2015-05-28, 15:52
(2015-05-28, 11:55)tecje Wrote:(2015-05-28, 07:06)hyde01 Wrote:(2015-05-27, 11:09)tecje Wrote: I need to make a final decision between the zotac bi320 barebone (adding 4 GB ram and 64 ssd) and the MSI cubi. The cubi is 30 euros more total. Is this worth the better CPU and msata option?
I am curious, how much is ready to use Zotac ZBOX-BI320-U-W2 compared to barebone? Here in the states, Barebone version is $104, loaded version is $200. It's a no brainer to go with loaded one since it comes with 64GB SSD and 2GB RAM (with a room for another 2GB if needed, which can be bought for $10-$15)
Also when comparing to Cubi, remember Cubi comes with BT and Wifi, which neither version of Zotac does. I am not too worried about wifi/bt, but it's good to have.
We have soms crappy prices here. Zotac bare is 130, full is 260. So the full option is overpriced. The MSI is 240 ish, but the lack of optical output has me a bit worried for my situation (hometheather has poor hdmi , not adjustable, screen quality).
I'm stilling thinking about an Asus i3 barebone at 200, so total will be around 280, since I will be running Windows anyway.
I will first test dual HDMI as fall back. One to TV for visuals and second HDMI to ht for audio, for I make the final decision.
I made a little comparison, (I used $80 for windows license but with those who use barebone, I guess they don't buy Windows)
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