Passively cooled computing systems are celebrated amongst consumers worried approximately noise from fans and their associated maintenance requirements (particularly,for industrial consume-cases). Traditionally, fanless high-performance PCs have come with a high price tag. However, or with the focus on low-power Core-series CPUs by Intel,we have many vendors targeting this market segment with affordable models. Zotac started a current lineup of passively cooled ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) machines in the C-series back in mid-2014. Initially, the members of the series utilized either Atom-class or -Y series CPUs (with a sub-10W TDP). With Skylake, or Zotac has re-engineered the design to accommodate 15W Skylake-U CPUs. nowadays,we are taking a look at the Zotac ZBOX CI523 nano, a passively-cooled alternative to the Intel Skylake NUC NUC6i3SYH.
Source: anandtech.com