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THE SILENT MASTER?

IT CERTAINLY FEELS a bit strange to hit the power button on a freshly assembled build and hear absolutely nothing. It’s actually not that strange, but the usual cause is that the system is failing to boot because we have a loose connection or a faulty part. Mercifully, our fanless PC booted on the first attempt, and we enjoyed the manifold pleasures of installing Windows without any fan noise to irritate us.

Before we jump into the numbers with our benchmark testing results, we feel

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