Silent XA SFF "silent 4-in-1 thermal jet"
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Silent XA SFF "silent 4-in-1 thermal jet"
Has anyone seen or heard of this Silent XA barebones? It's socket 754 A64 (Via K8T800).
There's also the Silent I barebone which is socket 478 (865G).
Both claim to have a spiffy Silent 4-in-1 thermal jet which seems to be a reasonable effort at single fan cooling for the whole SFF, although it looks like a slim 15mm 92mm fan, rather than a standard one.
The Silent XA looks particularly slick to me, aesthetically speaking, although obviously I'm mainly concerned about that cooling system which is effectively trying to cool both the CPU and PSU in one go and the "silent" claims that go along with it. If the supplied fan is quiet and thermally controlled or could be replaced with something like a full size 92mm Nexus (and keep the whole thing cool), this looks like it could be a winner if fitted with a 2.5" disk and passive graphics.
I'm not considering buying one or anything, just noticed the slick design and wondered about how great (or not) the "4-in-1 thermal jet" is and what people thought. I don't know how original this single fan design is for a SFF - probably not very, I'd imagine.
I've found this retailing on a couple of UK sites for around the £210 mark (inc. VAT), which is neither fantastically cheap nor extortionately expensive.
There's also the Silent I barebone which is socket 478 (865G).
Both claim to have a spiffy Silent 4-in-1 thermal jet which seems to be a reasonable effort at single fan cooling for the whole SFF, although it looks like a slim 15mm 92mm fan, rather than a standard one.
The Silent XA looks particularly slick to me, aesthetically speaking, although obviously I'm mainly concerned about that cooling system which is effectively trying to cool both the CPU and PSU in one go and the "silent" claims that go along with it. If the supplied fan is quiet and thermally controlled or could be replaced with something like a full size 92mm Nexus (and keep the whole thing cool), this looks like it could be a winner if fitted with a 2.5" disk and passive graphics.
I'm not considering buying one or anything, just noticed the slick design and wondered about how great (or not) the "4-in-1 thermal jet" is and what people thought. I don't know how original this single fan design is for a SFF - probably not very, I'd imagine.
I've found this retailing on a couple of UK sites for around the £210 mark (inc. VAT), which is neither fantastically cheap nor extortionately expensive.
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Very true but it still looks good IMHO... even if it is shamelessly copied...Probably quite good but I just couldn't get over the blatent PS2 styling rip-off!
Really I was wondering about that single-fan cooling solution. Does Shuttle do something similar or do all their (internal) PSUs still have nasty little 40mm whiners?
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I'm not sure it does. I can't seem to find any pics of the internals, though so I'm not sureThey all still have 40 or 50mm fans which are a right biatch to quiet.
It certainly doesn't look like there is a 40mm whiner in the PSU, which seemed nice (and different to most Shuttles). If there is a northbridge fan, I'm sure that could be modded.
The single 92mm fan design appeals to me from a noise perspective. Are there are other SFF's built with the same single-fan design?
Yes - well spotted. Looks like there is also a S462 version available too (nForce 2, though). Would be great with an XP-M, if it supports it. Northbridge looks passive.BTW, looks like what is sold in the US as the Chenming "Game' barebones.
I am now getting a little tempted but can't seem to find this in the UK anywhere
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Thanks; now I'm tempted, too. I don't know that I'd want it for myself, but it'd be fun to play with!Lifecycle wrote:Yes - well spotted. Looks like there is also a S462 version available too (nForce 2, though). Would be great with an XP-M, if it supports it. Northbridge looks passive.BTW, looks like what is sold in the US as the Chenming "Game' barebones.
I am now getting a little tempted but can't seem to find this in the UK anywhere :(