/airtop3-build-to-order/
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#23Something 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.
I think it's not just different standards (quiet = "I can't hear it when blasting Call of Duty at an unhealthy volume") but likely the prevalence of hearing damage. A 30 dB noise is way less noticeable if your threshold of hearing is in the 10-30 dB range instead of the -10 to 10 dB range. Likewise the ability of people to perceive separate noises simultaneously differs.
(Likewise many people say they can't hear the noise ANC headphones produce - it seems likely to me that they're either in a too loud environment so it's masked at all times, have hearing damage or both. It'd be interesting to see the Venn diagram with people who complain you can't turn up phone headphones to be loud enough any more - mumble mumble the EU took it from us! Meanwhile the volume step size of AirPods is too coarse for me because I'm only ever using the lowest four or so "clicks", rarely exceeding 50 dB per HealthKit).
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#24This 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)
#25Uncommon (?) 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.
Well, I've been using laptops since the late 90s, no problems whatsoever looking at a screen close to my keyboard. No strain to my neck or back and of course I'm not so young anymore. I can't imagine having to raise my head and look straight ahead all the time. What for? On the other side, as cyclist I'm used at spending hours with my head raised much more than that to look ahead. At least I rest when working :-)
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#26"After [...] learning that all future Intel "Evo"-branded laptops would lack S3 suspend"
By the way, is there any laptop left that sleeps in S3 mode / sleep to RAM. Possibly an AMD one. I just checked and it seems that it's more and more difficult to find one that even has a BIOS switch to enable it again. The target is running Linux, not Windows.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#27I 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?
This monitor has high power consumption because it's geared towards professionals with its high brightnes and colour correctness.
I checked the power brick and datasheet on my LG 27GP950-B and the ratings are 110W and 86W(HDR mode) respectively.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#28Something 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.
It's also dependent on the room/building you are in. If you would try the fan in an office type environment (even without any people there) you would probably think it is quiet. But then when you bring it home the fan suddenly sounds very loud.
It's mostly due to the background noise such as active ventilation, air conditioning, other computers/servers/printers with fans etc in the office, which you might not have in your house.
The empty office might seem very quiet, but in terms background fan like noise it's not.
Traffic noise could also be a similar background noise factor.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#29I was wondering how they can run that cpu without any cooling.. Then they say it goes up to 90°C .. That's way too hot! thats like laptop / mac temperatures. It will function sure, but it wont last, it will degrade relatively quickly.
Re: My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021)
#30"After [...] learning that all future Intel "Evo"-branded laptops would lack S3 suspend" By the way, is there any laptop left that sleeps in S3 mode / sleep to RAM. Possibly an AMD one. I just checked and it seems that it's more and more difficult to find one that even has a BIOS switch to enable it again. The target is running Linux, not Windows.
Here comes your daily LG Gram ad.