In the spirit of “Hungry for Knowledge”, to celebrate the release of the new Intel Core Ultra 200S (Arrow Lake) processors and Z890 motherboards (Gigabyte Z890), we’re making the rounds to a few high schools to show the public the latest hardware. In Žilina, it was yet unreleased desktop processors and motherboards, so in this case we are writing about a pre-premiere. And a worldwide one at that.
Doing detailed tests and writing articles is great, but sharing the joy of knowledge also has something to it. That’s why we decided to do something like the “HWCooling Techtour”. A project where we want to spark an interest in computer hardware among students of technical high schools. The hardware doesn’t get much attention in these places, or the newest components that the students encounter in school are often outdated, which can be naturally demotivating. So we’ve turned things around a bit and in collaboration mainly with Intel, Gigabyte and the Datacomp store, we’ve brought in the hardware of ‘tomorrow’. In the context of Intel Arrow Lake processors, or more correctly Intel Core Ultra 200S and Gigabyte Z890 motherboards, this is indeed the case, as when it comes to sales and reviews, the information embargo on these components still hasn’t expired.
HWCooling events will always be primarily educational in nature, but we try to do it in such a way that students don’t fall asleep and have at least a little fun. One of the ways in Žilina was to involve them in lectures, where on 22 October 2024 students competed against each other for a Intel Core Ultra 5 245K processor, a Z890 Aorus Elite WiFi7 Ice motherboard or a Aorus Waterforce II 360I liquid cooler. The processor could be earned for interacting with Intel and Gigabyte and answering questions correctly or creating questions during question time. The most active student (shoutout to David, by the way) then won the aforementioned processor, and by demonstrating knowledge and insight, qualified for the skills competition (as did the second and third most active students in order). These consisted of installing an Aorus Waterforce II 360I cooler on the processor. The student who managed the installation in the shortest time won the cooler itself and the motherboard (Z890 Aorus Elite WiFi7) to go with it. Coincidentally, it was David again, who left the event excited.
HWCooling Techtour, as we have named the editorial events, is primarily intended to enrich students and schools with expertise. This in different ways. Firstly, with technically led lectures on related components (in this case, processors and motherboards), but then also with the teaching aids which we have produced for the schools. Specifically, these are large sheets describing the different parts of a processor (including the elements in a silicon chip) or a motherboard. Such materials, including real components, are quite lacking in schools. Thanks to Gigabyte’s initiative, these have also been provided, so students no longer have to only look at pictures or work with long outdated motherboards, typically with the north bridge of the chipset still outside the processor (on the motherboard PCB).
Secondary Vocational School of Electrical Engineering in Žilina was the first stop, the second is in Martin (Technical secondary school Martin) – October 24, 2024. Yes, that’s when Intel Core Ultra 200S processors and Z890 motherboards will go on sale, so it worked out nicely for the “world premiere”.
Although these are closed events for selected high schools, we do have a few spots for the wider public if there is an overwhelming interest. But this would be a couple at most and if you are interested in participating you would have to let us know in advance
(at info@hwcooling.net), that you’ll stop by. We’d love to welcome the biggest fans of HWCooling.net and we’d be happy to exchange a few words.
We would like to thank the following companies for their cooperation in the events: Intel, Gigabyte (Aorus), Datacomp, Axagon, Sony, Jama Levova, I See IT and Kingston.
We will continue documenting the events and hopefully, we will manage to get some spectacular photos with the Aorus fan connected (via a hose) to a smoke machine. 🙂
English translation and edit by Jozef Dudáš
