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They should have go with N3150, not dropping it because it was one step older. I bought a nice mini pc on aliexpress on N3150, 2 NICs, AES-NI, perfect OPNsense
by auslander 8y ago
They should have go with N3150, not dropping it because it was one step older. I bought a nice mini pc on aliexpress on N3150, 2 NICs, AES-NI, perfect OPNsense home router. It will last a decade. Fanless, small alum unibody.
- codetrotter 8y agoFound a few different ones. Which one did you buy? https://m.aliexpress.com/wholesale/N3150.html https://m.aliexpress.com/wholesale/N3150.html
- auslander 8y agoPartaker B5. INCTEL, if you want to buy from manufacturer.
- sireat 8y agoWhy go with N3150? That chip feels very slow (favorite in budget laptops thanks to Intel pricing, what a travesty) J4105 has way better benchmarks: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Celeron-N3150-vs-Intel-Celeron-J4105/m28103vsm444211 https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Celeron-N3150-vs...
- auslander 8y agoIt was OK in 2016. The article said they dropped it as new Apollo arch was introduced. But it was, and is still OK today. Maybe I missed it, but were there perf/usd metrics? Less USD makes it nicer :D
- lhl 8y agoI think you answered your own question - there were plenty of cheap Chinese boards out, so why bother? A big thing for these SBC manufacturers is finding the right niche they want to go for/believe they can maximize sales over the product lifetime.
- slantyyz 8y ago>> It will last a decade. As long as you're not adding any unnecessary additional load to it, I don't see why it wouldn't last even longer than a decade.