News Fanless, AirJet Cooling Tech Debuts in ZOTAC ZBOX Mini PC

[Admin]

ZOTAC has announced the world's first mini-PC cooled by Frore System's proprietary AirJet - a fanless cooling technology that promises to lower cooling solution's footprint and operating noise.

Fanless, AirJet Cooling Tech Debuts in ZOTAC ZBOX Mini PC : Read more

 

[smrose]

Nice. From what I can tell, this box will start at $400 and be available in August.

 

[Friesiansam]

Is this going to drive cats and bats mad?

 

[smrose]

Is this going to drive cats and bats mad?

I looked for but did not find information on what frequency those operate at. Cats can hear up to about 65KHz and some species of bats up to 200KHz, but let's guess that you are more likely to have a cat (or a dog - 45KHz) sharing space with a SFF computer than a bat.

 

[tennis2]

27.5mmx41.5mmx2.8mm = 0.21CFM = 21dBA = 5.25W heat removal
^for reference, this is roughly the same airSPEED as a 120mm fan at 60CFM, but obviously the opening is much smaller, hence CFM is very small.

31.5mmx71.5mmx2.8mm = 0.42CFM = 24dBA = 10.75W heat removal

 

[thestryker]

This is the first new cooling tech I can remember for the longest time that has actually made it into a product. I hope this means they've got manufacturing down as it seems like it'll be spectacular for any small/low power devices. Never having to worry about dust inside is another great benefit.

 

[punkncat]

AirJet works by pushing ultrasonic waves of air through the fin-like structures across each AirJet "chip"

What does this mean, exactly?

This sounds suspiciously like some vague tech jargon designed to make us believe that a groundbreaking development has been made in cooling 7W CPU....

Um?!?

 

[thestryker]

What does this mean, exactly?

This sounds suspiciously like some vague tech jargon designed to make us believe that a groundbreaking development has been made in cooling 7W CPU....

Um?!?

It means quite literally what it says... It's a solid state cooler which moves air with vibrating membranes which propel the air into the heat spreader at very high speed to pull the heat away. Their initial design is for low power and the highest power I've seen them dissipating is around 28W.

PC World had a lab tour:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibczqINifA

 

[Lucky_SLS]

We need this on handhelds and ultrabooks!

 

[tennis2]

We need this on handhelds and ultrabooks!

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