Thermalright teases upcoming AI HydroNous R1 mini PC with water-cooled AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395

Thermalright is primarily known for its PC cooling solutions and cases, but, last year, the company appeared to be interested in diversifying its portfolio with mini PC devices. At Computext 2025, Thermalright presented several mini PC concepts powered by AMD’s processors, and one of the prototypes featured a liquid cooling solution. The plan was to mass produce some of these models, yet the company has not made any official launch announcement ever since. Today, however, Thermalright released the specs for its first mass-produced liquid-cooled mini PC dubbed AI HydroNous R1.

This new model is unlike anything shown last year at Computex. First of all, the 2.6-litre case has a vertical orientation clearly emphasized by the included 4.6-inch LCD display with Thermalright Control Center features. This is to maximize the efficiency of the water cooling solution with 180 mm fans that uses the larger area of the side panels for increased air flow.

Moreover, the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU at the heart of this model was modified to work at a maximum TDP of 176 W, as opposed to the standard 120 W. Thermalright appears to have figured out a way to safely push the processor beyond its factory limits thanks to its superior water cooling system. While the integrated Radeon 8060S GPU was already a decent 1080p gaming solution at factory defaults, the additional power should provide a considerable boost in games, and the CPU and NPU sides may also see significant performance uplift in compute workloads.

The exact RAM and storage specs have not been revealed. Presumably Thermalright would go with the default 128 GB of RAM and at least 2 TB of storage. Port selection is not visible in any of the teaser images, but the ITHome article mentions dual USB4 connectors and 10 GbE plus 2.5 GbE NICs. Availability and exact pricing would be revealed at a later date.