[geeks] Quite machines

[Mike Ekholm]

On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 10:06:43PM -0500, Matty wrote:
> Between a Ultra5 and Sun Blade 100/150, which system makes less
> noise? I am going to buy one of the two, and add Seagate disks to
> the system Since the Seagate IDE disks are supposed to be super
> quite, I thought I should check on the power supply and fans in
> these systems. 

>From Hardware handbook:

Ultra 5: Acoustic noise
Operating: 5.2 bels
Idling: 5.1 bels

Sunblade 100: Acoustic noise
Operating: 5.0 bels
Idling: 4.5 bels


 -Mike Ekholm

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