On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 03:53:45PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > It's true, it doesn't come with a fan, and for some cases maybe doesn't > need one, but I picked one up since it's running builds constantly: > > https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/X15FANKIT/X15FANKIT-ND/5822502 > > Main problem is the fan turns on and off multiple times per minute, > rather than running long enough to actually cool the heat sink down each > time it turns on... presumably that's solvable through software or a > kernel setting, but I haven't delved into it. Quieter fans also probably > exist. > > In general, I prefer fanless systems...
Well if you put it in a case a fan might be a good idea. Certainly none of the reference boards for the CPU had a fan, although also no case. With a bigger heatsink and dropping the clock to 1GHz, it runs fine with no fan at 85C ambient temperature. :) Still for a system that comes without a fan you can't complain about fan noise if you supplied a noisy fan yourself. You can complain if you don't like how it runs the fan, although I guess one could just use a fixed speed fan and not let the system control it. -- Len Sorensen
