Frore System Unveils World's First 64TB SSD 3.5-inch Storage Enclosure With Solid-State Cooling

OWC Compact 64TB SSD Storage Device with AirJet
(Image credit: Frore System)

Frore Systems, the inventors behind the world's first solid-state cooling devices, has unveiled a new 64TB U.2 SSD storage device cooled by the company's AirJet Mini. Made in collaboration with OWC, the storage enclosure is known as the Mercury Pro and is the first storage enclosure to utilize Frore System's technology.

For more details on Frore System's solid-state cooling technology, check our previous coverage. The quick summary is that Frore System's AirJet Mini and AirJet Pro coolers are the world's first solid-state cooling devices featuring no moving parts. With a thickness of 2.8mm and a heat dissipation of 5W for the Mini and 10W for the Pro, respectively, the cooling capacity per mm is much higher than traditional cooling methods. Both devices can actively cool incredibly slim or compact devices that previously could only be cooled via passive cooling, or with weak active cooling solutions.

OWC's new Mercury Pro is the first external storage enclosure to use an AirJet cooler. In the past, Frore Systems advertised its AirJet Mini and Pro as CPU/SoC coolers specifically, but in this case, the AirJets have been adapted to cool storage devices instead, thanks in no small part to the AirJet Mini's ultra-thin form factor.

(Image credit: Frore System)
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Aaron Klotz
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  • thestryker
    I'm happy to see this tech popping up more and really hope we'll see some direct to consumer cooling products using it. STH had a bit about M.2 cooling they'd seen at the Flash Memory Conference: https://www.servethehome.com/a-new-take-on-passively-cooled-pcie-gen5-nvme-ssds-phison-frore/
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  • gg83
    I love it! No more of those stupid 8inch tower coolers for m.2 ssd's! Just slap some rgb on these beauties and I'll be happy. I wonder if the tech can in theory handle the insane power from gpu or cpus.
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  • thestryker
    gg83 said:
    I love it! No more of those stupid 8inch tower coolers for m.2 ssd's! Just slap some rgb on these beauties and I'll be happy. I wonder if the tech can in theory handle the insane power from gpu or cpus.
    These are the current model specs:
    AirJet Mini removes 5.25 Watts of heat at a silent 21 dBA noise level, while only consuming a maximum of 1 Watt of power.

    AirJet Pro removes 10.5 Watts of heat at a silent 24 dBA noise level, while only consuming a maximum of 1.75 Watts of power.

    They're definitely good enough to do lower power laptop chips already (they use multiple hooked up to a single heatpipe/heatsink), and Zotac has shown a mini pc design using one. They're a long way away from being able to cool anything desktop class, but it will be interesting to see how far the tech will scale.
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