...moving the discussion over from the SPCR Article Discussion forum... I've recently moved a Shuttle XPC to a big Computer Armoire in our living room, which has created a noise and thermal challenge. I'm looking to replace the Shuttle with a quieter mini-tower, but in any case I have to figure out ...

However, the 2.4 P4 is not *that* hot a CPU. A Core 2 Duo likely will be slightly less powerconsuming and quite a bit faster Yes, but you also get goodness like smarter power management (SpeedStep or whatever the latest thing is these days) that will make a fairly significant difference to the thin...

Sorry for the long post. Mods, feel free to move this elsewhere if this is somewhat off-topic for this thread. Some background on my situation: I've got an old Shuttle XPC with a 2.4Ghz P4 which I just moved out of the basement office into the living room. The living room has a large computer armoir...