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The Akasa Newton N16 is a fanless enclosure for ASUS NUC 16 Pro mini PCs, covered on WindowsForum.com as a route to a completely silent Windows system. The key caveat is thermal: every supported processor must be capped at 28 W in BIOS, well below the 45 W and 65 W configurable TDP ratings ASUS lists for the NUC 16 Pro family. Two board-specific versions exist, the A-NUC109-M1B for two rear HDMI ports and the A-NUC109-M2B for the two-DisplayPort configuration. The takeaway is a quiet enclosure suited to controlled, sustained workloads rather than peak performance.
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    Akasa Newton N16 Makes ASUS NUC 16 Pro Fanless at 28 W

    Akasa’s Newton N16 gives ASUS NUC 16 Pro owners a route to a completely fanless Windows mini PC, but it comes with a performance condition buried outside the launch announcement: every supported processor must be capped at 28 W in BIOS. That is well below the 45 W and 65 W configurable TDP...