mCubed are fast becoming one of the most innovative manufacturers of fanless Media Centre systems around. With products like the HFX Mini Metal, HFX Classic and now the HFX Micro you can certainly see why!

Just like the Mini and the Classic, the Micro uses heatpipes to cool the processor and graphics chips and therefore fans are not needed. This is an ideal situation when you consider that more and more people are now using PCs as their main source of media in their homes. The last thing you need is a noisy media PC when you are trying to watch a film or listen to music in a quiet environment. Bundle Contents

The HFX Micro M2 Bundle is supplied as a bundle system. It includes the essential components needed to build an extremely quiet media PC. The information below describes each component supplied with the HFX Micro in more detail.

HFX Micro M2 Heatsink Case
The Micro case is very small. It measures only 240mm wide, 86mm high and 230mm deep, which must make it one of the smallest fully functional media chassis available. At the front of the case there are two slots. The larger slot is for CDs or DVDs and the other is to allow access to the SD (Secure Digital) card reader. Also on the front of the case is the HFX logo, DVD eject button, USB port, headphone and microphone ports and a window for the IR remote control sensor. The outer casing of the Micro is made from high gloss acrylic. The sides of the HFX Micro look like heatsinks which is because that is what they are! Each heatsink is designed to naturally dissipate the heat from the CPU and VGA chips without the need of fans (more info on this below).

BorgFX Micro Heatpipe Cooler
This heatpipe set is designed to connect the CPU and GPU to the side of the case. The heatpipes transfer the heat generated by the CPU and GPU to the side heatsinks where they are cooled passively. This is how the HFX Micro noise reduction features come into their own. Due to the fact the system does not use any fans the only noise you will hear from the system is the hard drive, which will be extremely quiet.

Power Supply
Another thing to consider is how the system is going to be powered. The M2 Bundle is supplied with the EF14 140W fanless PSU which has been designed especially for the Micro. Whilst looking at the list of compatible motherboards you will notice a column called requirements. This column shows if the EF14 fanless PSU and a ATX extension cable is required. If there is no information in the requirements column then the motherboard will more than likely be supplied with a PSU, check your motherboard contents!