Fanless audiophile PC sells for close to $30,000 — music server features dual Xeon 10-core CPUs, 48GB RAM, 280GB Optane SSD, and 2TB secondary storage expandable to 24TB

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/fanless-audiophile-pc-sells-for-close-to-usd30-000-music-server-features-dual-xeon-10-core-cpus-48gb-ram-280gb-optane-ssd-and-2tb-secondary-storage-expandable-to-24tb

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Die4Ever@programming.dev · 79 pts · 1y (1 reply)

what a load of snake-oil bullshit lol

conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y

Jesus. I thought it was for recording, at least.

alleycat@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Taiko says that “fewer and lower speed DIMMs are better for sound quality,” which is why it didn’t use the best RAM for gaming.

And here I am, listening to the inferior sound of my gaming-RAM.

herrgef@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

Ah, thats why i didnt make it big yet. its my sound inferior DDR5 RAM! Thanks!

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Or you could just save your money and put a normal PC in another room where you can't hear the fans.

jqubed@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I feel like I could build a nearly silent PC for 1/10th the price and serve a lot more than just audio from it, and still be comfortable with keeping it in the room with me

Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

Noctua literally has a consumer grade fanless heatsink that is allegedly just as good as advertised for like 100 bucks. Find a quiet PSU and you're basically done. Unless it needs a GPU which could be more problematic

WolfLink@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Literally just build a normal PC but use one of these big hear sinks instead of a fan: https://graphicscardhub.com/passive-cpu-cooler/

jet@hackertalks.com · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

This is exactly what I was going to say

You can get fiber optic extenders for USB, video, networking. They can be spendy, like $1,000, but it's a one-time purchase. A lot cheaper than this computer

LostXOR@fedia.io · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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jet@hackertalks.com · 3 pts · 1y

Absolutely true, there are some real world scenarios where fiber has the advantage

  • Low/No electromagnetic interference
    • Radio labs
    • MRI techs
    • (audiophiles? maybe)
  • Low latency, long distance
    • The source computer can me many meters/km away
  • All in one device
    • One fiber pair can run the full KVM stack for a remote computer

But yeah, for most scenarios, conventional cables are fine, ---

michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y

Fanless PC cases cost about $400.

Mihies@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y

Or just go with a fanless one, perhaps an ARM based or even a PC. 🤷‍♂️

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y (2 replies)

For a such a price I would expect a larger Optane SSD (I am assuming you would use it for your boot/application drive).

2TB base storage is also ridiculous for such a price, although you can fit a lot of music in 2TB even if you store everything in FLAC.

Cort@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

The optane is weird on multiple fronts, but what struck me was the ram. ONLY 48GB when you have dual CPUs, seems weird for something of this price.

recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

That, and how they're somehow able to take you from 2TB of additional storage to 64TB for a mere 2 grand... Something isn't adding up

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y

It only runs on triple-filtered HiFi high octane electricity

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I am both disgusted and aroused

Heikki@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You can only get so hard/wet

Burninator05@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

The fact that I'm both at the same time is why I'm disgusted.

renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

These specs look like a leftover casserole of hardware.

el_bhm@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Optane

Xeon

Yep, leftovers. I wonder if those mobos are server ones as well.

Might be a good sell with upcycling. But power consumption on these is probably nuts.

Pieisawesome@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Dual xeons on a non-server board?

I doubt it…

Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 1y

You can tell it's high-end by the huge bank of filter capacitors.

el_bhm@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Windows running RoonOS(Linux) in a docker? Thats why two Xeons?