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KFConsole – Intel NUC 9 enclosure with built in heater for chicken wings

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Post by tsar_nikolai » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC

KFConsole – Intel NUC 9 enclosure with built in heater for chicken wings
landing.coolermaster.com

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Post by branon » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:01 PM UTC

This is a nice bit of marketing but... is it real? There's no actual information on the page, no links to any other pages/sites, nowhere to buy it, and no mention of "coming soon" or any sort of expected release date.

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Post by ogre_codes » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:02 PM UTC

Suck it Apple. The M1 is totally incapable of delivering this kind of heat regardless of workload.

(Apologies for injecting humor on what is clearly an otherwise serious posting)

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Post by wodenokoto » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

While the announcement was silly, the insistence that it’s a real product is absolutely bonkers.

But ultimately I think it is vaporware and they are just pushing the “it’s real” narrative for social media reach.

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Post by whalesalad » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:10 PM UTC

Is it a peltier-based cooler? (Really cold side and really hot side) Then this would make slightly more sense.

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Post by it33 » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:13 PM UTC

This article is making me want both a new PC and fried chicken for lunch...

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Post by ralmidani » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

Seems risky if you’re playing a game that generates too much heat... don’t want to burn your chicken.

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Post by remexre » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

branon wrote: post #2

This is a nice bit of marketing but... is it real? There's no actual information on the page, no links to any other pages/sites, nowhere to buy it, and no mention of "coming soon" or any sort of expected release date.

They mention it's patented... Assuming they don't just mean a generic air fryer patent or something, I would think that the patent process is too annoying for a straight-up joke.

EDIT: And that said, 3min on Google Patents hasn't found the relevant patent.

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Post by gruez » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

ralmidani wrote: post #7

Seems risky if you’re playing a game that generates too much heat... don’t want to burn your chicken.

I don't think any PC components are going to exceed 120C (and that's the component themselves, the surrounding air will be cooler), so nothing's going to get burnt. The only concern is the weird plastic smell getting infused into your food.

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Post by jedimastert » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:18 PM UTC

KFC has had a rash of failed silly crowdfunding campaigns as part of their ridiculous marketing push. This is almost certainly part of that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5tFlmRUIc

For Coolermaster's part, they seem like the kind of company that would dedicate a few engineers to a silly idea for the hell of it.