Compulab Airtop2 Inferno fanless gaming PC detailed

[HEXUS]

Wields an Intel Core-i7 7700K CPU and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 in a compact chassis.

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[Tabbykatze]

Will believe it when I see it!

[RaTTuS]

/me drools ...
but really expensive ,
and the others are really expensive also ...
https://fit-iot.com/web/product/airtop2-build-to-order/

[virtuo]

Probably a good name for it, doesn't look particularly nice though but I guess it'll have a niche

[Ttaskmaster]

Waiting for the inevitable people complaining that it's too noisy...

[DDY]

Waiting for the inevitable people complaining that it's too noisy...

Mechanical HDDs

Too noisy

[tweake628]

I like the looks .
if this makes it I hope this site does a full review

[Ttaskmaster]

Mechanical HDDs
Too noisy

The slash suggests you get the choice between SSD and HDD.

[ik9000]

Mechanical HDDs
Too noisy

The slash suggests you get the choice between SSD and HDD.

agreed, but I side with DDY - if you're making it fanless etc it suggests you want low noise, thus a clickity clackity HDD is just annoying.

I wonder how easy it will be to keep dust out and those ducts clear and operating efficiently?

[Ttaskmaster]

agreed, but I side with DDY - if you're making it fanless etc it suggests you want low noise, thus a clickity clackity HDD is just annoying.

But cheaper than 4x SSDs of the same capacity.
My Seagate HDD isn't exactly loud, though...

I wonder how easy it will be to keep dust out and those ducts clear and operating efficiently?

Looks pretty easy. No air movement to draw loads of dust in to begin with. Plus you can dust it out with just a thin feather reamer or a bottle brush type thing. No more air dusting blowing all over the place!

[ik9000]

No air movement to draw loads of dust in to begin with. Plus you can dust it out with just a thin feather reamer or a bottle brush type thing. No more air dusting blowing all over the place!

There's no air movement at the back of my couch/under my bed but they accumulate dust and then some. This will be no different.

[DDY]

There's not a single mechanical drive which I'd consider quiet enough to be suitable for a silent machine, quiet yes, silent no - which is the entire point of a machine with no moving parts, surely?

They went through all that effort to make a machine with no moving parts, and ruined it by putting mechanical HDDs in it - in the promo image of all places.

I'm all for choice. But considering that an equivalent machine with conventional cooling - where fans as quiet as mechanical HDDs may be used, would be substantially cheaper, I would question the rationale for considering such an expensive machine if total silence isn't a priority while cheap storage is.

[Xlucine]

A secondary mechanical HDD for bulk storage isn't terrible for a quiet PC, since windows can be set to spin them down when not in use

There's no air movement at the back of my couch/under my bed but they accumulate dust and then some. This will be no different.

When's the last time you dusted between the fins on your radiators?

[Ttaskmaster]

There's no air movement at the back of my couch/under my bed but they accumulate dust and then some. This will be no different.

There is - Every time you move around, or open a door.

There's not a single mechanical drive which I'd consider quiet enough to be suitable for a silent machine, quiet yes, silent no - which is the entire point of a machine with no moving parts, surely?

Again, it's optional!!!

SSDs will cost an extra $301.35, which is why it's optional.
Same for RAM options, which range from $78 to $695!!

[DDY]

Again, it's optional!!!

I get the impression that there's been a misunderstanding.

I'm all for choice. But considering that an equivalent machine with conventional cooling - where fans as quiet as mechanical HDDs may be used, would be substantially cheaper, I would question the rationale for considering such an expensive machine if total silence isn't a priority while cheap storage is.

I'm fully aware that the mechanical hard drives are optional. Choosing a mechanical HDD, especially on the grounds of cost, is questionable as it defeats the reason for choosing this system in the first place.




This promotional image. A unique multi-thousand dollar machine boasting no moving parts - but it's the prole-spec with mechanical hard drives in it.

No? I know humour doesn't transmit over the internet well, and in this case it was quite thin to begin with. Whatevs...

[Ttaskmaster]

Choosing a mechanical HDD, especially on the grounds of cost, is questionable as it defeats the reason for choosing this system in the first place.

It's compromise.
You can have the fancy passive cooling, but still put low Pleb/Prole spec kit in it and it'll still be quieter than fanned.

Also, I got the price wrong - The extra for having 4x SSDs (2TB vs 2TB HDDs) come installed is actually $2,547.30!!!!!

In fact, a maxed-spec model looks to be around Eight Grand!!!!!
That's more than my entire wedding!!

Something specced close to my current machine is a more reasonable $2k.

No? I know humour doesn't transmit over the internet well, and in this case it was quite thin to begin with. Whatevs...

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