XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-07-18 21:58, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >> Oh, some videos overload another one of my laptops (too small, Lenovo,   
   >> fanless) and my mini-PC MSI Cubi N aka acting server. I did not try on   
   >> the Compaq. Usually videos done at 4K and/or h265. Some youtubes   
   >> overload firefox on those machines and can't watch at full screen.   
   >   
   >    Can you give me a pointer to some specs of your 'mini-PC MSI Cubi N',   
   > especially the CPU (brand, series, model, speed, cores)?   
      
   Brand is MSI. I think I bought it Nov 2016. It has an M2 type of nvme flash   
   disk, but came with the hardware to install a laptop type rotating rust hard   
   disk. It has no fan.   
      
   The specs I just posted detailed info an hour ago:   
      
   Isengard:~ # inxi -C -GSaz --za --vs   
   inxi 3.3.31-00 (2023-11-02)   
   System:   
      Kernel: 6.4.0-150600.23.53-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc   
        v: 7.5.0 clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm   
        parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.4.0-150600.23.53-default   
        root=UUID= showopts splash=verbose resume=/dev/disk/by-label/Swap   
        verbose mitigations=auto   
      Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.43 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm   
        v: 4.20.0 dm: 1: GDM v: 45.0.1 2: SDDM note: stopped   
        Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.6   
   CPU:   
      Info: model: Intel Pentium N3710 socket: BGA1155 bits: 64 type: MCP   
        arch: Airmont level: v2 built: 2015-17 process: Intel 14nm family: 6   
        model-id: 0x4C (76) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x411   
      Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt:  cache: L1: 224 KiB   
        desc: d-4x24 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 2x1024 KiB   
      Speed (MHz): avg: 480 min/max: 480/2560 base/boost: 1600/2400 scaling:   
        driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 1.2 V ext-clock: 80 MHz   
        cores: 1: 480 2: 480 3: 480 4: 480 bogomips: 12800   
      Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx   
      Vulnerabilities:    
   Graphics:   
      Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx   
        Integrated Graphics vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel   
        arch: Gen-8 process: Intel 14nm built: 2014-15 ports: active: HDMI-A-3   
        empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0   
        chip-ID: 8086:22b1 class-ID: 0300   
      Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1   
        compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: intel dri: iris gpu: i915   
        display-ID: localhost:10.0 screens: 1   
      Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")   
        s-diag: 584mm (22.99")   
      Monitor-1: HDMI-A-3 mapped: DVI-D-0 model: Samsung T22C350 built: 2012   
        res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73")   
        diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400   
      API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 23.3.4 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2   
        direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 128 bits)   
        device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 7.44 GiB unified: yes   
      API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 1 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel   
        HD Graphics 405 (BSW) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:22b1 surfaces: xcb,xlib   
      API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.   
   Isengard:~ #   
      
   >   
   >    I'm looking for a replacement for my wife's sort-of 'desktop' (Windows   
   > 10 laptop in a drawer with external dispay, keyboard and mouse) and I   
   > wonder what CPU I need.   
      
   This type of minipc can be bolted to a flat display (behind, on 4 nut holes   
   they have), so that the footprint on a table is minimal. You may have observed   
   this type of setup in banks and offices. Mine has both ethernet and WiFi.   
      
   I did not do this. I connected it to an external hard disk over USB3, which   
   eventually grew up to 4 disks. Now it runs a software raid 6 with 8 hard disks   
   instead. I would actually need a more powerful version. It draws minimal   
   electricity.   
      
   >   
   >    *My* current (Windows 11) laptop has an AMD Ryzen 5 5000 Series   
   > (System Information says: "AMD Ryzen 5 5625U with Radeon Graphics, 2300   
   > MHz, 6 Core(s)") which is fast enough, but I wonder what comparable   
   > 'mini-PC' CPU I would need. Some of the mini-PCs I see have normal CPU   
   > names, like "Intel Core 5", but others have meaningless (for me) names   
   > like 'N'.   
      
      
   I'm not really a connoisseur of them. The idea is using laptop hardware, but   
   in a tiny square box. Add display and keyboard. It is a neat idea for media   
   servers (absolutely silent), or home or office computers, as long as the tasks   
   are not cpu intensive.    
   Then a fan would be desired. Not the thing if you are going to do video   
   conversion, but perfect for browsing internet or light-medium office work.   
      
   Obviously, some come with Windows installed. I bought mine empty.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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