Nav> I've been running a small lab (~40 workstations) of GX280s at UVic for
Nav> approx. two years, and I really like the machines now. As previously
Nav> mentioned, they are SUPER quiet. I walk into a room of over 20
Nav> computers and it seems quieter than my single AMD XP 1900+ machine at
Nav> home.
Dell is very good at this. This is my silence ranking, for the
computers I work with:
* Apple Mini. This machine is _silent_
* Typical laptop with good harddrive and no internal fan (I can hear
the disk in the laptop, perhaps it is proximity)
* Silence yourself computer (Zallman parts, no Video Card fans, silent
drives, expensive route, but well worth it)
* Dell desktops (really good value for the money in terms of silence ratings)
* Powermac G5 (its fan noise is annoying, and it is really noisy when it "takes off")
and way at the bottom...
* Any beige box... I can't work with one of them... I feels like I am
in a construction site...
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