News ASRock's New Mini-PCs Target Workstation To NAS Users And Everyone In Between

[Admin]

ASRock partners with Topfeel to launch the DeskMff, DeskMic, DeskMix, DeskAIO, DeskNAS, and DeskMax mini-PCs.

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[LuxZg]

Seems like not up to date... Too many compromises

 

[bit_user]

I would appreciate more information about TOPFEEL, as it's not a brand familiar to me. Why would ASRock need to partner with them?

As for these products, some of the cases look interesting to me. If they used a standard form factor (mini-ITX or STX), I might be interested in buying either just the case or perhaps an entire machine (with the idea that I could upgrade it).

 

[lmcnabney]

These are mini-PCs. I don't see anything that would ever be confused with a NAS. No room for spinning rust and at most four 2.5" SATA.

 

[gggplaya]

I just wish someone would throw a low wattage ~35watt or ~15w Ryzen APU onto a Mini ITX motherboard form factor. Low wattage matters more to me than small form factor. Then I can throw it into a 4U rack case with a bunch of hard drives.

 

[bit_user]

I just wish someone would throw a low wattage ~35watt or ~15w Ryzen APU onto a Mini ITX motherboard form factor. Low wattage matters more to me than small form factor. Then I can throw it into a 4U rack case with a bunch of hard drives.

Those exist.

• https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/0...md-ryzen-embedded-r2000-mini-itx-motherboard/
• https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/0...oard-with-amd-ryzen-embedded-v2000-processor/
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-137
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-128
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-67
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-74

To the extent they're industrial boards, they won't be cheap. You can find more, here: https://www.cnx-software.com/?s=ryzen+itx

Your best bet might be to get an AM4 board, put one of the cheaper/lower-watt CPU models on it, and then further reduce heat & power through BIOS or software utilities.

 

[gggplaya]

Those exist.

• https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/0...md-ryzen-embedded-r2000-mini-itx-motherboard/
• https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/0...oard-with-amd-ryzen-embedded-v2000-processor/
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-137
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-128
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-67
• https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx&filter_attribute=22-74

To the extent they're industrial boards, they won't be cheap. You can find more, here: https://www.cnx-software.com/?s=ryzen+itx

Your best bet might be to get an AM4 board, put one of the cheaper/lower-watt CPU models on it, and then further reduce heat & power through BIOS or software utilities.

I should be more specific, I want something you would find on these SFF pc's or a laptop. Such as a Ryzen 6800U found in the Minisforum's NUC style PC. A fairly powerful 8 core 16 thread CPU with a decent iGPU with a TDP of 15-28watts. That's not actual watt usage, but it'll be low regardless. Being a laptop processor, it'll have low idle usage and low high load wattage. Throw it onto a mini itx motherboard instead with like 8 sata ports, and it would be an ideal NAS board.

The ones you mentioned all target the industrial market. Not enough sata ports. Most are still on Ryzen V2000 or older. V3000 are hard to find.

 

[bit_user]

I should be more specific, I want something you would find on these SFF pc's or a laptop. Such as a Ryzen 6800U found in the Minisforum's NUC style PC. A fairly powerful 8 core 16 thread CPU with a decent iGPU with a TDP of 15-28watts.

So far, the desktop G-series models are made using the same dies as the laptop chips. So, you can use AM4 + 5000G-series, if that's good enough. If not, then I guess you'll have to wait.

That's not actual watt usage, but it'll be low regardless. Being a laptop processor, it'll have low idle usage and low high load wattage. Throw it onto a mini itx motherboard instead with like 8 sata ports, and it would be an ideal NAS board.

Oof. 8 SATA ports takes you into the territory of a more specialized product. Honestly, your best bet would be an Intel Elkhart Lake or Alder Lake-N board. The N200 now has 8 cores of roughly Skylake performance.

If you need more performance than that, pickings will be slim, but you might find something.

 

[gggplaya]

So far, the desktop G-series models are made using the same dies as the laptop chips. So, you can use AM4 + 5000G-series, if that's good enough. If not, then I guess you'll have to wait.


Oof. 8 SATA ports takes you into the territory of a more specialized product. Honestly, your best bet would be an Intel Elkhart Lake or Alder Lake-N board. The N200 now has 8 cores of roughly Skylake performance.

If you need more performance than that, pickings will be slim, but you might find something.

I have a 5700G in my NAS now. It uses about 35watts at idle in eco mode. Little bit higher than I would like. I'd like to be under 15watts.

 

[bit_user]

I have a 5700G in my NAS now. It uses about 35watts at idle in eco mode. Little bit higher than I would like. I'd like to be under 15watts.

It feels like Alder Lake-N might be a good fit for your needs. No, it's not going to be faster than your 5700G, but it's probably the most power-efficient thing on the market, right now.