Posts by hcliec001

thanks for your replies, as always I appreciate when experts in this field that have worked for over a decade share their knowledge.
100% agree with your sentiment. value is important. For example Optane is not good value because for the use case it doesn't translate to better user experience.

my friend already has the N150. The reason he got this box is because he actually needs more performance in Windows. He's also has issues with OSD saturation in LibreELEC on his LG C3 (I believe). The performance on his N150 is excellent otherwise

So for him their is value and living in Canada he doesn't get the discounts I get in UK. So getting a GMKek k6 plus was out of the question. and he found a good deal on this box. I tried to convince him to buy a Genmachine from China but without warranty and people reporting issues , it was not worth it (for him)

I thought to share what I learnt about these Ryzen chipset since I've not heard anyone talk about , nor tested it. And seeing that it's literally as much as an N100 based system (Z100) and that from all accounts you can't even hear the fan, then I think it's worth discussing. The N100 seems to find it's spot as the go to x86 system to get, so having people share their experience with this new Ryzen chips can raise awareness at how much the field has improved and what performance you can get.

Lastly the community I'm from are heavily invested in addons and stuff like widgets. it matters and knowing their is options for speed for those that want it is good.

so we did some more research and realised the U series is not what you want but the HS, my friend got an expensive box (BEELINX SER8)to test with the 8745HS, (exact same as the 8845HS but without the NPU) and the results are impressive when compared to other boxes

measur pyscore for single core python speed he gets

He said he can't hear the fan, and to compare against the N100, that scored 331,408
that's 115% more performance ,
the GMKtek k6 plus on aliexpress is roughly the same amount more lol

here is the list I'm recording if anyone wants to see, Libreelec is at top lol

Best Kodi-capable, Local Video Playback-focused Media Players in 2025

docs.google.com

For the price of the MINIX Z100-0dB Fanless Mini PC you can get the GMKtek k6 plus which I've heard is silent
and get twice the performance , that's insane, also the GPU knocks the socks of this.

I'd love your opinion on this sky42 , have you come across this? the 8745HS or even the 7845HS, they haven't changed much
thx

thanks chewitt

has this got any future relevance here chewitt

staging: add color management protocol (!14) · Merge requests · wayland / wayland-protocols · GitLab

The aim of the color management extension is to allow clients to know the color properties of outputs, and to tell the compositor about the color properties…

gitlab.freedesktop.org

thanks chewitt I'm so tempted lol
this comparison has it 96% faster in single core compared to the N100.

The N100 I can source for around £70 on sales, the 8840u for £260

So you're paying 271% more with 366% more power draw (28w vs 6w) for 96% faster single core.

On idle these boxes are not that high in power draw and you'll be using hardware decode too.
Once prices reach more reasonable levels like £150, I think this would be great to test out.
It is strange that only a single Chinese box is selling this inside a minipc form factor, most are hand held.
anyway hope someone does try it out lol

Was doing some research for the next best Chipset after the N100 as a miniPC with lowish power draw and my research points towards the Ryzen 8440U

Mainly interested in single core speed. From Ali for around £260, it aligns well for value.
I'm not in the process of buying but was wondering how well do you think it would work out of the box compared to an N100.
Literally only Gigabyte has one

GB-BER7-8840 Key Features | BRIX (Mini-PC Barebone) - GIGABYTE Global

Classic BRIX extreme design AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8840U Processor AMD Radeon™ 780M Super Fast 2.5G LAN + Wi-Fi 6E module 4x 4K Display outputs, 2x HDMI, 1x mini DP…

www.gigabyte.com

Asrock has this
https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/4X4-8840U

you have lots of handheld using this
but only one chinese minipc vendor lol

any speculative thoughts on this? thx

Thankyou for getting back to me, I was most concerned about noise and the G3 mini Plus was almost half price but with a fan and worse build design. really thought I'd b able to replace the Pi5 which is a beast but I do notice the my SK1 gives a better audio and picture quality but it's far slower than the Pi5. Pi5 is almost perfect if not for a few flaws (over saturation, HDR10+ looks slightly better on my TV). Because of your comment I've realised their is no perfect device for all occasion. and it's worth seeing how these N100 systems do for my setup. I've decided to get the cheaper g3 mini plus, it's even got the N150, though it's not much different to the N100.

Thanks for your help and for your continued support on this platform, I'm sure I'll be making use of it and looking forward to how this hardware will perform, but for $129 N150, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, it's a nice deal thx

sky42 sorry for repeat question, I don't know how to edit my comment, I've seen you have the minix Z100 and are a developer, how do you find it in LibreELEC, would you say it can do everything a Pi5 in LibreELEC can do? My friend says the OSD in LibreELEC for the pi5 is over saturated. so if the N100 platform isn't over saturated, it's a viable replacement. I don't want to sacrifice on speed , so it has to be at least as fast as Pi.

I can get the Minix Z100 for £190 all in, do you think it's worth it ? really do appreciate any help you can offer thanks

@acamas125

hey how are you finding the g3 mini plus in terms of sound, is everything working that you want, how about CEC or wake from LAN. Just trying to decide between the g3 mini plus for £98 compared to the Minix Z100 which costs £189 second hand (almost like new)

The g3 mini plus has the n1500 which is marginally better too. any help is appreciated thanks