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bobkoure · 10-06-2004, 12:06 PM

I'd suggest that this forum has already "moved" to the point that low noise, low cost, and low space issues are already mainstream.
In one of my early posts, I mentioned that, for a low noise fan, a BI Pro II made better sense than a (same frontal area but thicker) BI Xtreme II - and basically got handed my head for suggesting something that ran contrary to the then-current high-performance-only thinking.
Things are pretty different now. If I mention that I'm interested in low noise, even at the expense of o/c performance, folks here understand where I'm coming from.
So... a year ago I'd have been hot for a separate forum - now I think it's either unnecessary or maybe even counter-productive (in the sense that some members might read/post in one forum and we'd lose cross-polenization of information and ideas).
That said, if there was a "low performance" (or whatever non-pejorative term we come up with) forum, I'd certainly read, and contribute if I thought I had anything of merit to say.

10-06-2004, 12:06 PM	#37
bobkoure Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA - Boston area Posts: 798	I think we're already where we need to be I'd suggest that this forum has already "moved" to the point that low noise, low cost, and low space issues are already mainstream. In one of my early posts, I mentioned that, for a low noise fan, a BI Pro II made better sense than a (same frontal area but thicker) BI Xtreme II - and basically got handed my head for suggesting something that ran contrary to the then-current high-performance-only thinking. Things are pretty different now. If I mention that I'm interested in low noise, even at the expense of o/c performance, folks here understand where I'm coming from. So... a year ago I'd have been hot for a separate forum - now I think it's either unnecessary or maybe even counter-productive (in the sense that some members might read/post in one forum and we'd lose cross-polenization of information and ideas). That said, if there was a "low performance" (or whatever non-pejorative term we come up with) forum, I'd certainly read, and contribute if I thought I had anything of merit to say.