Arctic’s $1,400 AMD Strix Point fanless mini-PC hides under your desk — Senza AI 370 features Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD

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Arctic's $1,400 AMD Strix Point fanless mini-PC hides under your desk — Senza AI 370 features Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD

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Arctic has just released a new mini-PC aimed at enthusiasts looking for a clean, minimalist, and silent setup, without compromising on performance. The " Senza AI 370 " is the latest in the company's existing Senza lineup that has shipped with the Ryzen 5000 series so far, but it's now been upgraded to AMD's Strix Point. Specifically, it features the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 flagship APU and a neat trick up its sleeve.

Or should we say "below its sleeve" ? Because this mini-PC mounts under your desk, completely out of sight, cable management isn't an issue either. Arctic calls it an "Under Desk PC," and it's designed to clear your workspace. You could put it on top of your desk, but that would defeat its entire purpose. You really want to make sure you get the most out of it because it costs 1200 Euros, or almost $1,400.

(Image credit: Arctic) (Image credit: Arctic) (Image credit: Arctic) For that money, you're getting a top-end chip, the Ryzen AI 370, which has 12 cores and 24 threads that can boost up to 5.1 GHz. It launched almost two years ago, but it was the Red Team's premier laptop offering until Gorgon Point did so a few months ago. It's based on AMD's Zen 5 architecture, featuring 4 standard Zen 5 cores and 8 Zen 5c efficiency cores — both are split off into their own CCX.

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The Senza AI 370 looks like an AIO radiator for the most part, down to the two tubes poking out of it that terminate in a front panel hub. This detachable box mounts near the edge of your desk, where you can easily interact with it, as it includes a power button, a couple of USB ports, and a headphone jack. The actual PC is meant to go farther back, toward the rear of your table, where it almost disappears.

The port selection on the PC itself is very strong: you get 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, USB4, HDMI 2.1, and more, plus Wi-Fi 7 for wireless connectivity. Owing to its design, the entire body is essentially a giant heatsink, with the actual PCB only in the middle, occupying about 30% of the chassis. Eight heatpipes run through this heatsink, cooling the APU without any fans, which allows it to be completely silent.

Despite nonexistent noise levels, Arctic is claiming great thermals — 50 degrees Celsius under a gaming load, while a "competitor mini PC" reached 67 degrees Celsius. The company also says the Senza reaches 98 FPS in Counter-Strike 2 (at 1080p High), while a similarly equipped mini PC only reaches 86 FPS. This is possible due to the higher-spec RAM configuration on the Senza.

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