Tech Advisor - UK (2020-04)

APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 13

Finally, it might not be as outwardly exotic as the

other desktops shown above, but iBuyPower’s Project

Snowblind CL could make custom loop cooling easier

andcheaper,andthat’sa welcomedevelopmentfor

PCenthusiasts. Custom loop cooling for CPUs and

GPUsin a pre-builtPChaslongbeenrecognized

tobemorebeautiful,moreefficient– andmore

expensive.ProjectSnowblindCLmaychangeallthat.

Itturnswhatis normallya five-hourprocessintoa

ten-minute process, essentially putting custom water

loop cooling within reach of normal budgets.

Laptops galore

Most of the PCs sold today ship as laptops, not

desktops, so it should come as no surprise that laptops

could be found in every nook and cranny of the CES

2020 show floor. While many of the models on display

were thinner, better versions of standard form factors,

built to accommodate new hardware from the big-name

chip vendors, we also saw a surprising amount of form

factor innovation this year.

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X
Fold in clamshell mode