FanlessTech

Don’t panic if your fanless case feels hot to the touch. That’s actually a good sign, it means the chassis is working perfectly

@Cbat_05 We said zero noise, tho

@FanlessTech gets hit with coil whine

It's surreal to experience a PC with zero noise

@HereticStinkPup Check it out imgur.com/gallery/fanles…

@FanlessTech Are you building the entire cooling solution yourself?

@BloodReaver It is sure more expensive to produce!

@FanlessTech I don't remember the full convo I had w/ LLMs about this design, but there must be reasons why we don't see it out there. Otherwise, design is too obvious not to use it! Thoughts?

We're officially campaigning for a Seasonic power adapter for the NUC and Thin mini-ITX motherboards. Here's what it could look like. Who's with us?

@BloodReaver There's no reason for it to run much hotter than your average adapter, especially if it's overengineered

@FanlessTech @Seasonic My 9 years old laptop adapter died last month. I considered this design, but LLMs say this would be a regulation nightmare as you're not allowed to sell a brick that can potentially burn hands of users.

@WSzoecs Excellent post, Wolfgang, thank you. 120W is fine for Thin mini-ITX systems using a 35W CPU. We'll gladly take several models, though!

@FanlessTech @Seasonic you can't have 5.5mm jacks above 10A. So at 12V * 10A = 120W MAX. For higher power - you need: 19V voltage, and a 7.4mm jack (max 16A rated) That's how DELL has those 240W or 330W PSUs. Physics just says: your dream won't work.

@PenguinOhGreat @Seasonic Definitely a heatsink!

@FanlessTech @Seasonic Is that actually heatsink or just paint coated plastic?

@The_TermiGator Thankfully this is not a problem when they're used to power a desktop (NUC)

@FanlessTech On my brother's old Asus laptop and an old Lenovo laptop I had, the jacks or plugs became worn and unreliable. They charged at a specific angle and disconnected when moved slightly. And those plugs are kinda non-standardized 😡

@Friendship718 Yes, that doubles as a cooler

@FanlessTech @Seasonic aluminum case?

@The_TermiGator Why, Derek?

@FanlessTech @Seasonic I hate those barrel plugs

@ThisisMrS4m @Seasonic USB-C power is often limited to around 100W. A Thin mini-ITX system can support a 65W CPU alone

@FanlessTech @Seasonic Why not usb-c pd

Computing has matured at such a breakneck pace amazon.com/Protectli-Vaul…

@thewifepleaser2 Any problem with them in particular?

@FanlessTech Because no one who was serious about building pcs back then used thermaltake products.

The spinning heat sink never took off

@jackalshrew4 Thermaltake Engine 27 if you can find it

@FanlessTech where can i get one

@jamesisio @en_vild Thanks @jamesisio, someone knows what they're talking about here. The NUC is known to run significantly cooler in a fanless chassis Vs it's small actively cooled case x.com/itmaybeartem/s…

@en_vild A good passive cooling project won’t ever thermally throttle, because it will be designed to not reach that point. You are just putting prejudices out there “Every 10° drops lifetime half” is not true, and as I said, it will become obsolete or break of other reasons before that

Don’t panic if your fanless case feels hot to the touch. That’s actually a good sign, it means the chassis is working perfectly

@Seok26_ It's real, Seok reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace…

@FanlessTech Its ai?

Copper everything

@en_vild You're talking about electronics, we're talking about heat sinks

@FanlessTech They are durable because they’re engineered to run cool despite being fanless. The science is clear (Arrhenius): every +10°C roughly halves electronics lifespan by diffusion, corrosion, electromigration, chemical degradation, intermetallic growth. Lower temps for longer life.