https://pcper.com/2024/04/a-pi-5-pc-or-a-no-name-amazon-mini-desktop/ A Leader in PC Hardware Reviews and News Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://pcper.com/2024/04/a-pi-5-pc-or-a-no-name-amazon-mini-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-248674 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:39:10 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=282766#comment-248674 Dechromed chormebox. An Asus CN62 is a great little box. Super cheap, easy to dechrome, and easy to use as any other x86 PC. Small, limited internal expansion (already has good WiFi, video out, and USB3 ports), but it has two memory slots and a dual bus processor. As long as you’re okay with a relatively slow dual-core Haswell chip, they’re awesome. Normal barrel jack labeled 19V, but I’ve happily run them off of way less. The 5V regulation on the USB is the first thing to go at around 7.5V. So, any 9V or higher supply should be just fine. And they don’t use much power. I ran Prime95 on one to test power draw and I couldn’t get it over 15W.

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