This one is more for our European readers, because this company operates out of Germany, but the Cirrus7 Nimbus is an interestingly designed, fanless system. Its fin shape is said to be assembled out of laser-cut layers of aluminum that sandwiches in the I/O plate at the rear. FanlessTech has noted that the systems are now available with Haswell processors, up to a Core i7 based on Haswell-T. Their storage options now also include the Samsung 850 Pro, up to 1TB.
Image Credit: Cirrus7 via FanlessTech
The customization options are actually pretty decent. I find that a lack of meaningful upgrades to be a problem with modern PC builders, however this one does not apply. Eight CPUs are offered, ranging from a Celeron up to a 45W Haswell-T; RAM comes in 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB; up to three drives can be installed, up to one mSATA and up to two SATA; Intel Wireless N or AC is available; external DVD or BluRay burners are an option; and one of seven OSes can be installed, including two versions of Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 or Ubuntu 14.10). If you get all of the bells and whistles, you are probably up to about 3,000 USD, but you cannot expect two terabytes of Samsung 850 Pro SSDs to be cheap. It seems reasonable enough, especially for the EU. The big limiter is the lack of a discrete GPU unless you are using this device for something like audio recording, which an Intel HD 4600 can easily handle.
The Cirrus7 Nimbus is available now at their website.
Yes but they paid for this
Yes but they paid for this “review”, to the shill that cut and pasted it!!! Shillng for pennies! a bit much!
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That means more in depth
That means more in depth reviews, and less cutting and pasting and linking to marking divisions! Get the device and review it, or it’s just an ad thinly disguised as a review. The only thing acceptable to link to in a subjective review that links to the manufacture’s website are the datasheets, and the manuals, links to sales/marketing are for ads!
It’s simple Clearly mark sponsored content, or manufacture’s press releases, as such, and stop all this non review nonsense!
We never claimed this was a
We never claimed this was a review though I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one!