A small form factor PC aficionado with a penchant for passive, fanless systems has been documenting their process online (h/t Fanless Tech). So far, so ordinary, but the ‘Monochrome 2’ from TheJiral features the APU on everyone’s wish list, the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 ‘Strix Halo’ processor. The project was flagged as completed a few days ago.
Our fan-averse hero started this black & white & passive build back at the end of June, before receiving the computing hardware. Nevertheless, as the forum postings show, TheJiral still managed to do a lot of preparation work ahead of receiving their Framework Desktop machine. They pondered over various supporting components, cabling, and so on. Monochrome 2 uses Framework’s relatively tinker-friendly device as its foundation, and you can follow the above link to check out our extensive review from earlier this month.
