Arctic Cooling Senza Under Desk PC
Introductory price €599
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Arctic Cooling may not mean anything to you, but the German brand specializing in cooling solutions has been offering its products for nearly 20 years. Its latest coup is called the Senza Under-Desk PC.
A fanless PC hidden under the desk
As its name suggests, the Senza Under-Desk PC is a mini PC – at least the compartment that holds the components – that attaches under the top of your desk. Two large radiators located on each side of the aforementioned compartment are responsible for dissipating the calories produced by the processor.
The PC is installed once under your desk. © Arctic Cooling
To make everything more accessible, Arctic Cooling had the good idea to create a control panel that attaches to the edge of the desk, thus allowing the connectors and start button to be removed.
Connection is complete. © Arctic Cooling
Inside, the manufacturer uses a desktop processor, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500G with six multi-threaded cores that can reach 4.4 GHz. If the processor is a bit older (Zen3 core from 2020) and the graphics part is Radeon Vega, it allows Arctic cooling to control the price. Count on €599 with 16 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD.
Slightly more powerful configurations are also offered with the Ryzen 7 5700G and 32 GB of RAM for €699, and the Pro version with the Ryzen 7 5700G Pro for €729.
Scalable configuration
Each component is removable and replaceable. © Arctic Cooling
The Senza, despite its original design, is fully upgradeable as the RAM, SSD, Wi-Fi card and processor can be removed. However, you’ll have to make do with AMD’s AM4 socket, so DDR4. It’s impossible, for example, to install a Ryzen 7 8700G to take advantage of its Radeon 780M graphics part.
Machine features and dimensions. © Arctic Cooling