News The first Ryzen Z1 Mini PC has been benchmarked, reaches 40W

[Admin]

The AMD Ryzen Z1 APU (most known for its use in the cheaper ROG Ally Z1 handheld) is starting to see use in the desktop space, but eventual pricing will determine whether it swims or drowns.

The first Ryzen Z1 Mini PC has been benchmarked, reaches 40W : Read more

 

[cyrusfox]

Very hard to compete on price with all the many Intel N boxes, but nothing really out there with this kind of graphical capability. Competition in this space is very welcome with the Z performance profile but the volume may be very small... Good luck!

 

[Amdlova]

Nice little machine... but these cpu temps when stressing will fry the system too fast.

 

[Order 66]

I wonder how this and the Z1 extreme will perform with no artificial power restrictions and adequate cooling.

 

[deksman]

Nice little machine... but these cpu temps when stressing will fry the system too fast.

I didn't think the temps were bad at all when stressing the hw.
Now, I could be wrong given the small space in general, but those temps seem to be quite low and are not indicative they could fry the system.

If the temps went over 90 degrees Celsius, I'd be concerned, but from what I say, they barely reach 63 degrees C.

 

[husker]

It seems like maybe they spent about 3 seconds coming up with a name category for this product. Generally, computers are classified in four major categories: Super, Mainframe, Mini, and Micro. "Mini" is taken and has meaning to computer-types. Don't sully the waters by giving this thing a confusing name like "mini-PC", which is essentially like saying "mini-micro". Perhaps a naming contest is in order.

 

[HaninTH]

Perhaps a naming contest is in order.

Neutrino class? Quark? Boson?