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    Atom Mini PC - Do You Have One?

    Discussion in 'Desktop Hardware' started by Tinderbox (UK), Mar 16, 2017.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

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    I just bought one of these the other week, I bought the DROIDBOX T11 but this mini pc is sold under other brand names.

    NO 5GHZ AC

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    Unlocked x64 UEFI many many settings to mess with.
    Windows 10 Home x64
    You can add an 7mm or 9.5mm 2.5" HDD/SSD as an storage device to the compartment underneath, this shows up as an USB device and the speed is limited to USB 2.0 speeds


    Processor: Intel Atom x5 Z8300 1.44Ghz with CPU boost
    Operating System: Windows 10 Home
    GPU: Intel HD Graphics (Gen7)
    RAM: 2GB
    Internal Memory: 32GB eMMC
    Expandable Memory: microSD and one 2.5? hard drive bay
    GPU Intel HD Graphics (Gen7)
    HDMI: Yes
    USB Ports: 5 (4 full sized, one microUSB OTG socket)
    10/100Mbit
    Ethernet: Yes
    Flash Support: Yes
    4K Video Playback: Yes, Supports UHD 4K Videos
    Video Support: H.265/H.264/H.263/VC1/WMV/MOV/MKV/AVI/RM/RMVB/FLV/MPEG-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4
    Music Support: MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC/AC3/WAV
    Photo Support: JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG
    Text Support: TXT/HTML/PDF/CHM/EPUB/UMD/WDL/CEB/PDG
    Music Support: MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC/AC3/WAV
    I/O Ports: 10/100 Ethernet, HDMI, Micro SD, Power Port, 2.5? hard drive bay
    WIFI: Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n
    Bluetooth Yes
    Power: DC 5v/3A
    Accessories: HMDI cable, power adapter, manual
    Color: Black
    Dimensions: 13cm x 13cm x 3.4cm
    Weight: 200g
     
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    I'm building a low power fanless pc myself. I went with the new Apollo Lake J3455 Celerons which is impressive given its 10W TDP. The board I ordered is the ASRock J3455B-ITX. From benchmarks I've been seeing, it's about on par in terms of processor performance to a 1st gen i5-430M which is 35W TDP. If anyone is interested, I'll post some results once I put it together.
     
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    I wanted something small and low power, the Atom x5 Z8300 has an TDP of 2W the entire PC idles at around 5W

    My main use is as an media player, I have tried a few android tv boxes and they cannot play 1080p 10-bit H.265 or H.254 10-bit in hardware decoding and even the latest ARM SOC octo core is software playback only and they just do not have enough power to play a smooth video.

    The Z8300 has enough power to play 10-bit smooth in software.

    John.
     
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    A PC that consumes less than most light bulbs :D Amazing how efficient CPUs are getting as time goes by.
     
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    I was looking for an smallish monitor that did not use much power, I found a second-hand AOC 19.5" LED for £24 and it uses less than 10W while some monitor can use 40W or more, So check before you buy, unless you don't pay the electric bill.

    John.
     
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    That's my next step. I still have an old 2007 Acer 22" that consumes around 30W with the brightness way down, around 48W with the brightness maxed.
     
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    It's named DroidBox, but not running Android lol

    I was thinking of buying a similar thing, but at last decided to build a fanless AMD AM1 mini-ITX system instead.

    Sure, why not? I have an AM1 system (and I was thinking of soldered system like J1900 or A4-5000 before that) so that'll make a good comparison.

    Detailed spec:
    • MSI AM1I mini-ITX motherboard
    • AMD Athlon 5150 APU (Radeon R3 integrated graphics, GCN architecture)
    • Stock AMD aluminum heatsink (fan removed)
    • 2 x 4GB Kingston DDR3-1333 low-profile RAM
    • 2.5" 500GB Western Digital SATA HDD
    • Intel 6230 WiFi + BT combo card
    • Advance Slimtour 3908B mini-ITX case (2 x 50mm fans removed)
    • Delta 60W (12V 5A) power brick
    • Windows 10 Home 64-bit
    Now sitting in living room and plugged to a 53" TV (no way it's gonna drain as little as 10W :D) as an HTPC.
     
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    I have an old 1st gen netbook with an atom cpu. does that count? :vbbiggrin:
     
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