the sounds of silence
I did a bit of re-arranging this past weekend... Nothing too crazy or shocking (in terms of moving furniture), but I moved the old computer into the closet. This is something that I had been meaning to do for a while, but since I had to get a couple things (cord to run power into that closet, long network cable) it hadn't happened yet.
Since my morning golf was rained out a trip to Lowes that took occured instead. One heavy-duty extension cord and un-earthed network cable later, I was ready to go. Now, the “office“/“2nd bedroom“ is stunningly quiet. Apparently if you choose the right hardware a computer can be essentially silent. Up until the latest computer (a refurbished Dell) I've built all of my computers and have been heavier on the 'processing power + industrial strength fans' and de-emphasizing things like looks and ambient noise. And in work, I have something like 5 computers of varying age contributing to my ever-increasing deafness. eh? what was that? Speak up sonny!
Just one more reason that I doubt I'll ever build another computer. Dell + friends are around the same price for far less hassle, and things like fit-and-finish are just better. Only real justification I could see is for the high-end gamer that needs the bleeding edge processor/graphics cards/sound cards... And even that is starting to be pushing it.
N.B. I've reached a shocking 5 posts in April!