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System Name | Bragging Rights |
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Processor | Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz |
Motherboard | It has no markings but it's green |
Cooling | No, it's a 2.2W processor |
Memory | 2GB DDR3L-1333 |
Video Card(s) | Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz) |
Storage | 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3 |
Display(s) | 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz |
Case | Veddha T2 |
Audio Device(s) | Apparently, yes |
Power Supply | Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger |
Mouse | MX Anywhere 2 |
Keyboard | Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all) |
VR HMD | Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though.... |
Software | W10 21H1, barely |
Benchmark Scores | I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000. |
I think you misunderstand me. The FE coolers were adequate and kept the cards quiet enough and cool enough - I had no complaints with mine other than a driver issue (well, decision by Nvidia really) that enforced a minimum fan speed of about 60% of typical full load speed which was far too much and made the card clearly audible at all times. 1200RPM idle is ridiculous for a 160W card that never even reached 2000rpm for me during an OCCT burn test. Other FE cards have an even more ridiculous 1500rpm idle which is borderline obnoxious if you don't have game sounds to cover up the GPU noise.That "poorly designed" cooler kept the 250W RTX 2080S cool and quiet though, didn't it?
And the 2060FE was actually as good as AIB cards.
All this while being a 2-slot card and looking so much better than anything else on the market.
Watch some teardowns of the FE coolers (gamersnexus were particularly vocal about the FE cooler, though by no means the only ones moaning about them) if you want to see what I mean about poorly-designed. They are clearly very expensive to produce with a lot of manual labour required in addition to the over-complex design. They're sort of 'bodged' together with far too many component parts that show all the hallmarks of a company that is inexperienced in making an open cooler.
Third party cards were usually cooler and quieter, all whilst having cheaper-to-produce, simpler cooler designs on them and using lower-binned, hotter-running silicon. I'm not going to deny that the FE cards were the best-looking on the market though. I think that's one of the reasons I bought one
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