ACEPC AK1 - cheap way to play 4K HEVC

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Apollo Lake mini PC for $145 shipped

https://www.gearbest.com/mini-pc/pp_694602.html

Glenn7

Thanks! Had been looking for exactly such thing.

Ezzelin

I'm also thinking of getting something like this to upgrade my Haswell HP mini PC, since the 10 bit H265 files from the G9 are impossible to decode in realtime on my current systems. However, there were a few reviews that said the fan was noisy on this unit, and since it will be my media PC, I'm looking at this one instead, which is fanless:

https://www.amazon.com/Azulle-Byte3-Fanless-Windows-1153-AB3-2/dp/B076CC93FP

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@Ezzelin

Try to avoid any fanless Chinese mini PCs, ok? Even if average Joe tells that it is all ok in his home, in around 99% cases it is not. Either CPU is throttling, or VRM is hot like hell, or something else like poor capacitor with 120 Celsius temperatures. It just needs time to show itself.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Still price is close at $149

https://www.gearbest.com/mini-pc/pp_009200459676.html

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