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Sergei Surabekyants
Steacom unveiled the impressive SG10 chassis at Computex 2023, which can handle up to 600W of heat without the use of fans. The Streacom SG10 has been in development for quite some time now. The first information about him appeared back in 2021, and before that there was an unsuccessful attempt to raise funds on KickStarter in 2020. But now, Streacom has assured attendees at Computex 2023 that the SG10 chassis will be in production before the end of this year.
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The main feature of the Streacom SG10 is its extensive passive cooling capabilities. It is supposed to be capable of drawing up to 250W from the CPU and up to 350W from the GPU (600W total). The case also has an interesting advanced design.
The visual appeal of the case is determined by the symmetrical massive double aluminum heatsink that occupies the upper third of the case. Copper tubes pass through it, through which the liquid refrigerant circulates, cyclically evaporating and condensing inside a closed pumpless system. One half of the heatsink is for CPU cooling and the other half is for GPU cooling. Both parts of the radiator have their own inlets and fittings (double circuit).
Inside, the Streacom SG10 is equipped with a diagonally mounted motherboard and a GPU mounted at a 90-degree angle to it. Together, these components form an X-shaped layout. While installing a CPU cooler won’t cause problems, connecting a GPU cooler is much more difficult. The user will need to completely uninstall the factory graphics card cooling system, and then integrate the GPU into the case cooling system. The list of compatible video cards will be published later.
At Computex, Streamcom showed off its SG10 chassis with an Intel Core i9-13900K processor and an Asus GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card installed. A hotter GPU is not recommended. In the demo provided by Streacom, the entire system handled over 660 watts of heat.
Production of the Streacom SG10 should start this year, the price of the case itself and the complete cooling system is expected to be around $999.
At its booth, Streacom also presented interesting gadgets – VU1 equipment monitoring indicators, which are a combination of an analog pointer with an E-ink display. The indicators are connected via the USB Type-C port. The included software allows you to create a “warm tube” analog indicator for virtually any measurable system variable.
The VU1’s display is monochrome and has a resolution of 200×144 pixels. It’s legible in most conditions thanks to the built-in RGB lighting. In addition to a fully customizable display, the user will be able to control the movement of the arrow and the backlight. Devices will ship with an app that will immediately offer the most common display presets – CPU/GPU temperature and CPU/memory/storage/network usage. Plugins will add more functionality over time.
Initially, Streacom plans to sell a set of three VU1 indicators and a hub for $99. A release date has not yet been announced.
