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I'm starting to see N95 systems on Amazon.

www.amazon.com/3-40Ghz-Desktop-Computer ... 0BS9VXH1N/
AceMagician branded, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage. 2x NICs, which is following the trend of a few others, so it might make a good network appliance. I like that it has a DisplayPort and HDMI port, and a USB-C port. It also has a 2.5" port for a laptop drive/SSD, so nice expandable storage! Today's price, $200 after a coupon code.

www.amazon.com/3-40Ghz-Desktop-Computer ... 0BSD27SF8/
Similar system, AceMagician, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage. Makes me wonder if the RAM can be upgraded in either one. $260 after coupon code.

www.amazon.com/KAMRUI-GK3-Ethernet-Busi ... 0BS369VMF/
www.amazon.com/KAMRUI-Windows-Computer- ... 0BS9CPNS2/
Kamrui branded, 16GB RAM, 512GB Storage. Similar design to the other GK3 models, so it has a bigger footprint, but also offers 2x HDMI and 1xVGA, 4x USB but no USB-C. Upgradable with a 2.5" drive. I don't get why there are two listings, since they both have the same specs. Both are $260 after coupon.

For comparison, Simodewa offers an N95 model too: www.amazon.com/SIMODEWA-Alderlake-N-Com ... 0BRB2SHCF/ - this is similar in size but does not offer expandable 2.5" storage. 8GB/256GB for $190 after coupon.

I'll admit, I'm tempted to pick up one of these. I'm not sure which qualifies as a AD03, probably the AceMagician as the Kamrui calls itself a GK3 Plus.

The AceMagician models look cuter, with dual NICs. I can imagine running VMware's ESXi software on it, with a few small virtual machines, allowing for a dedicated management port, assuming it recognises the NIC model. I've done that with other mini PCs and have been impressed by their performance.

While the N95 looks to be a capable processor, the one thing that worries me a little is that it supports only a single channel of RAM. Still, with the higher frequency, larger cache and its support for faster RAM, especially with DDR5, I imagine it more than makes up for it.

Action? I need some testers. Are you interested?


www.amazon.com/3-40Ghz-Desktop-Computer ... 0BS9VXH1N


www.amazon.com/3-40Ghz-Desktop-Computer ... 0BSD27SF8

Which one?

BTW:I hope everyone will also participate, this is something that all forum users can experience.

On the AceMagician one, does anyone know what type of chip runs the NIC and what type of wifi chipset is used? I am looking at a small box to run either OpenWrt or Opnsense on it.

sdd wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:41 pm On the AceMagician one, does anyone know what type of chip runs the NIC and what type of wifi chipset is used? I am looking at a small box to run either OpenWrt or Opnsense on it.

I haven't touched these systems yet, but most of these Mini PCs I have played with run the Realtek chipset for networking. Although Windows and Linux don't have an issue, I've found other OS's like FreeBSD (used in pfsense, TrueNAS, etc) require a little fine tuning, and might not recognise the Wifi at all. That's not a limitation on the hardware, but a limitation for the OS.

Hopefully we'll have some posts about specific hardware. If I get one, I'll do that.

sdd wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:41 pm On the AceMagician one, does anyone know what type of chip runs the NIC and what type of wifi chipset is used? I am looking at a small box to run either OpenWrt or Opnsense on it.

8821CE wifi module and Realtek network card are used