I show in the bench results that these Rockchip devices can't match anything in a smart phone. It is a pitty. But smart phone's sell more for a higher price. So the SoCs cost a lot more and are often missing some nice features Rockchip does have. Like PCIe/NVMe/SATA... There are Mediatech SoC's now that should be more powerful. RK3588 should be great for Android, just OPi is an awful company in software support.

​@@NicoDsSBCs I've been reading a lot of these boxes are loaded with Malware. How much of this is true? There is a new h96 box using this soc. Would you know anything about it?

Pretty good. I do Haye it only has one psusical button. Can format sd without knowing. Otherwise I like it a lot. Sound also can be bad when rain or went under water..

@@NicoDsSBCs Thks, seems the XTU s6 can also be a good choice, so I have to make a decision quick in between these 2.

Collabora released Panthor, the OpenGL driver for the RK3588 GPU. I have seen mixed reports about it, but it's all brand new. I think Collabora also said they are working on Vulkan. There is also an open-source driver for the NPU of the RK3588, so it doesn't look like the RK3588 will turn out to be a lemon.

Not that I know. There are the NanoPi R5/R6 with openwrt. But I'm not aware if opnsense works on any.

The SoC is a lot cheaper than RK3588, so the boars are cheaper too. Mekotronics aren't the best priced boards and they do have customers they design these for. There are others that have RK3576 boards. Like Radxa's Rock5C. They said it would start at 35euro but it's 45euro for 2GB version. Still have to install Linux. I'll learn a lot more about the CPU cores there. Cheers.

Search for box64droid. I haven't used it with android.

I don't know/think that's LGA115x. It also would be overkill. I'm using this cooler without the fan and doesn't go over 55C. You do need a copper shim in between to make contact with the soc. www.amazon.com.be/dp/B0D2GYZ528?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

@@NicoDsSBCs ik its overkill, but its the only thing i got around unused, thx for the response

I reviewed the OrangePi5+. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKbMZZammKl7aqM Many others too, no BPi.

N100 needs active cooling so makes noise. Consumes 3-4x more than RK3588. Is a lot less powerful CPU wise. Only for gaming N100 is better. I know what I choose...

I thought the performance of the RK3588 was quite good. I don't get the lack of maturity comment. Maybe some of the extra silicon like the NPU, but all of the core functionality works quite well.

@@joels7605 I think the lack of maturity comment is because the lack of preinstalled gpu drivers support as they are not opensource

I used a copper shim to make the contact. Mine also didn't touch. Now it doesn't go over 55C after 30 minutes maxed out without fan. Seems Radxa made a mistake in the cpu hight to be compatible.

The 20-pin connector doesn't seem to fit. I tried it. But I can try again. Thanks.

I tried the 20-pin. With a lot of pushing it did fit, but... it doesn't work. No idea why those don't work and my 600W PSU does. I rather use such a small one. Now put it back in the case and put the PSU next to it. Not ideal but happy it works.

I don't have a rockpi4 anymore but would expect the software to be good. What exactly doesn't work? One issue was they produced way too many different rockpi4. So hard to support them all.

@@NicoDsSBCs It’s end of life so I guess I can’t complain too much. Purchased Radxa’s RockPi 4c NAS bundle. It includes the SATA hat and case. Found that the support for the fan/display never gets updated. So it would restrict me from using anything beyond Bullseye. Which is an issue in itself. I’ve tried almost every option available for bullseye. Almost every time I go to install ZFS. There’s an issue. Either the headers don’t install or the ZFS module does not get properly build. Too many caveats. I recently bought a Raspberry Pi 4. Zero issues installing bookworm and ZFS.

Don’t get me wrong. I am sure if I jumped into their forums. I would probably get some direction. But at the end of the day. When I buy a product I want it to work. It’s DIY yes but one has but so much time to be troubleshooting and such.

@@joseroman6484 It indeed is DIY. I'm always able to make my stuff work, but have to put lot of time into it. In Linux a lot is build for one version what makes it brake in later versions. I think the info you need is to be found on radxa forum. These days armbian focuses on the more modern boards and had to drop support for a lot older ones since there are just too many devices on the market. And nobody is paying for supporting these devices. RK3588 is what is hot these days. But as with all arm devices it is never problem free. It's all a work in progress. For me that's what attracts me, but I understand many people want trouble free easy installation. Greetings.

Hi. I don't have the device or SoC with armbian. No idea about that one. All I know is RK3588 these days.

@NicoDsSBCs Then my dear sir, can you write a generic post / video how to compile a particular hardware driver. I mean where can user archive source files (e.g some github reference) & ehat is the procedure to compile & load in OS. I have background in compiling studf but mostly libraries for python using cmake

Did you use an AC adapter instead of a 12V DC adapter? I did this the other day with a different mobo and had the same results lol.

@@hex3n No, it's a normal dc psu. It worked for a week. Now it works with ATX but not with pico-atx. So bit a shame I need to use a 600W psu that doesn't fit in the case.

I indeed put the backplate backwards. But that's not what created the problem. It works with ATX PSU so the issue is in the barrel jack power circuit. I noticed I put the backplate on wrong, checked the board and there's no damage and nothing there that can be damaged.

good call! really looks like this

I tried an atx PSU after filming the video and it didn't work. So must be something else.

@@NicoDsSBCs Yeah but the motherboard could have been killed by a spike or something...

It's an SBC so I should called it board, not motherboard, but you know what I mean ;-D

Hi George. It hurts a lot. I had so much planned to do with this. Make lots of video's, and having an upgraded NAS. Maybe still using it as desktop while using as NAS. There's so much I haven't tested yet since I thought I'd have time for that later on. Like the LPDDR5 compared to LPDDR4 on others. But I'm back on the Rock5B. I got other things I can do. But all my focus was on this for now. Greetings.

Sorry to hear that. Mine work well and used them on my past trips. I do not use IPhone, and know those can be very picky in power source. I love the small one. The bigger one I had an issue with after leaving it in the rain while charging on my solar panel. It didn't turn on but a few days later it was back and worked as should. So I can't complain. I can't comment on your device, might be a bad batch or just incompatible with IPhone charging. What is very important using these is having good cables. I've got tons of cables that used to be good and turned bad after using a few months. Greetings.

c&c, gta2, xonotic, trackmania, delta force and ut.

@@NicoDsSBCs C&C... ! Which one?

@@xtrmsnpr lower the clocks. Not all soc can go that high. 2800 for cpu 950 for gpu.

​@@NicoDsSBCs thx! That worked perfectly.

On my handlebar. Wouldn't work well on my chest since I wouldn't see if it's filming.

@@NicoDsSBCs Thank you!

Nice is a bit too far. Maybe next year with my electric bike :) Cheers