News Look Ma, No Fans: Case Passively Dissipates 700W of Heat

[Admin]

Streacom showed off the SG10, a passively-cooled gaming case that can dissipate up to 700W of heat without fans, at Computex 2023.

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[bit_user]

Impressive, all around. Not for me, but I respect what they've accomplished.

As for the analogue gauges, those are too bulky and the gauge face is set too far back, making them hard to read off-angle. If I were going to use analogue gauges on a PC, I'd probably go for slightly more of a steampunk aesthetic. Not too gaudy, but slightly play up the fact that they're analogue.

The e-ink background seems pretty genius, at first. However, it creates a new problem of having to front-light them, which I think is why they're set back so far. In the end, LCD might've really been the better option, given that people will be using them in rooms dark enough for them to clearly see their LCD monitors.

 

[Giroro]

" Through these aluminum masses are threaded copper pipes, but they aren't heat pipes — instead, they circulate liquid coolant which goes through a cycle of evaporation and condensation within the closed system."

So... they're heat pipes...

I can think of plenty of situations where one might want a 100% passively cooled PC, but only a few where you would also want that PC to have a glass side panel.

 

[bit_user]

I can think of plenty of situations where one might want a 100% passively cooled PC, but only a few where you would also want that PC to have a glass side panel.

If it's silent, then there's no reason not to put it in a prominent location where you can show it off. Especially if it cost $1k.

The main (non-industrial) use case I see for a fanless PC is audio/video production, where you might have clients/customers and want to show off your fancy case.

But, I'm with you. I don't own any windowed cases or RGB and have no plans to. I prefer low-maintenance, medium-cost quiet air cooling, also.