Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> This looks too good to be true and raises many red flags.
> According to Intel specs [1] for this processor it's 28W of heat to
>  dissipate and that is Base Power only, Turbo Boost is whooping 64W(!).
> IMO it is impossible to do with fan-less design at this small size, so there
> will be at least small fan running at full speed at all time and there has
> to be quite beefy heatsink also.

The marketing material does say fairly clearly that there's a fan inside
(it even boasts of it being "efficient" and "low noise", mentioning
"45db").

Also my understanding is that this CPU is like the one in many NUCs which
means that its 4.7GHz turbo mode can be used only for *very* short
bursts, so it may be unnecessary to size the heatsink&fan for the full
64W as long as it can withstand it for a long enough "short burst".

Note they also offer a fanless system with somewhat similar specs for
$100 more.  That sounds a lot more atttractive to my ears.


        Stefan