Airtop3 Manages A Passively-Cooled Core i9 9900K + Quadro RTX 4000

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Airtop3 Manages A Passively-Cooled Core i9 9900K + Quadro RTX 4000

The folks at CompuLab have achieved another engineering masterpiece with a passively-cooled PC with an Intel Core i9 9900K processor and up to NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 graphics. Coming out of CompuLab, the PC is also Linux-friendly...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=CompuLab-Airtop3

[xorbe]

For the price and the size of that product, honestly I'd prefer a slow silent fan in there. Even small amounts of air movement can do wonders.

[torsionbar28]

For the price and the size of that product, honestly I'd prefer a slow silent fan in there. Even small amounts of air movement can do wonders.

Agreed, but there are situations (mainly dusty / dirty environments) where you do not want airflow into the chassis. Also places like recording studios where even a noctua fan is too noisy. So there definitely is a market for these products, even if it's not you and me. That said, they do make some *really* nice hardware, world class stuff from this company for sure.

[Venemo]

If it has NVidia graphics, how can it be Linux friendly?

[Guest]

If it was Ryzen 2600 (or better) with RX 570 8GB (or better), then I'd go for it.

[ke9ewo]

If it was Ryzen 2600 (or better) with RX 570 8GB (or better), then I'd go for it.

I'm waiting for AMD CPU/GPU model, too.

[M@GOid]

What a strange CPU choice. Didn't Intel offer a low power, 8C16T i9? Using a overclockable model on a fanless chassis does not compute to me.

[xorbe]

Agreed, but there are situations (mainly dusty / dirty environments) where you do not want airflow into the chassis. Also places like recording studios where even a noctua fan is too noisy. So there definitely is a market for these products, even if it's not you and me. That said, they do make some *really* nice hardware, world class stuff from this company for sure.

Seems like a solution in search of a problem. Place the hardware on the other side of the wall, and cable through. The dusty environment aspect -- you'll still need filters as dust settles, so it's not a complete solution as-is, for a hot cpu like a 9900K.

[scottishduck]

Seems like a solution in search of a problem. Place the hardware on the other side of the wall, and cable through. The dusty environment aspect -- you'll still need filters as dust settles, so it's not a complete solution as-is, for a hot cpu like a 9900K.

You don't seem to have a real grasp of the industrial work environments where these kinds of computers are used.

[horizonbrave]

they must be sponsored by Intel or Nvidia I guess.. I hate that they're not AMD based