Mini PC
- @for PC builders
- @author Kai Ruhl
- @since 2020-03
Mini-ITX [wiki]
computers are useful as servers and, if newer, can also serve some
time as client PCs with video and light gaming. I have gone
through the following iterations:
2002
- LEX Light-860A
- 24x18x5cm, 20W passive
- 0.5GHz 1-core
- 0.5GB PC-133 RAM
2008
- fit-pc slim
- 11x10x3cm, 6W passive
- 0.8GHz 1-core
- 0.5GB DDR1
2019
- A300 Deskmini
- 16x16x8cm, 65W active
- 3.7GHz 4-core
- 32GB DDR4
In Europe, the following suppliers exist:
- HRT [shop] [de]:
Where I got the LEX light from.
- MiniDIS [shop]
[nl]: Has the fitlet2 [spec]
(2017), a successor to the fit-pc slim.
- Mind factory [shop]
[de]: Has the A300 including VESA mount etc.
- SilentMaxx [shop]:
Has A300 equivalents, but passively cooled.
A timeline of news on passively cooled barebones
[wiki]:
- 2022-08: Tranquil MiniRugged
MR-10MDL-51
(21x18x5cm) [news1]
with i3-10110U
(15W), 32 GB RAM, 2280 M2.
- 2022-07: PrimeMini5
(18x12x6cm) [news1]
with i3-1115G4
(15W), 64GB RAM, 2280 M2.
- 2022-06: Maxtang NX6412
(13x13x4cm) [news1]
[vid1]
with J6412
(10W), 32GB RAM, 2280 M2.
- 2021-10: Compulab fitlet3
(14x11x4cm) [docs]
[news1]
[news2]
[de1]
with x6211
(6W), 32GBM RAM, 2280 M2.
- 2021-04: Inonet QBix-K
(14x12x8cm) [de1]
with i3-7100U
(15W), 8GB RAM, 2280 M2.
- 2021-04: Bleujour Wave
(17x12x6cm) [news1]
with NCE
11gen
not-yet-known processor, 16GB RAM, 2280 M2 or PCIe SATA.
- 2021-03: Lenovo ThinkEdge
SE30 (18x9x5cm) [news1]
[news2]
with i3-1115GRE
(15W), 16GB RAM, 2280 M2.
- 2021-02: Asus PN41
(12x12x5cm) [news1]
with N5100
(6W), 4GB RAM, 2280 M2.
- 2021-02: Zotac ZBox
edge CI341 (15x15x4cm)
[news1]
with N4100
(6W), 48GB RAM, M2 SATA.
- 2020-11: ASRock
iBox V2000
(17x11x5cm) with V2516
(25W), 64GB RAM and 2280 M2.
- 2020-05: Compulab Tensor-i20,
(20x20x5cm) with G4932E
(20W), 64GB RAM, 2280 M2 and SATA SSD.
- 2020-04: ASRock
iBox R1000
(17x15x7cm) with R1505G
(25W).
- 2020-04: EEPD
BoxPC
(12x12x5cm) with R1505G
(25W).
- 2020-02: SimplyNUC Oak
(12x12x6cm) with R1102G
(6W) or R1305G (10W).
- 2020-01: Zotac ZBox
CA621 Nano (21x13x7cm) [rumor]
with 3200U
(25W).
- 2019-12: Maxtang VHFP30
(19x15x4cm)
[de]
[ali]
with V1605B
(12W), 32GB RAM, NVMe SSD.
- 2017-11: Compulab fitlet2
(12x8x3cm) [press]
with Atom x7-E3950
(12W).
SoC releases are:
- 2021: Intel releases
mobile Celeron N5000 (6W),
notably N5100 (4-core 1GHz and UHDgen11 at 6W).
- 2020: AMD releases
embedded V2000 (from 25W),
notably V2516 (6-core 2GHz and Zen2-Vega at 25W).
- 2020: Intel releases
embedded Core i3-1115GRE
(2-core 2GHz and UHD at 15W).
- 2019: AMD invites
industrial partners
for its MiniPC listing.
- 2019: AMD releases
embedded R1000 (from 6W)
[news1]
[news2]
[hack],
notably R1102G (2-core 1.2GHz and RxVega3 at 6W)
and R1305G (2-core 1.5GHz and RxVega3 at 10W);
and Ryzen 3000 Mobile (from 15W),
notably 3200U (2-core 2.5GHz and Vega3 at 25W).
- 2018: AMD releases
embedded V1000 (from 25W),
notably V1605B (4-core 2GHz and RxVega8 at 25W).
- 2017: AMD releases
Ryzen 2000 Mobile (from 25W),
notably 2500U (4-core 2GHz and
Vega8 at 25W).
- 2017: Intel releases
mobile Celeron N4000 (6W),
notably N4100 (4-core 1GHz and UHD600 at 6W).
- 2016: Intel releases
embedded Atom x7-E3950
(4-core 1.6GHz and HD505 at 12W).
News sources are:
EOF (Apr:2021)
