CAVEAT : I work for Sun...

But... Why not try one of the new x2100 servers : 
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/

At 745 USD for the 1U Athlon 64 server, it's rather cheap... You may 
need to add a few options, but I'm pretty sure you will like the end price.

Note that most rack machines ARE designed for datacenters... silence is 
not their N°1 design principle.

Gilles.

Mark Thomas a écrit :

>I am wondering if any of you guys can recommend a quiet ( low noise )
>rack mounted server. I'm upgrading my home network and I'm looking for
>something that is fairly quite. I would like a 1U setup with at least
>a xeon 2 and 2GB of ram. The IBM Xseries 336 looks promising! Sorry
>but I have little experience in the way rack mounted setups, the
>couple that I have seen were rather loud.
>
>thanks
>
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