MonsterLabo The Beast, Руководство пользователя

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The unboxing
The box of
accessories
The fans The power supply The storage (1/2) The motherboard The graphic card
With spreader
Without spreader
The storage (2/2)
The cable
management
The fanless
optimization
The dust
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The fanless optimization
The Beast has been designed to run fully passively. The slots for the fans (x4) are available mostly to prevent overheat during the heat waves in
Summer, for example. Of course, they can be used to increase the power of the processor and the graphic card. But The Beast remains a fanless
case and we recommend to not install fans to completely enjoy the experience.
Maximum TDP (passive configuration)
CPU = 150W
GPU = 240W
Maximum TDP (active configuration)
CPU = 200W
GPU = 300W
A passive configuration requires an optimization of the voltage and the power of the components.
The first reason is that reducing the voltage of the processor and/or the graphic card (and so the power supply) will avoid having coil whine.
Indeed, having a fanless PC is great, until you hear this annoying noise from your components. Whatever the components, the coil whine is more
common with low and mid-range (mostly with the GPUs but also with the power supplies and the motherboards). This is due to the price
optimization regarding the dedicated components for the voltage regulation. By optimizing the power consumption of CPU, GPU and so PSU,
the coil whine simply disappears (frequency is not detectible anymore). With a same card, you could have coil whine at full charge, but nothing
at a lower power.
The second reason – obviously - is to respect the TDP of the coolers. This will prevent throttling but also reduce the temperature of your
system.