[colug-432] wanted: silent PC for ownCloud hosting

[William Yang]

I recently built a solid state, fanless, silent, mini-ITX box (firewall)
for about $300.  It's far from cutting edge, but the general approach might
work well for you.

Intel D2500CCE Atom D2500 dual LAN, dual COM mini-ITX motherboard

M350 Universal Mini-ITX PC enclosure
 Mini-Box picoPSU-80 80 watt output 12volt input DC-DC power supply
 Sabrent AD-LCD12 LCD Monitor 12V 6A 72W AC adapter


	-Bill


On 03/30/2014 03:50 PM, Scott Merrill wrote:
> As I mentioned at last week's COLUG meeting, I currently have two
> instances of ownCloud running: one at Digital Ocean, and one at home on
> a PogoPlug.
> 
> The Digital Ocean instance works great, but it still means that all my
> data is "out there" in the cloud, which rather undermines one of the
> major benefits of ownCloud.
> 
> My PogoPlug is great in terms of size, power consumption, and noise.
> Unfortunately, it sucks in terms of performance.  The single CPU in
> there lacks the oomph to provide ownCloud with any kind of
> responsiveness.
> 
> It's been ages since I've built my own PC, let alone looked at hardware
> in any meaningful way.  What options exist today for silent computing
> without breaking the bank?
> 
> I don't need a powerhouse machine.  Size and noise are my two main
> priorities, with power consumption being third.  Something I can attach
> to my UPS and forget about is ideal. Ideally SSD for storage, and
> something that doesn't require fans, if that's at all possible.
> 
> Cheers,
> Scott
> 
> 
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William Yang
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