Akasa at COMPUTEX

Akasa is occupying Booth N0329a in the Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, showcasing all its fanless chassis, from tiny Raspberry Pi solutions to massive 65W-rated dust proof and waterproof mini-ITX cases. Tell them we sent you!

Technically fanless

Here's the first prototype of the Ventiva / ASUS NUC. At Computex 2026, Ventiva announced a strategic partnership with ASUS to develop next-generation thermal architectures for compact computing systems. The collaboration focuses on integrating Ventiva’s silent, vibration-free ionic cooling technology into future ASUS NUC and mini-PCs. This ionic cooling moves air without mechanical fans, creating silent, vibration-free airflow. The Ventiva thermal module is comprised of a self-contained air blower device, fin stack, and vapor chamber or heat pipe.

Steampunk experiment N°3

"For the longest time, it's always been my dream to have a completely unique PC. A year or so back I saw Billet Labs release their special telescoping fittings for copper and it immediately inspired me to start planning out how to achieve this build. The goal was to build a completely passive water cooling system. A year or so later and roughly soldering through about 15 meters of 1/2" copper pipe and I'm getting real close to the end of this project."

Source: LTT forum

New fanless motherboard

Web browsing, online shopping, video streaming and even everyday productivity don't demand a powerhouse processor. Meet the new N250-powered ASRock N250M/D5, a Micro ATX solution featuring a single DDR5 DIMM slot, a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot operating in x2 mode, two SATA3 connectors, and a PCIe Gen3x2 M.2 socket, HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA, and seven USB ports (including one 3.2 Gen 2 Type C). The only real omission here is a DC power jack. After all, pairing a full-sized ATX power supply with a tiny 6W processor feels like total overkill.

Source: ASRock 

My ultimate HTPC

"The Akasa case is great, albeit a bit larger than I expected. It is a solid chunk of aluminum weighing over 1.5 kilograms. The cooling capacity of the case is better than I expected and better than the original NUC case with a fan. With the original NUC case setup the idle temperature was often around 100 F degrees and could hit over 130 F degrees which kicked in the fan noise. With the new Akasa case the idle temperature is around 83 F degrees and around 100 F degrees during high bitrate playback, even with MPEG2 files which I am not using HW decoding. Many times it remains under 90 degrees during playback. The external antennas perform far better than the stock NUC setup. I can see my neighbor's WiFi SSIDs from over 100 ft away with a moderate signal level."

Source: LibreELEC 

ODROID-H5 hands on

"It’s fanless and cooled by a large and thick heatsink, and most ports can be found on the rear panel: 12V DC jack, two USB 2.0 ports, a 10GbE RJ45, two USB 3.0 ports, one HDMI port, and two DisplayPort connectors. A look at the top shows one of the M.2 PCIe Gen3 x2 sockets (SSD2), an eMMC module slot, Power and Reset buttons, an RTC battery connector, a 4-pin 12V fan connector, and a 24-pin GPIO header. The bottom side features a single SO-DIMM connector and three more M.2 sockets. Note that SSD1 and SSD3 are PCIe Gen3 x2 sockets, but SSD4 is only connected to one PCIe Gen3 lane, so that’s something to keep in mind when connecting modules."

Source: CNX Software 

Panther Lake-H KUBB

The French-designed mini PC measuring just 12 by 12 centimeters and featuring an eye-catching heatsink case is now powered by the new Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor. The system is fully configurable with up to 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage. The KUBB Fanless is available from 1850€.

https://kubb.eu/en/4-mini-pc-kubb-fanless.html

i3-powered mini tower

The ANDAQI IX26 is a rugged industrial computer engineered to deliver reliable operation in demanding work environments. A standout feature of this model is its hot-swap capability, which allows for drive replacements without requiring a system shutdown. The system features dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, dedicated COM ports, USB 3.0/3.2 ports, HDMI, and VGA. The i3-1215U-powered barebone is available for $771.99.

ZimaBoard 2 review

"The ZimaBoard 2 is a serious upgrade on the original in every area that counted against it: faster processor, faster memory, faster networking, and a better PCIe slot. At $279 for the base model, it sits in a competitive price bracket, but the combination of x86 compatibility, dual 2.5GbE, passive cooling, and a genuine PCIe expansion path is difficult to replicate at this size and price point. The soldered memory and external drive arrangement are compromises worth knowing about before buying, and the four-core processor imposes real limits on multi-VM ambitions. For homelab builders, NAS enthusiasts, router experimenters, and anyone who wants a genuinely hackable low-power server that can run almost any OS without argument, however, the ZimaBoard 2 makes a compelling case for itself."

Source: TechRadar 

Panther Lake-H ASRock iBOX

Just six months after announcing Alder Lake-H fanless iBOX models, ASRock launches two more powerful Panther Lake-H systems, the iBOX-358H (Core Ultra X7 358H) and iBOX-325 (Core Ultra 5 325). These 200 x 176.6 x 53.6mm (roughly 7x7-inch) PCs now support a whopping 128GB of RAM. Connectivity is extensive, featuring two Intel 2.5 Gigabit LAN ports, one USB4 / Thunderbolt 4 port, four USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and two HDMI 2.1 ports.