(05-01-2019, 06:52 AM)Luke Wrote:

(05-01-2019, 06:19 AM)Efe Wrote: How possible is it to throw in a really thin fan with a really basic heat spreader?

Not very. There is no need for a heat-spreader, since the bottom of the case makes contact the SOC and acts as a big heatsink/spreader already.

I've been torture testing the device and playing with thermals over the past few hours. While you can get the unit to spike 80*C under unrealistic load in under a minute, it doesn't down-clock massively (1.4-1.6ghz on big cores) when totally grilled.

I have played some games, watched 4K movies and done other demanding but real-life things and never hit the thermals. Playing Tekken 6 (PSP) was probably the most intense real-life benchmark, and that had the SOC hovering at 76*C, which is  just under the thermal threshold for maintaining full frequency.  

That said, I'll do a little bit of modding for fun in the coming days and see if there is something simple to be done to improve thermal performance further - not that I think its necessary.

(05-01-2019, 06:52 AM)Luke Wrote:

(05-01-2019, 06:19 AM)Efe Wrote: How possible is it to throw in a really thin fan with a really basic heat spreader?

Not very. There is no need for a heat-spreader, since the bottom of the case makes contact the SOC and acts as a big heatsink/spreader already.

I've been torture testing the device and playing with thermals over the past few hours. While you can get the unit to spike 80*C under unrealistic load in under a minute, it doesn't down-clock massively (1.4-1.6ghz on big cores) when totally grilled.

I have played some games, watched 4K movies and done other demanding but real-life things and never hit the thermals. Playing Tekken 6 (PSP) was probably the most intense real-life benchmark, and that had the SOC hovering at 76*C, which is just under the thermal threshold for maintaining full frequency.  

That said, I'll do a little bit of modding for fun in the coming days and see if there is something simple to be done to improve thermal performance further - not that I think its necessary.

(02-08-2019, 05:00 AM)Luke Wrote:

(02-07-2019, 07:28 PM)Jerrbear Wrote: Would there be any problems with using the PB Pro for Kali Linux? I would primarily be buying it to use to teach myself pentesting but I'm worried it wouldnt have even horsepower.

Plenty of horsepower. As for Kali - if you want official support, I think we could probably approach Kali devs and see if they are interested.

(05-01-2019, 06:52 AM)Luke Wrote:

(05-01-2019, 06:19 AM)Efe Wrote: How possible is it to throw in a really thin fan with a really basic heat spreader?

I've been torture testing the device and playing with thermals over the past few hours. While you can get the unit to spike 80*C under unrealistic load in under a minute, it doesn't down-clock massively (1.4-1.6ghz on big cores) when totally grilled.

I have played some games, watched 4K movies and done other demanding but real-life things and never hit the thermals. Playing Tekken 6 (PSP) was probably the most intense real-life benchmark, and that had the SOC hovering at 76*C, which is just under the thermal threshold for maintaining full frequency.  

(05-01-2019, 06:52 AM)Luke Wrote:

(05-01-2019, 06:19 AM)Efe Wrote: ...

Not very. There is no need for a heat-spreader, since the bottom of the case makes contact the SOC and acts as a big heatsink/spreader already.

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That said, I'll do a little bit of modding for fun in the coming days and see if there is something simple to be done to improve thermal performance further - not that I think its necessary.

(05-03-2019, 04:30 PM)Luke Wrote: Sorry for the late response ... been rather busy with the website move.

@Efe, uhm the room temps are around 22*C
@PakoSt, yes there is a thermal pad that bridges the SOC and the case bottom -- its not a given that this is final design (hence my testing)
@wudo As I explained in the video, the ANSI keyboard had issues and was lower overall quality - so no.

More news re. the Pinebook Pro coming very soon.