$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop parts into a tiny PC

Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by cbsks on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:48AM (#35353534)

I have a few old laptops as servers at home. It’s great because they have a (limited) built-in battery backup, and a keyboard and screen are there if you need a local terminal.

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Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by vladvasiliu on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:56AM (#35353980)

My biggest issue with those is that sometimes their cooling solution is ridiculously bad. They have a next-to-nonexistent heat sink, so the fan needs to spin like crazy to cool it down. Bonus points for the fan stopping from time to time, so it has to spin even faster than it would need to if it were running all the time.

Had this is an older HP laptop. My newer one lets me configure it so that the fan spins all the time, so it's very quiet as long as it doesn't do anything.

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Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by lostlogin on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:17AM (#35354129)

A fanless laptop sounds attractive for this. Dropping the money on a MacBook Air seems wasteful though, and I’m not aware of other fanless laptops.

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Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by Tade0 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @06:07AM (#35354962)

Here you go:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X13s-G1-Laptop...

Although IIRC it's more expensive than the Air.

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