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Photon — Internal Overview

This page is a reference for what’s inside your Photon. It’s for orientation — “what does this machine actually contain?” — not for service procedures.

Photon packs workstation-class hardware into an SFF chassis:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9000 series, cooled by a 240 mm all-in-one liquid cooler
  • Memory: 2 × DDR5 DIMM slots, up to 128 GB
  • Graphics: 1 × full-length PCIe GPU, up to 4-slot wide and 600 W
  • Storage: 2 × NVMe M.2 slots (1 × Gen 4, 1 × Gen 5)
  • Power supply: 1000 W Platinum SFX
  • Cooling: 4 × Noctua Industrial 120 mm chassis fans + the CPU AIO

Photon uses front-to-rear airflow. Cool air is drawn in through the front intakes, passes over the components, and exhausts through the rear. Keep the front and rear of the machine unobstructed — a blocked intake will make the fans work harder and raise noise.

For dust removal, see Cleaning your machine.