On 20.05.18 23:20, Rohan McLeod via luv-main wrote:
That is certainly a beast; with regards to cooling these days I consider cooler means longer life; and greater reliability period !
As Arrhenius says, each 10°C hotter halves the lifespan. It's not just the CPU, but electrolytic capacitors don't like to cook either. (Even if it says e.g. 105°C on them, they'll last 16 times longer at 65°C, and that's not forever.)
Water-coolers also pump the heat straight out of the case, so there is no reliance on other case fans and possible high case temperatures
Heatpipes are compact, incredibly good thermal conductors, and won't leak water over the mobo. There's an awful lot to like about them. (First encountered them in 1973, but they were expensive then.) ...
Yes, I look with envy at friends M/B's with BIOS support for PCIe SSD's usually as M2
The UdooX86 is around 125 x 85 mm, with an optional M.2 SSD, held on the back with one screw and the socket. It is a very neat little package. I ran debian on it, but have switched to devuan. Its graphics performance is very good, though I haven't tried the three screens. Erik