Streacom SG10 as a complete PC

Previously exclusive to the original backers of the 2016 Calyos Kickstarter campaign, the Streacom SG10 is now available to everyone as a complete PC, in both Intel and AMD configurations. In the fanless PC world, the SG10 stands entirely in a class of its own. It features cutting-edge loop heat pipe technology that passively cools up to 600W of combined heat, eliminating (optional) fans for near-silent operation. This level of ultra-premium hardware comes with a matching price tag, starting at a painfully steep $4,300.

Intel: https://www.quietpc.com/sys-sg10-intel

AMD: https://www.quietpc.com/sys-sg10-amd

NUC 16 Pro review

Source: Robtech

Minisforum fanless NAS up close

The Minisforum PC / NAS is the most beautiful piece of hardware we've seen in a long time. Coming in September, the S5 is powered by an Intel Core Series 3 Wildcat Lake processor, supports up to 16GB of DDR5 RAM and five M.2 SSDs. The headline feature of the machine is of course its completely fanless, all-aluminum chassis, making it quiet enough to sit directly on a nightstand, or in a home theater setup without causing a distraction.

Source: HKEPC 

GEEKOM's first fanless PC

The GEEKOM IX12 is an Intel N95 mini PC engineered with a unique-looking fanless chassis. The compact 5.2 × 5.7 × 2.0" (132.1 × 145 × 52.5 mm) system features quad Intel 2.5G LAN ports, an interesting 5G SIM card slot, five USB ports, HDMI, and DisplayPort. The 8GB / 256GB Windows 11 Pro model is available for $349.

Surprise NUC 16 launched

Out of nowhere, ASUS just announced the NUC 16, a budget-friendly alternative to the NUC 16 Pro. While the Pro version runs on a 25W Panther Lake-H CPU, the standard model scales things back with a power-efficient 15W Wildcat Lake processor. Honestly, we're loving this move. It brings the NUC back to what it used to be: affordable, low-power, and fanless-friendly. The NUC 16 only loses a Thunderbolt 4 port and a couple of USB 3.2 ports compared to the Pro version, while CPU options include the Core 3 Processor 304, Core 5 Processor 320, and Core 7 Processor 350.

Source: Liliputing 

Akasa at COMPUTEX

Akasa is occupying Booth N0329a in the Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, showcasing all its fanless chassis, from tiny Raspberry Pi solutions to massive 65W-rated dust proof and waterproof mini-ITX cases. Tell them we sent you!

Update: TechPowerUp just spotted the first fanless NUC 16 Pro case.

Update #2: It's coming very soon (PDF)

Technically fanless

Here's the first prototype of the Ventiva / ASUS NUC. At Computex 2026, Ventiva announced a strategic partnership with ASUS to develop next-generation thermal architectures for compact computing systems. The collaboration focuses on integrating Ventiva’s silent, vibration-free ionic cooling technology into future ASUS NUC and mini-PCs. This ionic cooling moves air without mechanical fans, creating silent, vibration-free airflow. The Ventiva thermal module is comprised of a self-contained air blower device, fin stack, and vapor chamber or heat pipe.

Steampunk experiment N°3

"For the longest time, it's always been my dream to have a completely unique PC. A year or so back I saw Billet Labs release their special telescoping fittings for copper and it immediately inspired me to start planning out how to achieve this build. The goal was to build a completely passive water cooling system. A year or so later and roughly soldering through about 15 meters of 1/2" copper pipe and I'm getting real close to the end of this project."

Source: LTT forum

New fanless motherboard

Web browsing, online shopping, video streaming and even everyday productivity don't demand a powerhouse processor. Meet the new N250-powered ASRock N250M/D5, a Micro ATX solution featuring a single DDR5 DIMM slot, a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot operating in x2 mode, two SATA3 connectors, and a PCIe Gen3x2 M.2 socket, HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA, and seven USB ports (including one 3.2 Gen 2 Type C). The only real omission here is a DC power jack. After all, pairing a full-sized ATX power supply with a tiny 6W processor feels like total overkill.

Source: ASRock 

My ultimate HTPC

"The Akasa case is great, albeit a bit larger than I expected. It is a solid chunk of aluminum weighing over 1.5 kilograms. The cooling capacity of the case is better than I expected and better than the original NUC case with a fan. With the original NUC case setup the idle temperature was often around 100 F degrees and could hit over 130 F degrees which kicked in the fan noise. With the new Akasa case the idle temperature is around 83 F degrees and around 100 F degrees during high bitrate playback, even with MPEG2 files which I am not using HW decoding. Many times it remains under 90 degrees during playback. The external antennas perform far better than the stock NUC setup. I can see my neighbor's WiFi SSIDs from over 100 ft away with a moderate signal level."

Source: LibreELEC