Originally Posted By: Simon - PG Music
An idea rather than using a rack case is to use an HTPC ITX case.

Agree, provided one doesn't want very high performance, though it's surprising just how much performance one can get.

I have two mini-ITX PCs here, one fanless and virtually silent, and one almost fanless. The former is my fileserver with an Atom CPU at 1.9GHz and has a few TB on one conventional hard drive, the an i686 at 1.7GHz with similar storage lives in an outbuilding and is my automated backup PC.

As one raises the performance, though, one raises the fan noise.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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