[underground]

as above I'm selling my Readynas Duo. This is a special one as it's had an extra large silent fan fitted to it so it runs at around 916rpm and is as near as silent as i think you'll get without using an SSD and / or a heatsink the size of a fridge.

No HDDs are included as I need those - this has run flawlessly with 2 x 2TB drives in it and has always been available on the network and served media via DLNA whenever I needed it to.

Memory upgraded to 1Gb, verified compatible Kensington branded RAM.

I'm after £50 collected from Sheff, or posted for the extra cost of RMSD

[butters]

I will take it if it is still available. Working nights so might be the weekend before I can collect though

[underground]

Cool mate. The alternative is I meet you outside work on my way home...

[Muenchener]

Sorry to dig up an old thread but I'm after a bit of advice. What size fan did you use and how "silent" was it afterwards?

I tried replacing the stock fan on mine with a better 60mm fan but it still isn't quiet enough. Did you do one of those Frankenstein jobs bolting an 80mm fan onto the outside of the back plate?

[Paul B]

do you have a massive problem with the noise of the ReadyNas? Once I've enabled spin-down its pretty quiet for me most of the time.

[Muenchener]

do you have a massive problem with the noise of the ReadyNas?

Yes. Not while I'm actually using the PC; the problem is that it's audible (in the living room, and I have no other suitable location for it at the moment) when I'm not using it. And the startup and shutdown times are long enough that I find it irritating to be constantly switching it on & off, especially as it has things on it like my music library that I use all the time.

[underground]

Mine was a Frankenstein job using a 'silent' fan on rubber mounts, it did work, barely audible even in te desk where I work. Part of the noise reduction comes from a bigger fan cooling more effectively at much lower rpm. 916rpm in mine