2013-06-06, 23:53
Hi,
till this morning i was a happy owner of a Foxconn nt330i (intel atom 330 with nvidia ion) using 2gb ram and 64gb SSD for about 2 or 3 years.
All worked ok, almost 2 months 24/7 on without reboot, running windows 8 with Qbittorrent, Jdownloader and XBMC all time, also use it as a NAS with 2 external 3TB HDs to acces them from desktop pc and notebook.
This morning my mother cleaning it.. er... broke it.. seems some GPU problem. Anyway i was already thinking on replacing it for a fanless solution.
I have seen on Foxconn two new more modern setups, the AT-5570 and AT-5250. I have been looking on forum if someone had any of them but couldnt find any more than info about the product exist, not tests.
AT-5570 is:
AMD Dual Core C70 1.0GHz APU
One SO-DIMM Socket support DDR3 up to 8GB
AMD Radeon HD 7290 support DX11
FANLESS
AT-5250 is:
Intel Dual Core Atom D2550 1.86GHz
One SO-DIMM Socket support DDR3 up to 4GB
Intel GMA 3650
FANLESS
I add to clean HTPC 4gb ram i will buy with it and 64gb SSD i already have.
What you people think about them? Id preffer buy something already ready to put ram and SSD HD than make a full HTPC with case, mobo, cpu, ... mostly cause im not sure ill do ok.
I have also read the "Shuttle XS35GT-V3 - fanless, AMD 7410m, ATOM D2700" thread. Sounds great but i read some ppl having problems with windows on it. I preffer windows cause of easy usage and cause someday id like to put MAME on it (old games, no need much CPU/GPU for it i think) and its very easier to manage from XBMC on windows than on linux. Actually i had the old nt330i some time with xbmcbuntu on a SD card, but changed to windows when i got the SSD HD, worked perfect so i continued with it.
Any one has tested those foxconn fanless htpcs? Any other suggestion?
My must have is: windows 8 (i have license), put my actual 2.5" SSD HD, work perfect on 1080p 24p and 50p (euro tv series), silent (fanless better but its not a must), and of course being able to manage XBMC (i used confluence cause less gpu needs than AEON NOX) with jdownloader and qbittorrent on background (i manage them through web from desktop PC). True HD and DTS-HD support is not a must (i connect this to my Onkyo AV that support it but im not beethoven so i will probably not notice so much difference)
Very thnx to all in advance!
till this morning i was a happy owner of a Foxconn nt330i (intel atom 330 with nvidia ion) using 2gb ram and 64gb SSD for about 2 or 3 years.
All worked ok, almost 2 months 24/7 on without reboot, running windows 8 with Qbittorrent, Jdownloader and XBMC all time, also use it as a NAS with 2 external 3TB HDs to acces them from desktop pc and notebook.
This morning my mother cleaning it.. er... broke it.. seems some GPU problem. Anyway i was already thinking on replacing it for a fanless solution.
I have seen on Foxconn two new more modern setups, the AT-5570 and AT-5250. I have been looking on forum if someone had any of them but couldnt find any more than info about the product exist, not tests.
AT-5570 is:
AMD Dual Core C70 1.0GHz APU
One SO-DIMM Socket support DDR3 up to 8GB
AMD Radeon HD 7290 support DX11
FANLESS
AT-5250 is:
Intel Dual Core Atom D2550 1.86GHz
One SO-DIMM Socket support DDR3 up to 4GB
Intel GMA 3650
FANLESS
I add to clean HTPC 4gb ram i will buy with it and 64gb SSD i already have.
What you people think about them? Id preffer buy something already ready to put ram and SSD HD than make a full HTPC with case, mobo, cpu, ... mostly cause im not sure ill do ok.
I have also read the "Shuttle XS35GT-V3 - fanless, AMD 7410m, ATOM D2700" thread. Sounds great but i read some ppl having problems with windows on it. I preffer windows cause of easy usage and cause someday id like to put MAME on it (old games, no need much CPU/GPU for it i think) and its very easier to manage from XBMC on windows than on linux. Actually i had the old nt330i some time with xbmcbuntu on a SD card, but changed to windows when i got the SSD HD, worked perfect so i continued with it.
Any one has tested those foxconn fanless htpcs? Any other suggestion?
My must have is: windows 8 (i have license), put my actual 2.5" SSD HD, work perfect on 1080p 24p and 50p (euro tv series), silent (fanless better but its not a must), and of course being able to manage XBMC (i used confluence cause less gpu needs than AEON NOX) with jdownloader and qbittorrent on background (i manage them through web from desktop PC). True HD and DTS-HD support is not a must (i connect this to my Onkyo AV that support it but im not beethoven so i will probably not notice so much difference)
Very thnx to all in advance!