Saturday, April 1st 2023
April Fools' Day Roundup
There is a tradition with April Fools' Day in the tech industry, and while it is not the most jovial industry around, some of those that show up each year are quite funny. To be honest a few could actually work and would probably sell like hotcakes.
The usual suspects have already come up with their own and some of them were a bit early this year, including be quiet! and Razer. There are quite a few good ones, and here is the lineup of some of those that caught our attention. We will probably add a few more, and feel free to add the ones that you caught in the comments section.
be quiet! came up with Zero Wings AI fans.
Razer is doing a mouse-shaped razer, which you can beta test.
Cherry came up with Cherry MX Wood switches, first sustainable and plastic free swiches made out of bamboo fiber, wood, and grass. Delivering the same MX quality you all love.
Gigabyte's AORUS UK and IE team actually made a good one, the AORUS Cat Master, the ultimate RGB Cat Rest for your PC. This is the one that could actually work and we think it would sell well.
Seasonic is celebrating the company's 50th anniversary with Ultron 2025 W, with gold-glowing blades, ATX 4.0 compatibility, and 80 Plus Diamond efficiency.
The Seasonic PSU could go well with NZXT's graphics card, which looks good in white.
Silverstone is going back to basics with the SST-FLP01-W PC case, and it even comes with dual 5.25-inch floppy disk bays.
The usual suspects have already come up with their own and some of them were a bit early this year, including be quiet! and Razer. There are quite a few good ones, and here is the lineup of some of those that caught our attention. We will probably add a few more, and feel free to add the ones that you caught in the comments section.
Razer is doing a mouse-shaped razer, which you can beta test.
Cherry came up with Cherry MX Wood switches, first sustainable and plastic free swiches made out of bamboo fiber, wood, and grass. Delivering the same MX quality you all love.
64 Comments on April Fools' Day Roundup
Funny video not quite Kaspersky but close.
Some would be happy with this too.
Not me I have learned to cope with that tone now.
Sell up PCs are done again:)
magic the gathering has a april fools background for today, when you login to play lol
Edit: Here it is. Thanks to climate change, you sometimes have early April in late December...
www.techpowerup.com/276283/the-great-equalizer-kfc-unveils-kfconsole-powered-by-intel-x-asus-cooler-master-seagate-featuring-chicken-chamber
The Cherry MX Wood switches would be interesting; moreso if made with silent switch internals. The only issue with them would be the risk of moisture absorption if they're not fully treated against such, and wear rate of the wood stem against the wood top-cap.
The Be Quiet! fanless design reminds me of a past experiment in the 00s to design a "fanless PC" that had the entire front opening like Dyson, with the built-in turbine to push the air being mounted in the base. Effectively building the Dyson fan into the case. It never panned out, for dust and cost reasons (being more of a novelty than even the novelty cases of the 00s).Wouldn't be the first time a potentially real product was teased during April Fool's Day, just to gauge interest while making use of the time when people are out looking for jokes.That would make my heart break; I really do want an EVGA Radeon GPU, with their best OC'ers put on them and testing it to the limits, resulting in Kingpin Radeons. Heck, given how GN's last interviews with EVGA's GPU team mentioned how hostile NVIDIA was getting, it'd be great to have AMD step in and ask them to help improve their GPUs.That reminds me, did the KFComputer ever actually pan out? I recall that supposedly a stupid/silly 1:1 functional unit was made.
Those are the most overpriced trash i've had the misfortune of hearing, friend got one for the "health benefits" and i hated the whine it gave off so bad, but he stood by it (so he wouldnt regret it, i guess)
Clearly, I'm far from the only one indulging in retro these days.
@SilverStone Technology what's the chance of making your April 1st case a real thing?
I feel like the ZERO fan from be quiet! could also be a thing, but the difficulty lies in how it would actually generate air given the constricted space of the fan frame.
Lastly, that Silverstone case needs to become reality. I wouldn't buy it, but I've been using computers since I was little and do remember dem beige box days. Nostalgia absolutely sells.
The other issue w/ ion wind air-movers is O3 and NOX production. The ESD/Ionization and oxidant issues can be 'solved' with a grounded catalytic grid on the exhaust (cheap Manganese Dioxide, as seen in alkaline batteries, would probably work).
It adds complexity and expense, but for some applications it could be a feature*. If engineered-for-purpose, the cooling could also help to clean the ambient air. Assuming there could be a dwell time in the plenum the ionization, O3, and NOX destroys a lot of contaminants and can aide in PM2.5 aggregating and fall-out.
*There are already patented and in-use designs for industrial air scrubbers that utilize the concept(s)