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Nubia Z70 Ultra smartphone desktop conversion

Overview

A hardware modder has converted a Nubia Z70 Ultra smartphone into a functional desktop PC to overcome thermal limitations. The modification involves sandwiching the device between two large CPU heatsinks, which required removing the smartphone’s screen, chassis, camera modules, and radio components to ensure direct contact with the chip.

Powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor and 24GB of RAM, the setup runs a Linux desktop environment via Termux with GPU acceleration. The device is housed in a custom acrylic case and can be connected to external monitors, keyboards, and mice. In testing, the modified hardware successfully ran The Witcher 3 at 1080p resolution with frame rates between 20 and 30 FPS, and achieved scores between 6,910 and 6,980 in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme stress tests.

Entities

Snapdragon 8 Elite · Qualcomm · The Witcher 3 · Reddit · Nubia Z70 Ultra

Timeline

  1. 5 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources
    Nubia Z70 Ultra modified with CPU coolers to run desktop games

    A Reddit user transformed a Nubia Z70 Ultra smartphone into a desktop PC using two CPU coolers, enabling it to run The Witcher 3 on Ultra settings via a Linux environment.

  2. 7 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources
    Nubia Z70 Ultra smartphone converted into a desktop PC by modder

    A modder transformed a Nubia Z70 Ultra smartphone into a desktop PC using custom heatsinks and Linux, enabling it to run games like The Witcher 3 at 1080p.

Sources

criticalhits.com.br · lowyat.net · m.winfuture.de · shiftdelete.net · techeblog.com · yankodesign.com