N97 will give you higher clock speeds so for graphics, that one would be better. Both are considered still entry level though. As far as power. N97 uses 6W, N100 uses 5W. Not a huge difference. Clock speed is 1.2ghz on n97 vs 750mhz on N100

@Lemerex i have also seen that, but I wasn't sure, for that be possible, especially with the comparison of a older one. Tx so much

No worries.

Took a bit to figure out. Glad it was helpful!

This computer has it soldered on. It cannot be upgraded

Unfortunately its keyed for SATA only. No NVMe support.

I ended up not being able to..the actual switch failed. Not due to over heating or anything..just couldn’t console into it anymore. Fans were spinning fine…

Unfortunately, you cannot. If you split up the frequencies, it can only work off of one node. If you want to use a mesh system, it has to be a unified SSID. I had an issue with my garage door opener which only works off of 2.4ghz. So I ended up just getting a cheap secondary router just running a 2.4ghz frequency.

Yeah, since they sit so low under the hood, its a pain in the rear to replace them unless you move it into service mode.

@@Lemerex I changed them last weekend to winter blades and low and behold. I sat there like 5 minutes . Amazed 😂

You can buy a higher storage nvme, you will have to download windows and create a bootable drive so you can re-install the OS

Angle was bad i know 😞

My video isn't like that 😉

Aw, sorry to hear, did you reach out to the manufacture? Normally they have a 1 year warranty

@@Lemerex I definitely will all they play is Roblox.

You might have some faulty ones…the ones i bought fit perfectly

@Lemerex yea I figured, I just returned them today and ordered oem ones. Fml

@@JuancoPRoFlow 😞

Just one

@@Lemerex Thx

It allows you to remotely manage it, where ever you are. You dont need the account if you are setting it up with a pc and dont need remote access.

@@Lemerex Ah, great. Thank you.

I personally never liked nzxt fans..its a night and day difference if you go with the be quiet fans. I usually prefer the 140’s in the front and a 140 in the back if possible. But the h5 just has a 120 in the back, which is fine. I tried all kinds of fans from corsair, to thermaltake, to the nzxt. Bequiet just seems to have their stuff down. Very similar to the noctua fans, just not as pricy.

CPU is an Intel 12th gen N100. Wi-Fi card is an Intel ax101

@@Lemerex thanks. isnt the Intel ax101 really bad, I just looked into it and it just seems to have one antenna and no 2x2 support. how reliable is the Intel ax101 latency wise? also how is the fan is it annoying? does the audio jacket support mic in with an adapter? could you in theory just disconnect the fan? it seems to have a passive cooling plate which mostly will be enough.

I mean for what I use it for, the latency isn't as big of a deal due to just being used at the when I am working on projects. The fan does rattle a bit while it is running. I have a new video coming up in a couple of days that will show the fan a bit more audible. The headphone jack on the back is just designed for speakers, no mic input. I haven't ran it without the fan, so I don't know how passive cooling will be done. The plate is a bit on the thin side. Even just at idle, it sits around 35C-38C. As far as the fan noise, its not too bad once you get used to it. It basically just sounds like a laptop fan just running at like 70%.

@@Lemerex I was about to buy the box actually but that sounds concerning. Rattling fan is nothing I would like to have. I was hoping maybe you could distach the fan cable and just keep it passive cooled. Also that the headphone jack is not dual both audio out/in is another set back. Most laptops with a single audio jacket have dual mic in audio out jacket.

@bestonyoutube no worries…if you want, the rattling isnt really bad…just a bit audible. It doesnt really bother me and you dont hear the rattle when the pc is assembled…the fan can be detached, but the heatsink isnt as thick to be considered for passive cooling…as far as the mic issue, yeah its a bummer, might want to try a usb mic perhaps?

Thanks man, it was the sedan.

So much quieter. I dont use any other brand now. They about as quiet as the noctuas. Just a bit cheaper.

You are very welcome

Still working on it. Been crazy busy. But I did a bit more digging, its because the fan doesn’t have a proprietary pulse notification to the switch motherboard. So motherboard doesn’t think the fan is spinning even though its working fine…but once I have some time to sit and play around with it, ill upload a followup video.

I mean, you could? Need a bit more information as to what you are asking for. The unit comes with a nvme pre installed.

@@Lemerex , I can not boot from SSD added, I have try selecting the first boot by hard disk or SD, but impossible, there are not option clear that means boot from "SSD". All the tries failed, changing from others SSD too. I want to use the boot from SSD, I know the nvme is more fast but Ï have a lot of of SSD for use in a way to security, cloning it.

The M.2 slot is designed for nvme. You should be able to go into bios and change to boot from ssd instead

@@Lemerex , have you tested it ? I have tested in another mini PC, the Beelink mini S 12, and not, does not works. I like the HeroBox, this is the reason to make the question clearly, one thing is in theory and another in practice (sadly).

New video will be up soon showing that it can be done on a 2.5" SSD without an M.2 drive installed. It will go live on 5/14.

Yeah, tiny little card

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the teardown video!

I believe so since the actual case is based on the h510. I would suggest reaching out to NZXT to ask that, but i dont see a reason why it wouldnt

Im actually very happy with it. Its perfect for office work. Only thing I wish it had, not that it really needs it in my case, but just a bit more ram would be nice. But being DDR5, it is crazy fast even for being 8GB. Definitely recommend it for sure for office work.

Thanks also for the disassembly. I've already replaced another old PC with a Blackview mini PC with Intel N97 and DDR5 and that little box was fast (even more after replacing Win11 with Win10, in the 2D benchmarks I got a ~30% improvements). Now I need this model because the office has a basic monitor with only one VGA port, and this Herobox seems to be the best mini PC with a VGA port.

ah ok thats why it wouldnt go up😭😭

Weird. I would reach out to your ISP to see if its just a faulty modem. The router shouldn’t be the reasoning behind it.

You have to check and see if Asetek still makes them for it since it is an older pc. Check out their website.

@@Lemerex Thank you

What size is that aio ?​@@Lemerex

@Godzilla-si3mn 92mm specifically designed by asetek for small form factor.

Yes, you can have 3 different ssid since it broadcasts 3 different frequencies.

I know, but I wanted to also checkout the speaker there as well, make sure it was in good condition.

There should be 2 screws on the side and 4 screws holding the fan to the shroud.

@@Lemerex Ok. Thanks for the help. Beside not being able to see the actual Fan Removed you still help a lot. This was the first video that showed me how to do it.

I apologize for the angle, I just have limited space for the camera. I got a new setup with camera that should from now on be a better viewing experience.@@SimplyGamingWithJ

The board itself is a proprietary one for this unit. The highest chip you could put in it is a i7 6700. The gpu should be fine. You might want to check your particular model with MSi. Mine came with a 500w PSU. So i ran a rtx 2070. What CPU do you have in it now?

You know it :P

It should work perfectly fine, I just wanted it to be bolted down just so it protects the slot better as well

I understand that. I wanted to show an alternate way or if someone wanted to take the panel off and get to the speaker as well. I just found it easier that way, plus i wanted to check how the speaker was as well.

@@Lemerex I must have missed when you said that. I’d watched another guy do the weather strips but wanted to check yours out as well before actually doing mine. As soon as you started taking the door apart I stopped watching. Made it look like you didn’t know what you were doing

Yeah, sorry bout that. It honestly looks harder than it actually is.

@@Lemerex it wasn’t as bad to do the strips as I thought it would be. That’s for sure.

Yeah, first time I did it, i was a bit scared TBH but it wasnt bad