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Originally Posted by saru
The fan-noise problem is why I elected to buy a fanless case to install my i5 NUC into. The Akasa cases are designed such that the entire case functions as a big heatsink for the processor, so the system runs dead silent. Only problem is that the cases designed for the 7th gen Intel NUCs are not rated for the i7 processors -- turns out they run too hot under load for the case to sufficiently draw away the heat. That's why I ended up getting an i5 instead -- I cared more about the ambient noise than the performance of the processor!  But then again, I haven't yet gotten into the Roon DSP options, so for the moment, the less-powerful processor meets my needs. |
Two years ago when I heard of the news about coming fanless NUC, I was very excited. Too bad that turns out to be a BIOS setting which does not really work in real world, especially for i7.
It seems a powerful out of box fanless PC is still a dream.