Are measurements available e.g. sone or dB in distance 0,5 or 1m? Or rpm of the fan?
I ask because the heat sink seems to be very small for 120W sustained power.
Using the mainboard in a suitable case, is it possible to replace this heat sink with a tower cooler?
for how it is made, in addition to the fact that it is a direct die cooling solution, it should be fine. A lot of 120W gpu’s have similar or smaller heatsinks and do okay.
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Thanks for the information that it is a direct die cooling. From reviews of Minisforum mini PCs I know that they can be very quiet (but they have a non-existing or bad Bios update support, so they are junk).
Ignore my question about the Tower cooler, I don’t want to mess around with the die.
I’m interested in knowing the cooler’s specifications (is it made of copper ?), and most importantly whether the mobo is compatible with standard coolers (e.g. those originally designed for AM5 or TR5 sockets).
I believe it was mentioned in the LTT video that their is shim between the cooler and the heatsink, to protect the cpu during shipping and handling. this might have the same impact as a heatspreader, depending on how thick it is.
/Zoe
I think the real noise source will be the FlexATX power supply. It has a 40mm Fan.
Even with a 0-rpm-mode, it will be very loud at higher loads.
I would prefer a SFX-L power supply.
Linus mention in the same LTT video I mention above it is a down rated 600w psu, its going to be very lightly loaded compared to its original design.
In the iFixit teardown video they removed the cooler unit. It is cooling the die, but also the LPDDR5 elements, as far as I recognized; so with a standard cooler these elements will not be cooled sufficiently.