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Completely Silent Media PC

Posted by timothy on from the nothing's-completely-silent dept.

Kez writes "Zalman's first completely fanless PC case, the TNN 500 was an impressive piece of engineering, but it was very bulky. Aiming their new chassis at those looking to build multimedia PCs and who don't want noisy fans to spoil their experience, the TNN 300 is smaller than its predecessor. From the Hexus.net review: 'It's a niche product that will appeal, in no uncertain terms, to a select bunch of users that value silence above all else. If you happen to be one of them, the TNN 300 is a pretty unique product that will appeal to you.'"

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  1. Re:Noisy PC by RockModeNick · · Score: 1, Funny

    and afteword I had to turn it right back on, because all the noises in my space I didn't hear before started driving me BATTY!

  2. Silent Media PC by CPUgrind · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a silent media PC would you at least be able to use closed captioning so you know what is going on?

    1. Re:Silent Media PC by justforaday · · Score: 4, Funny

      Mine uses Cage's 4:33 as it's startup sound.

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      I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
  3. Re:the problem with silent... by Linker3000 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Look for the blinkenlights of course!

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    AT&ROFLMAO
  4. Ahh, but if you listen carefully... by Zemplar · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...you can hear their servers grinding to halt!

  5. Department of repetitive redundancy department... by shreevatsa · · Score: 5, Funny

    A not-direct quote FTFS:
    It's a product that will appeal to a select bunch of users that value silence above all else. If you happen to be one of them, it will appeal to you."
    Yes, if you happen to be one of the people to whom it will appeal, then it will appeal to you.

  6. Re:My attempts for a silent PC by Itchy+Rich · · Score: 4, Funny

    A 10-metre DVI cable and a USB repeater cable are much cheaper than one of these cases

    You're missing the hidden cost there. A quiet PC case is much cheaper than buying another room.

  7. Re:When the power goes out by virtual_mps · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sometimes, when the lights goes out, you can really hear what it is like to be in total silence. The refrigerator stops running, the air conditioners stop running. The computer fans and drives stop spinning, and suddenly you're thrust into this silence that is eerily uncomfortable.

    Hmm. In my experience power failures are terribly noisy--all the UPS's kick in and alarms start wailing. Then the generators start to turn over--yikes!
  8. Completely silent MEDIA PC? by nightsweat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wouldn't that make it hard to hear the dialog from the movies?

    Of course given the quality of most movies these days you may be on to something.

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    the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
  9. Re:The sound of silence by temcat · · Score: 2, Funny

    But this is simply not true! They in fact have a lot fans, including those on Slashdot!

  10. Re:That's nothing! by CDarklock · · Score: 2, Funny

    When my 1989 Dodge Omni went into the shop, they found that the computer was failing and needed to be replaced. Being a true geek, I asked if I could have the old one. They shrugged and handed it over.

    After a reasonably frustrating time getting the case open, I uncovered a VIC-20 motherboard fitted with a bunch of massive heat sinks.

    No, I am not kidding.

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