Re: [SLUG] computer power

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Tue Feb 23 2010 - 16:17:13 EST

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Ron Youvan wrote:

>> I'm building a computer to go in my room. The main criteria are that it
>> not look like a computer [1] and that it be absolutely silent (i.e., no
>> moving parts). To those ends, I've chosen to build a case out of
>> hollowed-out 24-packs of steel cans [2], and I have an IDE->CF adapter and
>> a 16GB CF card to act as a hard drive.
>
> Why not use a mommy board with "heat pipe cooling"?

Because I have this (working) motherboard, and I don't want to shell out for
a new MB/RAM/CPU.

> Why not use a regular 400 Watt power computer power supply

Because the cheapest fanless one I see is somewhere north of $100.

> Good quality compact flash cards can tolerate writing, they rotate the data
> around in a circle to spread the wear out.

I'm not aiming for "good enough/will work for a while", I'm aiming for "will
work continually".

> Why not just go out and buy a used Commodore 64?

Wouldn't play MP3s and the occasional movie. Not-modern excanibility.
Can't run modern OSes. 

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