[wil421]

You can buy server boards that don’t require loud fans. If you’re buying used server gear from a datacenter then it will be like what you said.

I have a 4U NAS with a supermicro board and an i3 chip with 6 WD Red NAS drives and it’s very quiet. The chassis came without fans so I installed the brand I like.

[iririririr]

no, you definitely cannot. you probably have a consumer board in a 4u case

[Gud]

Completely wrong.

[oyashirochama]

Tell my youve never owned a supermicro board without telling me. They support regular 80mm/90mm Noctua and function just fine. There's specific supermicro mounts for me.

[iririririr]

and if that is enough to move enough air, you're running consumer workloads. just have a fancy case.

[apple4ever]

Nope