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Zotac Releases Fanless ZBOX SFF PC
Zotac has posted a product page for their latest 1.79L mini-pc; the ZBOX CI621 / CI625 / CI645 / CI665 Nano. Powered by the Intel 11th generation mobile processors, and sporting up to 4 cores with 8 threads, the newest ZBOX is focused on silence complete with entirely passive cooling. The C1625 uses a large …
Retro Relook: Macintosh Edition!
It’s the weekend, so news will be light. Time to take a trip back in time and look at some retro small form factor PCs with a Retro Relook. This week is focused on Apple and some vintage SFF Macintosh machines. Let’s start with the Macintosh LC. If you’re old enough, you may remember this …
Maxtang PC Shows Fanless SFF PC: GXTL-50
Maxtang PC, a China based PC manufacture, has released the specs for their upcoming fanless SFF PC according the FanlessTech twitter account. According to Maxtang’s website, the fanless mini-pc can be equipped with up to an Intel I7-1165G7 CPU, 64GB of SO-Dimm DDR4 Ram, and a single 2280 sized M2 SSD. Pricing was not specified …
Thermalright Shows Silver Soul 135mm Tall Dual Tower Cooler
Thermalright has updated their website to show a new cooler of interest to the Small Form Factor community; The Silver Soul 135. Coming in at only 135mm in height but packing a 120mm fan, the Silver Soul 135 could be an efficient cooler for those in the SFF community. Cases such as the …
Rumor: AM5 Leak Shows Possible AM4 Cooler Compatibility
File this in the rumor category. Tech Powerup has reported that it diagrams have leaked showing potential cross compatibility between AM4 and AM5 for CPU coolers. The leak was via tech Twitter account Ulysses, and showed several diagrams indicated that AM5 is far closer in design to AM4 than TR4. Here is a link to …
Noctua Offering Free LGA1700 Upgrades Except For NH-L9i
Noctua has announced that it will be offering free upgrade kits for the upcoming Intel LGA1700 socket. However, the NH-L9i will not be compatible with these kits due to hardware incompatibilities. Noctua will introduce a new version of the NH-L9i specific for the LGA1700 platform. The Noctua NH-L9i is one of the most popular cpu …
Silverstone Reveals Vital 4 NUC Element H Chassis
We’re late to the party on this but Silverstone is introducing its take on the NUC element chassis called the Vital 4. Featuring a unique fold out design, the Vital 4 supports up to 321mm long (168mm x 58mm x 321mm) GPUs, has two 120mm exhaust fans on the top, and built-in antennas for Wi-Fi …
Colorful Launches Two B560 ITX Motherboards
China based manufacturer Colorful has launched two B560 ITX Motherboards that compliment the styling of their recently announced ITX 3060 GPU. The boards are the CVN B560I Gaming Pro V20 and the CVN B560 Gaming Frozen V20. The boards both use the Intel B560 chipset with the primary difference being the Frozen edition …