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1680 points etbusch | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.636s | source
1. akavel ◴[] No.31436840[source]
Piling on the wishlist: any chances of a fanless mainboard in the future? I'm a sucker for fanless, hard for me to imagine going back...
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2. nani8ot ◴[] No.31441501[source]
I don't think this works well with x86 chips. The performance of ARM in this low power budget is unmatched, especially looking at Apple's M1. And even they need fans to sustain the clock speeds.
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3. akavel ◴[] No.31452099[source]
An MS Surface Pro 7 with an Intel Core i5-7300U is fanless. I know I won't be getting the very bleeding edge topmost performance with fanless, but I can still get it plenty awesome. The silence is just a different level of experience, that I'm absolutely addicted to.