WTF?! Are you a fan of Tesla’s Cybertruck? In all probability not, however that hasn’t stopped a Hong Kong-based producer from attempting to launch a mini PC that appears like a miniature model of Tesla’s rust-prone EV, powered by an AMD Zen 4 processor.
We first noticed the Cybertruck mini PC at Computex earlier this 12 months when it was assumed to be a one-off mod. Now, nevertheless, Xyber Crew has launched a crowdfunding campaign for the Xyber XPC on Indiegogo.
The corporate says its mini PC will likely be powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS APU, an 8-core, 16-thread chip with a 45W TDP that may increase to five.1GHz. The processor comes with the Radeon 780M iGPU, providing 12 RDNA 3 compute models clocked at 2700 MHz. The PC will even be accessible with the much less highly effective Ryzen 7 4840HS.
The duplicate Cybertruck has opening and shutting doorways, bonnet, and trunk, whereas the entrance headlight is claimed to be an LED that reveals when the system is powered on.
The PC nonetheless has loads of I/O ports, regardless of what appears like a limiting design: one USB 3.1 Gen 1 (Kind A), two Kind-C (3.1 gen 1), one HDMI 2.1, a 2-in-1 audio jack, and a 5.25mm DC-in jack. It additionally has as much as 4TB of 2280 PCIe 4.0 SSD storage, WiFi 6, and Bluetooth 5.2.
In meeting line photographs, the PC is proven as utilizing dual-fan cooling, SO-DIMM upgradable reminiscence and two M.2 slots for storage and a Wi-Fi card.
All crowdfunding campaigns include inherent dangers for backers. The small print of the PC appear particularly sparse on Xyber Crew’s web page, with no point out of costs or potential transport dates. You possibly can enroll now for an extra 10% off tremendous early fowl pricing, apparently, so there’s that. Nevertheless, the corporate did inform VideoCardz that the XPC will launch in August this 12 months, and the 7840HS model could have an preliminary value of $399.
The Cybertruck PC brings again reminiscences of one other novelty PC design: the KFConsole. Initially a joke by the quick meals chain, it was later redesigned as a NUC mini PC by CoolerMaster CMODX workforce member {and professional} modder Tim “Timpelay” Malmborg. It was presupposed to be launched as an actual product, however sadly, or fortunately, it by no means arrived.
