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Why is this any better than an ASRock DeskMini X300? AFAICT that option is cheaper and offers better storage options. They advertise coreboot support, but on s

Why is this any better than an ASRock DeskMini X300? AFAICT that option is cheaper and offers better storage options. They advertise coreboot support, but on specifications it says CoreBoot is coming soon. AFAIK Coreboot does not support Zen3 or any recent AMD CPUs. How will they be able to offer it?

fbdab103 4y ago
That DeskMini is a pretty attractive option at ~$160 for the barebones kit. I wonder if you could undervolt things enough to be passively cooled.
- Chico75 4y ago
  you can also fit a Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM fan in there, which provides a good balance of ventilation to noise ratio.
- layer8 4y ago
  For a fanless version, you can buy https://www.cirrus7.com/en/produkte/cirrus7-incus/ https://www.cirrus7.com/en/produkte/cirrus7-incus/.
openmapsguy 4y ago
Looks like Coreboot support for 5000 series landed recently: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Open-Source-FW-2023 https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Open-Source-FW-2023
- CameronNemo 4y ago
  This is (very welcome) news to me. Hopefully Starlabs can actually bring it to market, because that would be a good differentiator.