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   Daniel  writes:   
      
   > Daniel James  writes:   
   >   
   >> On 20/10/2025 00:13, Daniel wrote:   
   >>> I'm a bit turned off by the cooling fan next to the heat sync. Is that   
   >>> fan absolutely necessary for users never intending on overclocking the   
   >>> cpu?   
   >>   
   >> I don't know.   
   >>   
   >> The production laptop isn't expected to be available until late   
   >> November/early December, so nobody really knows how well the cooling   
   >> solution will work in practice.   
   >>   
   >> ... but if I had to guess ...   
   >>   
   >> It uses a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, in a fairly confined space,   
   >> so not much natural airflow. The general consensus of opinion is that   
   >> a CM5 does need a fan unless its workload is trivial. I expect the   
   >> laptop's fan won't come on until the temperature passes some   
   >> threshhold (I have an Argon One case for a Pi4, and that has a fan   
   >> that works in this way) but I would expect it to be necessary when the   
   >> machine is under load.   
   >   
   > Thanks. I will wait until the device has hit the wild and await   
   > reviews. I saw reviews already but it was tech youtubers who got a   
   > preproduction model.   
   >   
   > I'd be interested in the keyboard quality. Can't be worse than the   
   > pi400's.   
      
   The argon 40 studio put up a youtube prototyping vid of the build. Nice   
   rig.   
      
   https://da.gd/4QK0N   
      
   If you dont trust shortened url's, check youtube for   
      
   Behind the Build: Prototyping the Argon ONE UP   
      
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