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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. Yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    right on

  2. firstest postest? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Et tu Brute?

  3. RAAARRRR! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ha. That ruined your silence, didn't it?

  4. The sound of silence by Linker3000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The amount of articles on silent PCs is getting tedious - does someone on the ed. team have shares in a relevant company or something?

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    1. Re:The sound of silence by Device666 · · Score: -1, Troll

      None of them where using very powerfull configurations or were not so succesfull due to overheating.... All them are old (which is to some users a bad thing these days).. I am a proud owner of AppleII

    2. Re:The sound of silence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Interestingly, being fanless doesn't guarantee silent operation. I bought my parents a fanless iMac G3, and as wonderful as it is, it's developed a lot of weird buzzing and humming sounds IN ADDITION to the hard drive and optical drive grinding sounds.

      A truly silent PC requires not just a fanless case and quiet hard drive, but careful design to reduce electronic buzzing and humming sounds.

  5. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ever! i rulez

  6. Re:Once again, PCs trail Macs by chez69 · · Score: 0, Troll

    at least macs are catching up to PC speeds finally. wait, macs will be PCs

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