His recently completed Project Inverted, just highlighted by ASUS, puts most of the hardware on the outside: the Sabertooth Z77 motherboard, Core i5 processor, fan cooling, memory, Radeon HD 6870 video card and watercooling pipes all sit in plain sight.

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The processor then hung too close to the fan, its heat causing a sensor to go off which automatically shut down the server.

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To maintain its sleek physique, Intel pairs the desktop-class Core processor at the heart with a laptop-style heatsink and fan.

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Japanese Apple fan site Macotara is reporting Apple has ordered up a MacBook Air powered by the ARM-based A5 processor Apple designs.

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