I just ordered a
Mini-Box M350 with a Mini-ITX
Intel DM510MO motherboard.
NO FAN!
I've come to
hate the wine of spinning mechanisms in PCs in my quiet home. This one is for surfing the web in my living room (instead of using this laptop), so it doesn't really need much power. If I do development on it, I'll be logged into my i7 upstairs anyway. I'll use the 128GB solid state drive that I just installed in an older computer that died immediately upon being upgraded.
I haven't decided what OS to use. I used
NetBSD for two or three years in this spot, followed by two or three years of
PCLinuxOS. I tried to come up to speed with
FreeBSD a couple times, but just never got comfortable. I've never used
Vector Linux, but I've had my eye on it for some years. Maybe it's Vector's turn.
Getting my box of PC parts in the mail to put together my new PC is always exciting. I can't wait!