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Huh, that sucks I'm sorry you've had a bad experience. I hadn't considered fan noise, the "Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny" I got is mostly silent... I probably don't stress it very much!

Plenty of fanless Intel atom/celeron mini PCs out there no?

Also i think you can use ryzenadj to set a very low tdp and disable the fan?

I use a fanless industrial pc for my desktop. That wasn't my intention when I got it (otherwise I would have gotten something better than a celeron processor) but I've been happy with it.

As others have said, this depends on your luck and / or the particular model you've got.

My HP EliteDesk 800 G4 has an annoying fan even at the lowest speed. It rattles. The newer G6 model I have at work is quiet.

Assuming an average workload… devices like the m80q, m920q are not loud at all. Maybe the computer needs cleaning or is overheating for some other reason.

my thinkcentre is completely silent. maybe I was lucky?

"Silent" to one person can be annoyingly noticeable to another person. You often see this kind of back and forth in discussions of fan-having devices.