KFC's console with built-in chicken chamber is a real Intel NUC mini PC

[midian182]

WTF?! Remember when fast-food giant KFC revealed its 'console' back in June that featured a chicken chamber for keeping your food warm while you game? The whole thing appeared to be a very successful marketing stunt piggybacking on the recently revealed PS5 design, but no, the KFConsole is real.

Following the initial announcement of the KFConsole, which boasts 4K/240 FPS and chicken-warming abilities, the company later announced that the November 12 release date was being pushed back—presumed to be a joke aimed at Cyberpunk 2077 and its many delays.

Now, KFC has announced the bucket-shaped machine is the real deal. Rather than a console, it’s an Intel NUC mini PC built by Cooler Master CMODX team member and professional modder Tim “Timpelay” Malmborg.

A Cooler Master rep told Tom’s Hardware that the PC is powered by an Intel NUC 9 Extreme Element inside a modified Cooler Master MasterCase NC100. The Element used in testing came with a Core i9-9980HK CPU, though there’s no confirmation that particular CPU will be an option in the final product.

The NUC Compute Unit comes in i5, i7, and i9 options, and there’s an Asus RTX graphics card along with two Seagate BarraCuda 1TB NVME SSDs. Interestingly, Cooler Master writes that the bucket features a “first of its kind hot swappable GPU slot,” allowing it to remain the “most powerful console for generations to come.”

“The cylindrical bucket design and the chicken bay [are] two separate features that by themselves [are] challenging to work with. And then combined with a high-performance PC, well, I had to spend days creating the 3D model for it,” Malmborg told Tom’s.

See it for yourself. Find out more about the new #KFConsole @CoolerMaster: https://t.co/omZWuIhBG8 pic.twitter.com/6n5panSJIs

— KFC Gaming (@kfcgaming) December 22, 2020

The chicken chamber does more than keep food hot; it also helps the internal components stay cool. KFC says the system is designed to “extract system heat through around the outside of the chicken chamber, ensuring that the hardware is kept at a regular core temperature while simultaneously delivering a piping-hot meal.”

More details, including price and availability, are set to arrive next month.

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[QuantumPhysics]

Is there an option for...

...oil cooling?

 

[Kirby1]

Why are articles calling this a console when it is infact a regular PC just in a weird case?

 

[Endymio]

Why are articles calling this a console when it is infact a regular PC just in a weird case?

Because KFC originally billed it as such. If you read the headline, you'll see it points out that this is actually a mini-PC.

And it was a wise choice to go with Intel, not AMD. The extra heat keeps the chicken toasty.

 

[terzaerian]

Why are articles calling this a console when it is infact a regular PC just in a weird case?

Because consoles have become lobotomized PCs

And it was a wise choice to go with Intel, not AMD. The extra heat keeps the chicken toasty.

As someone that lives in a winter climate I appreciate the heat Intel CPUs give off

No need for a space heater in the office while the box mines ;P

 

[derncricket]

What if you replaced the chicken with scented candles? Would the warmer cause the candles to refresh the room?

 

[Phylop]

KFC gaming? I can't really think of a worse food to eat while gaming than fried chicken, unless you don't mind chicken grease all over your keyboard/mouse/controllers.




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[sac39507]

The heat generated from the CPU and GPU alone could probably heat the Chicken, or at least keep it warm.

I work in IT and was at a Data Center a few years back and was informed that the Data Center was designed in such a way that the heat generated from the servers was circulated to use as heat for the building. This reminds me of that.

 

[Nobina]

I would never associate KFC or any other food with gaming consoles or other tech. It's like painting a car with two colors that don't go well with each other.

 

[Reehahs]

Why does this need a hot-swap-able GPU slot? Is it to make sure you can keep gaming when your GPU dies?

 

[terzaerian]

Why does this need a hot-swap-able GPU slot? Is it to make sure you can keep gaming when your GPU dies?

To swap in the optimal GPU at peak efficiency so you can mine crypto at peak performance

Later on you use that crypto to buy tendies from KFC; the circle is now complete