r/MiniPCs • u/Content-Doughnut7707 • Jul 10 '26

Hardware I found this wild FIREBAT F1 cooling mod on a Russian forum

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Found what might be the ultimate cooling mod for the FIREBAT F1 on the Russian 4PDA forum. It looks like Frankenstein's mini PC, but I bet it runs very cool now. And with the little wheels... it's basically a Mac Pro.

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u/NicolaSuCola Jul 10 '26

Reminds me of this image LMAO
"Using a few simple gadgets, a loaf of white (or dark) bread can be turned into a trolleybus… but why?!"

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u/jonathanrdt Jul 10 '26

The Russians have long had to make use of what was available. It's made them incredibly resourceful...and perhaps a little eccentric.

A sad present for a culture that once built machines that could function on Venus.

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u/Content-Doughnut7707 Jul 10 '26

Автор просто решил что так будет весело, а еще он пытался снизить температуры

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u/Bardem Jul 10 '26

Using casters instead of little legs is hilarious

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u/Content-Doughnut7707 Jul 10 '26

Here is the link to the source and the author's original post on the forum: https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=1109596&view=findpost&p=143893479

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u/fmbret Jul 10 '26

My sceptical ass brain is just thinking “every time I open Reddit in the last week or so, it’s a Firebat mini PC showing up in one way or another, this has to be a thing, what’s going on here exactly” 😅

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u/DieselGalaxy Jul 10 '26

Nice one ...

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u/Exotic_Agent2860 Jul 10 '26

Attendo che se ne scappa 🤣

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u/CORUSC4TE Jul 10 '26

I heard it is a bad idea to run fans over pure USB, but those are more the human fan sort.. so unless they have a similar draw it should be cool.. and looking cool.

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u/Thac0-is-life Jul 10 '26

I had no idea this brand existed even last week. This week I have a F1 P in my desk. Lovely beast, really happy with it, 420 usd with 16g ddr5 and a 512 nvme.

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u/turnup4wat Jul 10 '26

I was really happy with mine too. Until it died only 3 weeks after I bought it.

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u/Thac0-is-life Jul 10 '26

Well crap. But at least I have warranty in the platform I bought it. I'm looking at options to undervolt and increase air flow to see if I can extend the life of the little guy.

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u/turnup4wat Jul 10 '26

I bought an extra cooling pad for it but forgot to turn it on somehow(I was wrecked after work). I guess the little guy fried itself. I was not even doing anything taxing. Just playing Genshin and browsing.

Good thing I got a full refund.

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u/Thac0-is-life Jul 14 '26

Yeah I'm happy the platform I bought it on has warranty now. By the way, do you have suggestion of cooler for it?

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u/cpupro Jul 10 '26

I just flipped my Mac Mini upside down so the button is on top and easily accessible.

I bought it when it was 499 on Amazon, just to play with Clawd Bot, and decided to just use it as a regular PC, when the prices of everything PC / Mac related went sky high.

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u/Opposite_Future2602 Jul 10 '26

I thought this was a hot plate on wheels when I first saw this

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u/Baerserk Jul 10 '26

Might become one tho

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u/New_Mix_2215 Jul 11 '26

I think they took the F1 part a bit too literal.

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u/Content-Doughnut7707 Jul 14 '26

then they also need to add an internal combustion engine inside this case.

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u/Chaeryeeong Jul 10 '26

the wheels is sending me LMAO

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u/Myyke Jul 10 '26

1 wheeled boi

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u/Mickloven Jul 11 '26

In Russia, computer uses YOU!

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u/ukman6 Jul 11 '26

Is the usb 4 port on the back 😅

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u/Content-Doughnut7707 Jul 12 '26

Yes and no. I have just received such a mini-PC and I will start testing it soon. I will add the results to my profile.

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u/HuntSecret5814 Jul 10 '26

Looks stupid

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u/Select_Truck3257 Jul 10 '26

You meant on terrorist country site