Streacom FC8 Fanless Case Review

The Passive Cooling Solution

The highlight of the Streacom FC8 Fanless is its passive cooling solution for the CPU. As we’ve already shown, this solution has a radiator on the case’s right panel. The case has two heatpipes (six mm in diameter each) that are used to connect the CPU thermal block to this radiator. In order to be compatible with the highest number of CPUs and motherboards possible, the radiator offers three height options for installing the heatpipes, and three different positions for installing the heatpipes on the CPU cooling block.

According to the manufacturer, this system can cool down processors with a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of up to 65 W.

Figure 9: The heatpipes

Figure 10: The CPU cooling block

Figure 11: Installation hardware