A Look Inside

The metallic cover helps remove the heat faster. It is also much more durable than a plastic cover.


This is the PCB that hosts the LED indicators and power button.


A view of the small mainboard and the vertical SATA expansion card. There are two Apaq polymer caps on the later.


This is one of the two buck converters that most likely provides power to the SATA card and connected drives.


The Intel JHL6540 controller, which costs less than $9.


The SATA controller, an Asmedia ASM1062R, is situated close to Macronix MXIC 25L4006E CMOS flash memory. The ASM1062R also acts as the RAID controller, supporting RAID0, RAID1, and SPAN.


A pair of TPS65983 of USB Type-C and USB PD controllers have been installed close to a couple of voltage regulation modules that handle the CPU's power requirements.


The Thunderbolt and DP ports.


Yeehon provides the cooling fan, and its model number is A8025L12S. It most likely uses a sleeve bearing, which doesn't last that long compared to fluid dynamic and dual ball bearings.