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Streacom and CALYOS Demonstrate the Fanless SG10 Chassis

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The time has finally come for Streacom to reveal the fruits of their collaborative labor with CALYOS in creating the SG10 fanless chassis. Though originally based on the NSG S0 (or NSG0), the entire project has undergone a complete redesign over the last few years to deliver the SG10 being shown off at Computex 2023. The new design is a 15 kg metal and glass monster featuring two of CALYOS' specially designed "Loop Heat Pipe" evaporation cooling systems that pull heat from the CPU and GPU, then passively radiate that heat away via two large condensers at the top of the chassis. The main body of the chassis is assembled from steel and extruded aluminium, and features tempered glass side panels. The front, rear, top, and bottom are all open to allow air to move through the chassis. The interior of the chassis uses a dynamic rail system, similar to Streacom's other case designs such as the DA2 and DB4, where adjustable brackets mount to structural rails running along the top and bottom of the chassis. The main components, such as an ATX motherboard and the GPU, are to be mounted to these rails in an X configuration on opposite sides of the chassis, facing each of the glass panels, while the power supply mounts to the floor of the chassis behind the motherboard. For drive support the chassis features an array of extra brackets with slots for screws to affix five 3.5" or 2.5" drives to. The front and optional rear I/O plates mount to the vertical steel structures and can be placed anywhere on those sides.

Streacom had a demo at their booth with the SG10 cooling a Core i9-13900K and GeForce RTX 4080 under a FurMark load with a total system power draw of around 680 W. While the RTX 4080 was sitting at a quite comfortable 75° C, the i9-13900K was stuck right up against its thermal limit of 100° C. Streacom claims the CPU and GPU loops of the cooler utilize identical designs with the only difference being the mounting bracket, however due to the GPU block being mounted directly to the GPU die the cooling is rated at 350 W rather than 250 W. They claim if the CPU loop is mounted direct-die it would perform similarly to the GPU loop, and it's possible to add 120 mm fans along the top, below the condensers, to further improve cooling. Another complication—not unlike with custom water cooling parts—is the GPU side of the cooler requires that mounting brackets and VRM/VRAM heatsinks be made to fit specific generations of cards. As such Streacom only advertises compatibility with the most recent generations of GeForce RTX 3000 and 4000 series, as well as Radeon RX 6000 and 7000, and only those which have a PCB shorter than 280 mm, but support is expected to improve with new bracket kits available after launch. The pricing has yet to be confirmed for the SG10 but it's rumored that it will land around the $1000 USD price point when it launches.



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This is interesting, but I wonder... who is this targeted towards? For example, I'm quite picky with having silent machines, but a good fan curve can make your PC practically inaudible for regular usage (OK, 100% utilization is going to have a moderate amount of noise, but other than that stealth mode)
 
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Coughs... doh that price.
 
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This is, conceptually speaking, one of the coolest things being shown at Computex. That this fanless and pumpless design is able to cool a 680W load is really impressive. It's waaay too rich for my blood, though.
 
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I really like the case/concept/build quality, but not da price :D
 
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What's the point. Sure the tech is nice, but you can run an actively cooled case very quietly that'll run a lot cooler for 20% of the price.
 
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I dont understand the point of it beeing fanless. Use the same technique to connect the CPU and GPU to the case, using it as a giant radiator, then put some fans smartly in the case. Would still dissipate a lot of heat, would require less weight of metal and could be whisper quiet.
 
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I dont understand the point of it beeing fanless. Use the same technique to connect the CPU and GPU to the case, using it as a giant radiator, then put some fans smartly in the case. Would still dissipate a lot of heat, would require less weight of metal and could be whisper quiet.

Because any hunk of metal with a fan pointed at it can be a heatsink. That's obvious enough, especially with what can be found for a couple dollars online. But not every heatsink can work without a fan. This can, and it houses your PC. This can ALSO still have fans, which makes it even better. Nobody is stopping anyone from buying this and putting fans in it.
 
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Because any hunk of metal with a fan pointed at it can be a heatsink. That's obvious enough, especially with what can be found for a couple dollars online. But not every heatsink can work without a fan. This can, and it houses your PC. This can ALSO still have fans, which makes it even better. Nobody is stopping anyone from buying this and putting fans in it.
Yes, it can. It's only a matter of size.

This product is DOA at that price point. Especially since Monsterlabo's The Beast can do almost the same (400W fanless, 570W with slow fans) for like 790€ inc.VAT.

The only use-case I see this viable for is like in a noise lab. But then again, why would you need a 600W computer in a noise lab?
 
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people are buying 1600 dollars for just a gpu...so I dont really see how a 1000 for this case would be that much for many.

and not that it matters for the place of display/presentation, but I still think its odd they did not put a fanless PSU in there.
 
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This is, conceptually speaking, one of the coolest things being shown at Computex. That this fanless and pumpless design is able to cool a 680W load is really impressive. It's waaay too rich for my blood, though.

You can actually heat your room with this thing.. seriously.
 
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You can actually heat your room with this thing.. seriously.
You realize that whatever HW you use will practically dissipate exactly the same amount of heat with or without this case/cooling, right?
 
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You realize that whatever HW you use will practically dissipate exactly the same amount of heat with or without this case/cooling, right?

Correct, but this would be "passive" heating up of your room rather then active with a fan. I'd prefer passive.
 
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It's the same amount of heat regardless, but if you want to get deep into the thermodynamics, I suppose a typical case with several fans will disrupt your room's airflow and cause more mixing of warm air with cool, while with this case, the heat will likely rise straight up off the fins on the top. But add a single window or ceiling fan, and all of that heat will end up dispersed throughout the room anyway.

Upon thinking about this case some more, the $1000 price tag isn't completely ludicrous if you compare it to a full custom water loop. If you're buying a high-end case + gpu/cpu waterblocks + a couple radiators + high-end fans + tubing and fittings + pump and reservoir and whatever else + tools and equipment to build it all, that costs what, $700 or more? Sure, that will cool a lot better, but this seems ready to go out of the box and is actually silent, not to mention it's one hell of a conversation starter. It's still not for me and I think you have to be quite wealthy to buy it, but it's also not totally out of the question for people who are already big spenders on PC hardware.
 
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Don't you wish the Calyos folks weren't scam artists? This tech would be really cool if made by cool people.

Oh well. Sometimes good ideas die because their owners are jerks.
 
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