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samuelt
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by samuelt » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:29 am
Hello!
Does anyone around here have any experiences with the
Shuttle DS61?
It has two thin fans and I wonder how they sound and if it's very noticable?
Also, that rear exhaust looks very restrictive.
![Image](http://www.shuttle.eu/typo3temp/pics/82d2dc0bd8.jpg)
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HellDiverUK
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by HellDiverUK » Fri May 17, 2013 1:06 pm
I had one for a few days, fitted a Celeron G530 to it.
The fans were OK, pretty quiet. They barely idled in normal use with the 65W Celeron, even when playing 1080p content. However, the coil whine was totally ridiculous. I could hear the whine over the two fans and the old Seagate Momentus 7200rpm drive I had fitted to it. The whine was coming from the inductors beside the CPU socket, and pitch changed with CPU load.
I'd give it a miss, it's a machine designed for sticking under a cashier's desk in a supermarket, not for setting under your TV.