News Rock Pi X: An x86 Computer in Raspberry Pi Form Factor

[Admin]

An x86 CPU in a board the of a Raspberry Pi. Run Windows 10 or any Linux distro with the Rock Pi X.

Rock Pi X: An x86 Computer in Raspberry Pi Form Factor : Read more

 

[mspencerl87]

If Rock Pi, or Raspi would release a version with 2x LAN ports. Now that's something id throw money down for.

 

[neojack]

Usually my board of choice for embeded x86 is the PCEngine's APU series. they have AMD processors 1-4 LAN ports, M2 storage, 1 sata port, and miniPCi expansions. the board is more expensive, though, about 150USD

nice to have cheaper options for x86
how is the cooling of this rockpi ?

 

[zeroidea]

If Rock Pi, or Raspi would release a version with 2x LAN ports. Now that's something id throw money down for.

NanoPi R2S Dual Gigabit Ethernet SBC
Rock Pi E SBC Comes with ... Two Ethernet Ports

 

[gruffi]

z8350? No, thanks. I have that one in a Tablet with 4 GB RAM and 128 GB eMMC. Not really enjoyable with Windows 10. I tried Android-x86 some time ago. But that wasn't stable enough. At the moment I'm using Linux Mint Cinnamon. But even that sometimes lags. A more recent Atom would have been a better solution.

 

[Randysview]

An x86 CPU in a board the of a Raspberry Pi. Run Windows 10 or any Linux distro with the Rock Pi X.

Rock Pi X: An x86 Computer in Raspberry Pi Form Factor : Read more

You should look at boards from commell in tawain. Excellent processor and network options including multiple ethernet connections.

 

[UglyStuff]

I had (past tense, the mobo got fried somehow) a budget laptop that came with that CPU, which is really an SoC, and the motherboard is extremely compact from the the get, so the only "exploit" here is to add a few peripherals that the SoC does support but aren't supplied by the OEMs due to the compacity they try to offer their customers, i.e. an Ethernet port.

That's it. And for what it's worth, this CPU/SoC has a mean tendency to thermal throttling that can go all the way to crashing your machine, because cooling is passive.