I can take a used car on a 1 minute ride and know what needs work from the various sounds.
I can hear the faint drone of the condo neighbours ceiling fan motor.
Cons:
I can’t sleep because I can hear the drone of the fan motor.
(My wife can’t perceive it.)
Costs. My PC is a fanless passive cool system with massive heat sink. Power supply is an over 30% load fan on system, so I over spec’d it so fan never needs to turn on. Drives are SSD because a spinning platter is bothersome.
Yup. I have this “gift”. Now get me a mortgage, I need another HDD.
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It has pros and cons.
Pro:
I can take a used car on a 1 minute ride and know what needs work from the various sounds.
I can hear the faint drone of the condo neighbours ceiling fan motor.
Cons:
I can’t sleep because I can hear the drone of the fan motor. (My wife can’t perceive it.)
Costs. My PC is a fanless passive cool system with massive heat sink. Power supply is an over 30% load fan on system, so I over spec’d it so fan never needs to turn on. Drives are SSD because a spinning platter is bothersome.