ZOTAC’s ZBOX PICO with AirJet: A Revolutionary Fanless Cooling System

ZOTAC is exhibiting ZBOX PICO at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2023, which uses a solid-state active cooling system that is fanless but blows air. I also interviewed this because it was.

Simply put, the mechanism of AirJet is to vibrate the membrane inside and blow out the wind. It is said to remove 10.5W of heat with 1.75W at a noise level of 24dBA.

Please refer to the following article for ZBOX PICO.

Forre Systems booth

Comparison of ZBOX PICO with and without AirJet

ZOTAC PICO has two AirJet Minis

At the booth, samples were prepared with and without the ZBOX PICO AirJet.

With AirJet, the surface temperature is 57°C while maintaining performance. Without one side, the temperature had risen to 65°C, and a thermal slot link had occurred. As far as this demonstration is concerned, it can be said that the effect of AirJet is certainly there. In addition, we are currently making fine adjustments before mass production, and it is said that the performance of the actual product will be further improved.

Comparison with and without AirJet

AirJet can be installed directly on the heat source, but in the case of ZBOX PICO this time, two AirJet Minis are used, so it uses a copper heat spreader that distributes heat evenly.

AirJet Mini and copper heat spreader on ZBOX PICO

Comparison of laptops with and without AirJet

Also, one of the characteristics of AirJet is its quietness, which was also demonstrated.

I was able to actually use the headphones with a custom sample of Samsung’s notebook PC “Galaxy Book 2 Pro 13”. I’m sorry for my feeling, but the sample with AirJet was certainly quieter.

The fan part had a microphone, and the noise could be heard through the amplifier.

Both samples are running Cinebench R23 continuously, and the actual performance of the CPU power is 16W with AirJet and 12W without AirJet.

According to the person in charge, if the Galaxy Book 2 Pro 13 had a structure optimized for AirJet, four AirJet Minis could be installed, so the CPU power could aim for 20W.

Galaxy Book 2 Pro 13 on the market

Galaxy Book 2 Pro 13 fan replaced with 3 AirJet Mini

Back of Galaxy Book 2 Pro 13 with AirJet Mini

Comparison of SSD with and without AirJet

AirJet has a wide range of uses, not just PCs. SSD cooling demonstration was also carried out at the booth.

Customized ORICO enclosure

This is also compared with and without AirJet, and it can be seen that there is a difference in surface temperature.

63°C without AirJet

56℃ with AirJet