NUC11ATKPE Cooling

[faduck]

Does anyone know if the NUC 11 Essential Kit Pentium Silver N6005 (NUC11ATKPE) has a fan or is passively cooled? I've searched everywhere but could not find this info.

[n_scott_pearson · Accepted solution]

It is actively cooled using a blower (no NUC uses a fan).

...S

[faduck]

Okay thanks for that. I'm pretty sure a blower is considered a fan.

[AlHill]

Oh Oh - there is a distinct difference between a blower and a fan.   Scott will explain...<G>

Doc (not an Intel employee or contractor)
[Maybe Windows 12 will be better]

[n_scott_pearson]

Most definitely not. A blower is laterally moving air while a fan is vertically moving air. They are considered quite distinct from each other.

...S

[faduck]

In that case, the NUC bios should refrain from referring to the active cooling as 'Fan Speed'.

[n_scott_pearson]

Yea, technically they should, but there have been too many years of them saying 'fan speed control'. It's really what it is (from the EC standpoint), there just happens to be a blower in use.
...S

[faduck]

Yes a blower fan. Still technically a fan.