top | item 45371130 (no title) boredhedgehog | 5 months ago It requires a separate keyboard, which means more space usage and more cables. And not sure, but I think the N150 has a fan, so more noise. discuss order hn newest jsheard|5 months ago N150 machines come with or without fans, the chip is cool enough to run passively with a decent heatsink.e.g. https://www.minix.com.hk/products/minix-z150-0db-fanless-min...The ones with fans tend to be cheaper and have better sustained performance though. akazantsev|5 months ago ASUS PN42 is also passive, but they do not mention it. You can find this out from teardown pictures. They also have certified 32GB memory sticks from Crucial. card_zero|5 months ago Looks like the whole tiny case is the heatsink, I like it.
jsheard|5 months ago N150 machines come with or without fans, the chip is cool enough to run passively with a decent heatsink.e.g. https://www.minix.com.hk/products/minix-z150-0db-fanless-min...The ones with fans tend to be cheaper and have better sustained performance though. akazantsev|5 months ago ASUS PN42 is also passive, but they do not mention it. You can find this out from teardown pictures. They also have certified 32GB memory sticks from Crucial. card_zero|5 months ago Looks like the whole tiny case is the heatsink, I like it.
akazantsev|5 months ago ASUS PN42 is also passive, but they do not mention it. You can find this out from teardown pictures. They also have certified 32GB memory sticks from Crucial.
jsheard|5 months ago
e.g. https://www.minix.com.hk/products/minix-z150-0db-fanless-min...
The ones with fans tend to be cheaper and have better sustained performance though.
akazantsev|5 months ago
card_zero|5 months ago