Truly Silent Servers
Every server a small or medium business or homelab could want. From NAS, to 2U rackmount, to EPYC, Xeon Entry, Dual Xeon, and more, checkout our Silent Server selection.
Every server a small or medium business or homelab could want. From NAS, to 2U rackmount, to EPYC, Xeon Entry, Dual Xeon, and more, checkout our Silent Server selection.
Our servers are designed to be totally quiet, so you can focus on your work or projects without being distracted by noise. Our rackmount, tower, and fanless servers are all about performance and reliability, while maintaining truly silent noise levels, even within the highest end server platform
A typical server can be quite loud, generating up to 80 decibels of noise. This is equivalent to the noise level of a busy street or a vacuum cleaner. For comparison, a normal conversation is about 60 decibels. Our Quiet Servers are a totally silent 20-30 decibels! You can even run them right on your desk with our the need for a noisy server room.
We also include options for the quietest redundant power supply available. At only 40 decibels, this server option is only about as noisy as your standard refrigerator. This makes it an acceptable quiet server choice for across the room or studio.
Servers can be utilized for a myriad of uses. So, it would be impossible to list them all. Our servers are unique because they can be located near or even right next to the user while maintaining a quiet work environment. Some common server functions include:
A virtual host acts as a hypervisor that manages your virtual machines. There are a lot of different hypervisors we support such as Proxmox, VMWare, KVM and HyperV. Virtual machine hosting is a great way to speed up development and test multiple operating systems all on the same machine in a secure and custom environment.
NAS (network attached storage) or file servers can store all your data securely on premises. In the home these are often paired with a Media Server
Own your own bare metal! When you don't trust the cloud and want a server that no one else has access to. Host your own Web Server, Database Server, Exchange Server or whatever else you require.
Stream all your content to all your devices. Use software such as Plex, Emby, Jellyfin or Roon and many others to serve your videos, music and pictures to all of your devices.
These include Routers, Firewalls, DNS caching servers and DNS filters, VPN and other dedicated network appliances. These will often take advantage of multiple ethernet ports.
Typically used for large language models (A.I.) or Crypto.
A server used for video recording typically for security systems.
I couldn't be happier with this machine! It came extremely well-packed, and the build is very nice, with all cables neatly run. The best part is that it really lives up to its name. This system is dead-quiet, which lets me run it right in my office. This is a far cry from my previous server, which sounds like a jet engine when it starts.
This machine has plenty of oomph to handle everything I'll throw at it, and it came at a reasonable price. Thank you very much for a great system and a painless ordering process.
Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant, RI
I wanted to thank you and the team at silentpc.com for your work in resolving my issue with node one of my lab cluster. The machine is back in operation, and reintegration into the cluster was a breeze, since you hadn't had to modify the drive contents to test the machine. While you and I know that booting from an external drive containing your testing tools is a great idea for many reasons, you would be surprised how often that fact escapes folks when repairing a system that is already integrated into a customer's environment. Thank you all very much for your stellar performance, from both a product and a service standpoint. You have more than earned my trust, and my unequivocal recommendation to anyone looking for silent HTPC builds, or fanless servers.
Tom, Ohio
I enthusiastically recommend Cool Tech PC, and the quiet PCs they make. Their products and service are fantastic. They are quite knowledgeable and patiently answered my questions, and helped me select a computer that met my needs at a reasonable price. Now that I have a quiet computer, it is so nice to be able to work in a quiet room when I want, or listen to music quietly, without constant loud computer noises in the background.
David H. Blatt M.D., Corvallis, OR
These folks sure know how to build a solid PC! I had a few 'special' requirements - one involved extra PCI slots for some 'older' cards and hardware and they were able to find a motherboard that fit the bill. The PC is SUPER quiet - and built like nothing I've EVER seen before! Their support is also excellent - usually answering questions the same day I email them. Highly recommended.
Mark, Ohio
All servers will come with a basic ethernet interface but you may need an advanced network card when you need a higher speed connection. You can get speeds from 10 Gigabit up to 200 Gigabit and sub-millisecond latency. You can also support networking over fiber optics. On some cards you also have the benefit of an integrated processing for various network technologies such as RDMA and stateless offloading, reducing network lag. Keep in mind that you will need the cabling, switches and hardware that match the speeds you are attempting to achieve.
Yes! Usually, we will assign one of the M.2 PCIe NVMe drives to the operating system so that the operating system runs faster. Depending on the purpose and design of your server, you might want another NVMe drive to run other I/O intensive processes like running a database or processing large files.
You also may be using a server for purposes such as managing large files for use with video editing software such as Davinci Resolve. In order to streak 4K directly from your server to your editing workstation, it matters how fast the disks can access the files locally and how fast your network is. Our Silent Servers are perfect for applications where your server is near and even right next to the user.
There might be a lot of reasons why you might want a physical server over hosting data over the cloud. The top three reasons however are privacy, faster connection, and more control. You may want network attached storage (NAS) or you may utilize your quiet homelab rack server for just this purpose. Check out our types and functions of servers for more specific uses of physical servers.
| System | Processor | Memory | Special Features | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2U Rackmount Value Server |
Intel Xeon Entry up to 8 cores | Max 128GB ECC DDR5 | 2u Value Server with 2x 10 GbE LAN + 1x Mgmt LAN Port. Options for up to 2x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2. |
Width: 19.0in Depth: 16.5in Height: 3.5in |
Quiet Dual Xeon Scalable 5th Gen Rackmount Server |
Dual 5th Gen Intel Xeon up to 96 Cores | Max 1024GB ECC DDR5-4800 | Quiet Dual 4U Rack Server with dual 10GBase-T LAN and 1x Dedicated IPMI LAN Port. Options for 2 x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2 and up to 10x SATA3 storage options, and 4x PCIe 5.0 x16 and 2x PCIe 5.0 x8 for massive expandability. |
Width: 19.20 Depth: 27.2in Height: 7.0in |
EPYC Rackmount Server - 4th/5th Gen. Genoa/Turin |
AMD EPYC up to 192 Cores | Max 768GB ECC DDR5-4800 | Quiet 4U RACK Server with DUAL 10GBase-T LAN and Dedicated IPMI LAN Port. Options for 2 x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2 and up to 8x SATA3 storage, plus 3 PCIe 5.0 x16 and 2x PCIe 5.0 x8 |
Width: 19.0in Depth: 17.5in Height: 6.9in |
| Quiet Xeon Scalable 5th Gen Rackmount Server |
5th Gen Intel Xeon up to 48 Cores | Max 512GB ECC DDR5-4800 | Quiet 4U Rack Server with dual 10GBase-T LAN and 1x Dedicated IPMI LAN Port. Options for 2x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2 and up to 10x SATA3 storage, and 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 and 3x PCIe 5.0 x8 for serious expandability. |
Width: 19.0in Depth: 17.5in Height: 6.9in |
| Rackmount Value Server |
Intel Xeon Entry up to 8 cores | Max 128GB ECC DDR4 | Basic Small Business or Home Rack Server with 2x GbE LAN + 1x Mgmt LAN Port. Options for up to 2x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2. |
Width: 19.0in Depth: 17.5in Height: 6.9in |
Small Silent NAS with 8 Drive Bays |
Intel Xeon Entry up to 8 cores | Max 64GB ECC DDR5-4800 | Quiet NAS with 8 drive bays for storage scalability with 1x PCIe 4.0 M.2 Drive and 2x Gigabit LAN and widespread compatibility with open-source NAS software. |
Width: 8.3in Depth: 14.2in Height: 11.2in |
Dual Xeon 5th Gen Scalable Tower Server |
5th Gen Dual Intel Xeon up to 96 Cores | Max 1024GB ECC DDR5 | Quiet Dual 4U Rack Server with dual 10GBase-T LAN and 1x Dedicated IPMI LAN Port. Options for 2x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2 and up to 10x SATA3 storage options, and 4x PCIe 5.0 x16 and 2x PCIe 5.0 x8 for massive expandability. |
Width: 7.9in Depth: 22.1in Height: 16.9in |
| EPYC Tower Server - 4th/5th Gen. Genoa/Turin |
AMD EPYC up to 192 Cores | Max 768GB ECC DDR5-4800 | Quiet 4U RACK Server with DUAL 10GBase-T LAN and Dedicated IPMI LAN Port. Options for 2 x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2 and up to 8x SATA3 storage, plus 3 PCIe 5.0 x16 and 2x PCIe 5.0 x8 |
Width: 7.9in Depth: 22.1in Height: 16.9in |
| Quiet Xeon Scalable 5th Gen Emerald Rapids Tower Server |
5th Gen Intel Xeon up to 48 Cores | Max 512GB ECC DDR5-4800 | Quiet 5th Gen Xeon Tower Server with dual 10GBase-T LAN and 1x Dedicated IPMI LAN Port. Options for 2x NVME PCIe 4.0 M.2 and up to 8x SATA3 storage options, and 3x PCIe 5.0 x16 and 2x PCIe 5.0 x8 for serious expandability. |
Width: 7.9in Depth: 22.1in Height: 16.9in |
Small Business Value Server |
Intel Xeon Entry up to 8 cores | Max 64GB ECC DDR5 | Basic Small Business or Home ITX Tower Server with 2x Gigabit LAN + IPMI Dedicated GLAN. |
Width: 7.23in Depth: 12.68in Height: 18.82in |