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Apple worked hard to make cooling work in the Mac Mini, and now the M series of CPUs. Intel just slapped a chip in a generic case.
by gowld 3y ago
Apple worked hard to make cooling work in the Mac Mini, and now the M series of CPUs.
Intel just slapped a chip in a generic case.
- mike_d 3y ago> Intel just slapped a chip in a generic case. The "NUC" was actually an Intel developed form factor, smaller than Micro ATX. They had to engineer motherboards, power supplies, and cooling for the extremely small footprint. They were available as barebones kits (without a CPU), so literally the exact opposite of what you suggest.
- simondotau 3y agoAn alternative take is that the NUC is made of laptop parts, with a footprint, thermal capacity and level of bespoke-ness similar to a typical laptop.
- wpm 3y agoMy 2018 i7 begs to differ. The cooling was never adequate enough for that chip even at 65W. Now it’s comically overpowered. For 25-35W TDPs the chassis is fine, but Intel couldn’t deliver performance there. Apple should have retooled the case, not slapped it in there anyways. At one point when I had to use that i7 everyday I debated if it would be worth it to hack a proper PC tower cooler onto it and operate it outside the case.