I suspect the actual PC used is at least fairly powerful though. Like someone else said it’s likely using ECC as its mission critial, so chances are it also has other expensive server parts inside. Not all powerful computers actually look like anything fancy at all. This post reminds me of things like the watercooling subreddit and the amount of effort and money they put into things like aesthetics, that don’t actually improve performance at all. Even though the original point of watercooling was performance.
The most recent info I can find (2020) is that he’s using a Threadripper. I daresay he might have upgraded it by now, but it should give an idea what he goes after. There are a few links from reputable sources around that time, here’s one.
When i was still into building computers, i really liked elaborate watercooled builds. But the whole maintenance and the little gain wasn’t even worth it for me. I don’t wanna know how much an average watercooled pc is suffering
What kind of maintenance were you doing? Building the things is turning out to be a pain for me, but actual maintenance shouldn’t be much more than for a regular PC. You still have to dust a regular PC after all. You do occasionally have to change fluid, but shouldn’t need doing more than every 4 years or so if you use something like DP Ultra or car coolant.
That’s actually pretty much the opposite of how that works. More fans generally mean lower noise as they don’t need to run as hard to deliver the same volume of air. Same with larger fans. There is eventually a point where adding more fans hurts rather than helps, but it’s probably more fans than you would think. All of this is especially true for watercooling and radiator fans, the more radiator area and associated fans you have the better. My desktop with 3 radiators and 8 radiator fans is quieter than my server with one radiator, 3 radiator fans and 2 case fans, and that’s despite the desktop having a higher total heat load.
Why are you giving me a definition? I just told you that having more fans dosen’t actually mean it’s going to be loud or harsh. What mistake have I made?
Your phrasing implied that the other system would have blaringly loud fans, which it probably does not, at least if they built and configured it properly. Since people thinking more fans equals louder is an easy misconception to have I jumped to the conclusion that you had made that error. Maybe you didn’t mean to imply that the other system would be loud.
Giving me the definition of blaring wasn’t actually helpful in any way. I knew what the word meant, so that wasn’t the actual issue. You failed to accurately understand or communicate the problem when trying to correct someone, and sounded like a pretentious knob doing it.
I suspect the actual PC used is at least fairly powerful though. Like someone else said it’s likely using ECC as its mission critial, so chances are it also has other expensive server parts inside. Not all powerful computers actually look like anything fancy at all. This post reminds me of things like the watercooling subreddit and the amount of effort and money they put into things like aesthetics, that don’t actually improve performance at all. Even though the original point of watercooling was performance.
The most recent info I can find (2020) is that he’s using a Threadripper. I daresay he might have upgraded it by now, but it should give an idea what he goes after. There are a few links from reputable sources around that time, here’s one.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/24/linus_torvalds_adopts_amd_threadripper/
When i was still into building computers, i really liked elaborate watercooled builds. But the whole maintenance and the little gain wasn’t even worth it for me. I don’t wanna know how much an average watercooled pc is suffering
What kind of maintenance were you doing? Building the things is turning out to be a pain for me, but actual maintenance shouldn’t be much more than for a regular PC. You still have to dust a regular PC after all. You do occasionally have to change fluid, but shouldn’t need doing more than every 4 years or so if you use something like DP Ultra or car coolant.
Linus’ biggest concern is noise, so whatever setup he has likely doesn’t have fans blaring to increase performance.
That’s actually pretty much the opposite of how that works. More fans generally mean lower noise as they don’t need to run as hard to deliver the same volume of air. Same with larger fans. There is eventually a point where adding more fans hurts rather than helps, but it’s probably more fans than you would think. All of this is especially true for watercooling and radiator fans, the more radiator area and associated fans you have the better. My desktop with 3 radiators and 8 radiator fans is quieter than my server with one radiator, 3 radiator fans and 2 case fans, and that’s despite the desktop having a higher total heat load.
blaring adjective
Example: a blaring alarm and flashing red light were going off
Okay now give me the definition of “pedantic douchebag”
I can’t even see what mistake I made. I didn’t even use that word. I think they are just salty over getting corrected.
Why are you giving me a definition? I just told you that having more fans dosen’t actually mean it’s going to be loud or harsh. What mistake have I made?
I’ve made no comment on quantity of fans, only loudness.
You mistook that to mean “fewer” fans.
Your phrasing implied that the other system would have blaringly loud fans, which it probably does not, at least if they built and configured it properly. Since people thinking more fans equals louder is an easy misconception to have I jumped to the conclusion that you had made that error. Maybe you didn’t mean to imply that the other system would be loud.
Giving me the definition of blaring wasn’t actually helpful in any way. I knew what the word meant, so that wasn’t the actual issue. You failed to accurately understand or communicate the problem when trying to correct someone, and sounded like a pretentious knob doing it.
Lol. Imagine getting this upset because you don’t know how to read.
Linus also used a 280W CPU, so he almost definitely has fans somewhere in his build.