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0 pointstshaddox5y ago0 comments

Now that you phrase it that way, I guess I prefer a desktop too, because I have most of those things, but split between my NAS in the closet and my laptop docked to my big monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

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WalterBright5y ago

I keep thinking of banishing the desktop to the closet to keep the fan noise down.

justinlloyd5y ago

My workstation sits about 25ft away from me, in a completely separate room. A thick bundle of cables runs from the desk to the workstation.

ithkuil5y ago

Thunderbolt 3 cables that drives my 5k monitor are max 2m (the spec allows for longer optical cables but they don't exist yet)

MaxBarraclough5y ago

I used to use a similar setup. Just need to invest in extension cables, and it can work nicely.

Probably less of a concern, but it also moves the heat output.

ryan-allen5y ago

A previous comment in this thread mentioned QuietPC [0] in a list of prebuilt companies.

They have some really cool fanless builds, that if you were using a CPU like the AMD 4750g [1], you would have zero noise, and it'd make for a very decent workstation.

[0] https://www.quietpc.com/systems

[1] https://www.quietpc.com/sys-amd-da2-fanless-z2

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