Is it worth buying a silent, fanless PC?

Peter does a lot of sound recording, and wonders if a genuinely silent PC is worth the extra cost

Are fanless PCs now a sensible purchase? I do a lot of sound recording and the idea of a genuinely silent PC is very attractive. Peter

Recent innovations in the PC market have been devoted to producing cheaper fanless PCs, though that wasn't actually the goal. The focus was on producing thinner laptops and tablets, but these have huge problems dissipating heat. Intel tackled this problem by gradually reducing the amount of power its chips consume. Now they don't get as hot, they have less need for fans.