No, really, they often have the 16-port gigabit web managed switch for a stupidly low price, usually less than their 8-port one. I think mine was £87
Is it fanned? I had a nice managed 100baseT switch with GigE uplink ports on it in my study, but it was too noisy so I replaced it with a basic 100baseT switch that didn't have any fans.
I'm looking at the manual now, and it seems the 8-port and 16-port are fanless.
Manual is here http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/network/PC27xx/en/ug/PDF/UG_ENd.p...
Chris