NanoPi M4 : RK3399 SBC with 4 x USB 3.0

[@ExplainingComputers]

Sorry about my mistake calling the SoC "deca" rather than "hexa" core. No idea where my brain was there. :( Six cores is certainly "hexa". All of the technical specs cited are right -- I think!

[@ulrichkalber9039]

Maybe wishfull thinking? you wanted it to have ten cores?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Now this explanation for my brain-crash I like! :)

[@AnthonyHandcock]

I'm glad you corrected that. I was thinking I had the mono, duo, tri, quad, penta, hexa thing wrong but couldn't quite be bothered enough to Google it.

[@JonathanWalsh]

It's deca if you include the GPU shader cores.

[@Andrei424M]

The video was interesting so I didn’t pay too much attention to that.

[@timothyking5060]

I love the fact that they put the SoC on the bottom. That heat sink is awesome

It seems like a good board. If there comes good support from armbian to this board I might get one. Would be nice if you ran benchmark test with only the console so you don't waste Cpu cycles on graphics. Great video.

[@Crux161]

Timothy King to be fair, the “top” and “bottom” can be decided on given the housing - which taking this into account would surely orient the heatsink to face upward, and hopefully add a fan? Your point is still a very valid one, which I asked myself when watching this. 👏

[@HopWorksET]

I LOVE the heat sink and blown away at the price. Adding the machined threaded mounts was a major plus for me as well. Thank you Christopher for noticing it and elaborating!

[@nutsnproud6932]

Thanks for the demonstration Chris. I'm tempted to get one to replace my PI based NAS. The clincher is the USB 3.0 and the Gigabit LAN. Your clear bold black on yellow text really helps us visually imapired viewers. Best wishes.

[@jogon1052]

The heat sink what a brilliant piece of equipment and being able to mount it using the side attachment threads so that it can be installed with more heat space underneath. Great video Chris.

[@Proto850]

Thanks Chris! Been waiting for a FriendlyArm review of the NanoPi m4! Nice one! Keep up the good work as ever!

[@digitalchameleon1884]

Excellent stuff Chris, I have been watching your vids for just touching 8 months now and have learnt so much. Thankyou for taking the time to share your knowledge. Your delivery and style is great and allows for multiple watches, only wish I could thumbs up again. Have a great day.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your kind feedback -- appreciated! :)

[@1914grant]

Been watching Explaining Computers for quite some time now. Chris your brilliant Before hadn`t a clue about single board computers now i own two Raspberry model b`s including my windows lenovo desktop keep up all the good work Chris

[@gartennelke]

6:54 "I find more exciting than I probably should" A laugh out loud moment for me! Great video keep up the good work Chris.

[@gusgone4527]

When a SBC cooler makes your knees wobble, it's a sign that you are a hard core Nerd.

[@mrrolandlawrence]

if this gets well supported by the community this looks like the SBC ive been waiting for for ages!

[@ericartman0]

You had me at on board wi-fi. What wonderful timing, my Rasp Pi got trashed in my move and it looks like a nice replacement was found. Thanks Chris!

[@ExplainingComputers]

And with antenna connectors too! :)

[@elviraeloramilosic9813]

Hexa or deca you did great video! Great piece of SBC! Thanks Chris! Now I have to have one of NanoPi M4. 🤩

[@AndrewGulak]

Woo hoo! So glad I dragged my feet pulling the trigger on a Tinker Board S! This looks like a great alternative. Another great video Chris.

[@nap8187]

I watch a lot of KZbinrs, but this the only channel I never miss a video on.

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@GenialHarryGrout]

I like this board and the addons, especially the heatsink that allows you to attach stuff off the shelf so no product specific screws are needed. Great review.

[@mohdfaizal6773]

Yup it's an interesting package, especially adding on a sata drive to it

[@LMacNeill]

That heat sink really makes the NanoPi M4 unique. I'd buy it just for that! The mounting possibilities are nearly endless! Very impressive, indeed!

[@freeelectron8261]

A lot of processing power for the money and that heat-sink looks really well designed. Thank Chris - another pro review!

[@vincei4252]

That's such a nice board and software execution , I bought a couple. Looks like these folks are serious about building a product that will survive in the wild and gain wide adoption. Thanks for the video!

[@williamhart4896]

Thanks Chris I needed either you or Micmake to review this sbc cool to see it in your hands .

[@MoSalNaz]

Oh! Now this is a piece of remarkably Nano Board that makes you lose your mind for seeing it works as fast as any other motherboard. Thanks for the simple way in explaining and love it.

[@additudeobx]

Thank you for the interesting and informative video. I have ordered a NanoPi-M4 and a NanoPC-T4 last week that I am waiting arrival on. I have bookmarked this video.

[@realmchat6665]

Another great overview video, your coverage of sbcs excellent. This one has some power and that passive heat sink is awesome, hope to see some emulation development on this board.

[@peterbrandt7911]

340000 subscribers and this video proves it again: You deserve it.

[@Tarbard]

Amazing heatsink. Props to them for putting the SOC on the bottom.

[@mtbevins]

As always briliant! Thank you for a great review. I too love the heatsink. I envision these single boards being mounted on the back of a monitor to replace a desktop PC.

[@mohdfaizal6773]

This is a great package overall. As a solid SBC. I'm wondering about the the thermal pad though. Seems a bit thick to transfer heat to the heatsink.

[@RTmadnesstoo]

@@mohdfaizal6773 Why? All a thermal pad is designed to do is transfer heat.

[@sheldonwhitten990]

I just love the variety of OSes you demonstrate

[@CristianVillar]

Hi, Professor Barnatt, I'm viewing you excellent review in July 2020 of this SBC, and Now you have more than 642k subscribers, off course you deserve it for yours +12 years on KZbin. I've been always viewing your latest videos since I discovered your channel in 2019, and even the oldest ones (like your first video on this platform and so many others too) Greettings from, Argentina

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for watching. :)

[@Shane-Singleton]

I'm glad to see these boards coming out and becoming less expensive. and i'm even more excited that most of them are starting to come with USB 3, Wifi and BT built in. I don't use my SBC's in applications that are really security intensive but more that the wireless connectivity is a great convenience. I love my Odroidn XU-4 but its 3 USB ports almost necessitates a USB hub for my usage case.

[@quintenvanginderen8635]

Hey, i just ended up finding out about those SBC's nice video. I enjoyed it as usual. Keep up the good work.

[@merceywatts5118]

Your videos are by far the coolest I have ever experienced. I like the other PC channels but you rule them all. You are funny and very informative plus super smart. I wish I had half your brain. Thank you for helping me understand so many things I can not other was known without your informative videos. 👍

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your kind feedback. Appreciated. :)

[@GianlucaBrizi]

We cannot buy a SBC without give a look to your channel! Thanks!!

[@rajdeepbhattacharrya1752]

Finally I got to see more than 1 usb 3.0 port on an sbc before dying... I must say, that heatsink is thicc....

[@jerrygundecker743]

That Heat Sink changes everything. I was tempted to scoff when I first saw it, but when you pointed out the screw holes, and what it could do, I changed my whistle. That thing is terrific. Okay, not as fast as the Rockport64 but probably as versatile.

[@ExplainingComputers]

And in just over a week I'm looking at a cut-down version of this board with a similar heatsink! :)

[@nettyvoyager6336]

been waiting for this thanks for the vlog and your time making this for us :)

[@horaciorcastillo9848]

Thank you Cristhoper , every video is a magistral class. I have some ideas for my robotic project.

[@ExplainingComputers]

This is good to hear. I always think the world is still OK when there are people either gardening, or planning robot projects! :)

[@horaciorcastillo9848]

some time ago I have the idea of a robotic vehicle to accompany people during their exercise routines in a park. A support vehicle for athletes, carry water, sports equipment and a way to avoid more fatigue to return home autonomously. It would be electric, with 4 or more legs

[@djdrwatson]

What a great little computer and that is quite a serious heatsink too! The rivals are now out-specifying and outperforming the Raspberry Pi, the originator.

[@bsvenss2]

Wow!! That’s a nice board!! 😍 (and an excellent video as always)

[@terrypowling]

Interesting video sets, also shows the marching advances of these boards both hardware and software...thanks for the brilliant commentary, would like to see some thermal tests if possible. Keep up the good work.

[@lv_woodturner3899]

A very nice SBC and review. I do love that huge passive heat sink. A really nice design touch to add the 1/4x20 tapped holes. As you said this is very useful for mounting. Dave.

[@chriholt]

Very impressive SBC! Thanks for the review Chris.

[@PhG1961]

Good afternoon Chris, Again a detailed and very well commented video. It looks a very interesting board. A little expensive, but still, worth buying.

[@basroos_snafu]

Thank you so much, you really tickle me with your videos on nano-devices. I've always preferred bulky and noisy apparatus, but this will come to a useful conclusion very soon, I'm afraid. I keep on flirting with the idea of outdoor use in one or more ways, like a GPS logger or camera. Thanks for all the effort you put in your work. Thanks also for pronouncing "aluminium" like everyone should. Keep it up!

[@LifeByKpop]

WOW, that's a sweet board Chris. Great review as well.

[@RoboNuggie]

Hi Christopher This looks like a nice machine - Isn't it amazing how these SBC's are progressing? It never stops making my draw drop, very much in the same way the early 8/16 bit computers progressed and what people did with them. That heatsink though ... Thank you Chris for another great video.

[@mohdfaizal6773]

Great review, now I'm looking back at this or the udoo boards

[@weissbornjr]

+1 for "The world's favorite website and KZbin channel".

[@gplayer01]

Chris...you're a good salesman... lol. I just purchased one of these units today. Thanks for your continued effort in producing great video content.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I hope you enjoy your NanoPi M4. I just show the hardware on this channel! :)

[@linuxrobotgeek]

Nice to see a Heatsink big enough to encompass the whole board.

[@totem168]

As usual another great video and informative content, Thank you!

[@Crux161]

For benchmarks involving gimp, the gimp install should be compiled locally on the SBC for each target respectfully. This would hopefully ensure that (if compiled properly) the build is taking every possible advantage of the local SBC’s native features that may be possible to support when compiling. This would help drive a clearer divide between which machines can do the filter function better on a large image, when given an optimized software environment. Just a thought! Great video as always Sir. 👍

[@cgraham6]

That really is a slick cooling solution. Makes me wish the RPi was built that way. With those mounting points it wouldn't be too difficult to mount a fan on it as well.

[@AraceaeFanatics]

One of the best offerings to date in its size and price range.

[@Aldrasio]

You just got a new subscriber. I've been eyeing this board and its 4xSATA hat for setting up a proper NAS at home, instead of using my jury-rigged chain of powered USB hubs and external hard drives connected to a Raspberry Pi that's also running Retropie. Plus that 4K video output is very attractive.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for the sub -- welcome aboard.

[@weerobot]

Love the mini city of micro Capacitors in the centre of the board...Wow monster Heat sink...

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, they are kind of a craxy swarm there!

[@SouravTechLabs]

15:04 Yes, the like button is pressed before the video has even begun. Explaining Computer's video can't be bad.

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@carlburton2815]

Thanks for the great video Chris. I've ordered mine with a few eMMC modules so I can test some of the operating systems. I'm going to test the speed of booting from USB stick, micro SD and SSD. Ultimately it's going to replace my aging pi 2 as my media vault and running transmission. Multi USB 3 and gigabit Ethernet was the final clincher. Keep up the great work 👍

[@neshobanakni]

You always find the coolest projects.

[@Chris_Cable]

Another great video, thank you for testing it! Could you please try testing the throughput of the USB 3.0 with an external USB 3.0 SSD as well as testing the NIC speed with iperf? This device seems like it would make a great pocket sized NAS!.

[@dkimmortal]

also test stability of copying from one drive in a powered usb hub to another in the same hub! The Rock64 I bought has issues with this specifically. you cannot copy from within usb 3.0 hub connected drives to each other without the usb crashing and only fixed with a reboot ;(

[@RTmadnesstoo]

You also mentioned SATA support on the auxiliary interface. I would love to see that investigated.

[@davebell4917]

I have seen a couple of SBCs with add-on boards that do this mSATA support, always on a different connector to the Pi-style GPIO. I can see uses for it. This looks like it could be a very handy little personal computer, with the right case. I see the mSATA board you mentioned also allows a couple of USB 2 connections, and that would be fine for mouse and keyboard. That's a lot different to the usual Maker-class usage, and it would soon make a cheap portable look a better bet. What I would wonder about is printers. How often are they needed, but would you want to use a computer that couldn't drive a printer? The official driver doesn't look like it supports ARM processors, but there is an alternative. It's another reason to stand back from the SBCs for ordinary use, and I would suppose that, most of the time, something ordinary on the network could be a better bet. I feel way out of my depth on this, but what drivers would an SBC need to print over a network?

[@pmr1wrt53]

Thanks Chris for this nice video. Wow this is really a beautiful and powerful board. Very interesting.And the prices are acceptable... Can't wait for the next video, Hi

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings! :)

[@hpp6116]

Nice review! At 5:35, great idea! I am looking forward to seeing a video on it one Sunday!

[@whatdamath]

Friendly criticism: there are a few things that are always missing from your videos such as what this board could be used for and most importantly, long term stability and temperature reading. My experience with RK3399 is that it's a tremendously inefficient board and produces huge amount of heat. None of these boards come with custom made sinks or fans and so running this on a heatsink from rpi3 at a constant 60-70 celsius will just kill this board much faster. I had to do a headless OS for this to run in the range of 40-50 degrees while my Odroid XU4 never goes beyond 35 (despite being years older, more powerful overall and cheaper in price, although only 2 USB of course). So in the long term, it comes down to: What will you use this for? A lot of the Chinese companies producing these boards need to create more focus around the board, similarly to how Korean Odroid did it if they want to be competitive. In comparison, Odroid comes in very unique factors, including specifically designed cloud form with a hard drive attachment, because they realized that SBCs are all good for 1 thing usually and so focusing is important. So far, with the exception of Renegade board using a similar processor, I found all RK based board to be just white elephants.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this. I find your comment about no heat sink and using a Raspberry Pi one extremely strange given that I fit the very large and dedicated NanoPi M4 heat sink in the video, and talk about it quite extensively. I have covered SBC cooling extensively in some videos, and also uses. I have over 70 SBC videos here, and not all of them can cover everything! :)

[@augurseer]

The Raspi Kodi case was a passive heatsink that used the whole upper section and lid as heatsink. Loved that one too.

[@glennplumbe7815]

Wow awesome little machine gigabit ethernet as well as usb 3. Get the four gig model great for home theater via hdmi. Well done sir as always.Thank you!!!!

[@augurseer]

I love that heatsink base. I love it.

[@somberrhombus]

the usb/pci 2x is certainly interesting. Looking forward to future videos of this.

[@kaletsugas]

Loved your videos and reviews. I hope you also add power consumption in your tests and reviews.

[@ExplainingComputers]

A power consumption head-to-head is on my list!

[@GreenFull-e9t]

Hi thanks for the review ,i asked you before to review the Banana PI BPI-W2 and i am still waiting for that because i trust in your reviews

[@ExplainingComputers]

I have a long list. Next SBC here will be the LattePanda Alpha in two weeks.

[@DenGuleBalje]

This looks like an amazing little board. Putting the SoC on the bottom is a great idea. I'd probably run it upside-down. That heatsink is indeed more than big enough, but I'm worried that the heat will just stay in the heatsink and won't be dissipated away from the SoC. Running it upside-down would let the warm air rise up and away from the device. Just a thought.

[@NeonLightning]

for me the form factor makes me want to put it in a nespi case but with the cooling needing to be on the bottom that won't work sadly.

[@ejpmonline]

It is like Rpi 4 but a different brand. 😁 I'm excited for the next video!

[@EmmEff3168]

Thanks for alerting me to this SBC. Since this review (I believe) FriendlyARM has released a *four SATA port* HAT for this board !! PLEASE review this HAT in the future, as I'm unaware of any other SBC capable of this configuration. If it performs decently, it will support two use cases for me: a low power 24/7 media server with RAID 1, and an on-demand RAID 5/6 backup file server.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, I must try that HAT.

[@perrymcclusky4695]

With that impressive heat sink, I would like to see your standard heat test on it. It would be nice to see how this passive heat sink compares with the other tests you’ve done. This is an impressive SBC. Thanks for the video.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, I must do some thermal tests!

[@deepblueskyshine]

By the look of it it resembles more a vapor chamber than a heat sink

[@perrymcclusky4695]

deepblueskyshine Yes it does look like one. Looks like it needs maybe a little better air flow management. Still I would like to see it’s performance compared to other heat sinks, fans, etc.

[@northsouthy74]

no thermal tests? This board look amazing, thanks for sharing

[@murraystechtime8530]

Great review video on the NanoPi M4 SBC, it looks very interesting. My mind is just a going on all of the possibilities, especially wit that heat sink and mounting system. Awesome, thanks...

[@aztecorigin839]

This guy knows his stuff,Good information.

[@carlburton2815]

Got my board back from friendly elec in 7 days👍. Tried all the distros on their site except armbian (got that from source). Was impressed by android 8.0 speed but armbian booting from eMMC is probably the most impressive. Got a sysbench of just under 28k for the 10 sec and I've got a 40mm fan on the bottom of the heatsink and the temp is between 30-35C even when watching HD you tube 💪

[@ExplainingComputers]

Great feedback. Thanks for sharing here. I know that others really value the experience that others have with their SBCs.

[@imrank340]

Well presented, nicely explained, always waiting for 'ExplainingComputers' review for SBC, brisk but meaningful, right to the Technical points.

[@redrockrabbitk6078]

Brilliant single board computer, maybe remove the camera slots for antenna, happy to see such progress with the USB 3's on single board computers instead of USB 2 once again single board computers are constantly advancing i just hope that the software community can expand on such a brilliant single board computer

[@energyideas]

Like me, EC appears addicted to SBCs. The M4 is everything the next Raspberry needs to be, just cooler and half the price.

[@mohdfaizal6773]

Because SBC is a option now 4 project

[@seouljah760]

I think the next RPI needs LPDDR4 over this one's LPDDR3. The ROCKPro64 has LPDDR4, thus eeking out a few more cycles in the benchmark, and few more seconds in the render.

[@statorworksrobotics9838]

energyideas I want to dive into a huge container filled with SBCs. Special attire necessary though.

[@williamrutter3619]

I would love a pi with those specs, but a pi will run circles round the nanopi m4, even the zero, nice desktop environment on nanopi os, but very early days, a lot of development to do, if you ran the two boards in every day use, you would think the pi was the more expensive board, the pi is just so good, maybe the best arm device, definitely the best SBC, if my pi did 4k I wouldn't need my Nvidia shield anymore.

[@jan-k7x1c]

The problem here is the Rockchip SoC, as Rockchip is notorious for releasing closed source drivers based on open-source code thus violating the license. A lot of people are concerned about the development on these chips, what if the manufacturer drops support? I was about to get an ASUS Tinkerboard, because I need line-in for a project and a bit more performance, but I think I'd rather stick to the Raspberry Pi, although it's slower on paper and I need a GPIO Hat for the line-in (or a USB Soundcard). The Raspberry Pi has Open GL also (Tinkerboard, or any Rockchip if I recall correctly does only support Open GL SE) so the performance gap might be neglectable anyways

[@jorgeejpjr4715]

I really enjoyed the reviews. Hardware, Comparing OS, benchmarking, everything. But I think something fundamental for the analysis of platform like that has been forgotten. Compatibility and / or ease to control of GPIO. Although many people buy boards like these to be used as a link-box or emulator, their main purpose is for embedded development. I have been disappointed with some boards that, despite having good stability with their OS, the missing of native library provided by the manufacturer that allowed access to the GPIO make that my tests do not continued. trying a simple python blink or searching the I2C device for the I2C tools was easy and would improve the video. I recommend this practice for future reviews of platform like that. Still, congratulations. Excellent video. All the best regards and success to your channel

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good point on the GPIO.

[@davidbrown8303]

That is a awesome board . Thank you for the review.

[@stephenelliott7071]

Wow, this board is everything the Raspberry pi 4 should be. There are ever more powerful SBC's, but compatibility and support has always been the official Raspberry pi's forte.

[@KarstenJohansson]

Raspberry Pi should be in a particular price range (their entire reason for existing). So the technology price has to come down before this could be an rpi4.

[@kimlebrocqu692]

Hi Chris I was hoping you would do a review on the nano pi. It's an impressive SBC that will look good in my SBC collection. The heat sink is a little overkill . Thanks for the review excellent as always 😁 😁😁 Kim 😁😁😁

[@GnuReligion]

Excellent haul-vid! Am a bit disappointed that the newest ARM SBC's still run LXDE and Lumbuntu ... meaning that they *still*, after a decade, do not run full desktop acceleration like Mate or Cinnamon. Would like to see how well it does with 1080p KZbin vids in a browser.

[@tunahelpa5433]

I find this video perhaps more exciting than I should!

[@mindnova7850]

This is my favorite board so far.

[@SusanAmberBruce]

Wow, I want to buy one to be a friend for my raspberry pi 3 B+, the heat sink is amazing as you say.

[@jyvben1520]

The terminal used at 11:48 is called Terminator, right click on its background to show a menu with the option "Zoom terminal", in some cases it enlarges the font, or try splitting it with control+shift+o first. (o = letter, splits into 2 wide parts, e splits into 2 columns.) or just start /usr/bin/gnome-terminal, might work, then press ctrl and the plus sign to zoom in. Control + shift + plus sign (not on keypad) also seems to work in Terminator, Ctrl and minus sign zooms out. My plus sign needs shift to select it, your keyboard might not.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I tried the options you mention aside from the control key plus arrows (which I will try now!), and sadly the zoom functionality is not implemented here. I tried the other terminal apps also. I've never run a terminal in Linux where I could not change the font size before. But this is a port to an ARM board, and we get what we get!

[@stephen-boddy]

Ctrl+MouseWheelUp/MouseWheelDown also perform the zoom function as well as the keyboard shortcuts by OP. The zoom in the right-click menu only has an effect when you have multiple terminals in a single window and you can pick one of them to "zoom" or "maximise" that terminal, hiding the others. Maximise fills the window maintaining font size, i.e. more text. Zoom roughly maintains the amount of text, i.e. bigger font. Think tiling window manager for terminals.

[@florianprudence3979]

That's a great and really promising board !

[@Spectt84]

Thanks for keeping up with all these SBCs! I'm still waiting for a SBC that can hardware decode HEVC, AND have awesome software options like OSMC and Libreelec for a ultimate dedicated "cord cutter" streaming box. I still use Rpi3b+. I have a feeling that the SBC that has the same level of software support as a RPi with upgraded hardware will in fact be the RPi4... Which is unfortunately years away... I will still be on the lookout though, Tinker Boards are getting close.

[@ExplainingComputers]

You may well be right. Software is the key.

[@franciscofuentes8916]

They are geniuses! It's an improved r-pi, maybe it's not the fastest but it looks like the best build.

[@prisonpapers765]

Here I go again loved it..gonna get one...but the Rock 64?..oh boy like them both will go threw all the specs to choose!Another Winner video..👍

[@NicoDsSBCs]

I've got this one comming too. Can't wait to get it in my hands. I hope I'll still have views for a video about it now you've made a video on it. Good job, greetings. NicoD

[@ExplainingComputers]

We all compete for views! I now have a LattePanda Alpha sitting waiting to be photographed . . . :)

[@NicoDsSBCs]

I'm very curious about that one too. I don't have a x86 sbc. The panda Alpha looks great. Too bad they are so expensive. Hope to see the LattePanda video soon. Will you test the arduino on it? I use Arduino's more to make things. Too bad the arm sbc's don't use that too. Would be a lot easier programming for it. Greetings.

[@NicoDsSBCs]

Do you also have problems with the subscriber count today on youtube? On 3 different places I get 3 different value's. None are correct. I don't know what's happening.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I often see three differernt subscriber counts in three different places! :) The LattePanda Alpha video was initially scheduled for this week, but DFRobot wanted it a bit later. The price is high (I have got the final prices to include in the video), but there are different models, including the Delta which comes out a lot cheaper, esp if you do not buy a Windows 10 Pro license with the board.

[@RoyAntaw]

Looks like another nice ARM based SBC. Cool I'm looking for a 64bit SBC to replace my 32bit Tinker Board and this might be an option...

[@achan7396]

Hi Chris, thanks for the video. Can you please do a NAS running OMV comparison test between this board and the other SBC especially the Rock64?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Great idea -- noted! And maybe the RockPro64 also.

[@llothar68]

I second this idea, NAS is the most popular home usecase for this systems.

[@achan7396]

@@ExplainingComputers thank you, Chris. Looking forward to it.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Great video Chris! Thanks for sharing it with us.👍😎JP

[@jameslewis2635]

Now I know what upgrade path there is for the Raspberry Pi based portable retro gaming device I have just ordered parts for. Having said that I had better leave some extra space for one of those heatsinks.

[@mattparker9726]

oh and Chris, thanks for your hard work. I can't wait to see an SBC with 16gb of DDR4 ram! (cause I can't solder extra chips on these boards.)

[@ExplainingComputers]

The forthcoming UDOO Bolt SBC uses socketed RAM -- they are already promoting 32GB kits. I have been promised a review sample in early December.

[@tinkmarshino]

no prob with the deca/hexa thing.. my brain dropped out in the 60's and got lost.. so I understood what you meant.. I knew that the power and the price of these things would go up..I am still a raspberry pi guy for the most part though..... thanks again chris.

[@stevensexton5801]

I think this heatsink configuration will become the standard preferred method. Keeps the top free for HATs

[@MarkTheMorose]

Making them top hats, I guess.

[@majorextrasun8880]

Amazing video! I would like to see a video of you reviewing Amazon echo or Google home. Definitely don't do the Apple homepod as that is very expensive. What is your favourite Windows operating system apart from Windows 7? Mine is Windows XP. This is the best channel on KZbin.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, probably Windows XP after Windows 7. :)

[@clangerbasher]

I noticed the screw holes on the sink as soon as it appeared on screen. It would have been nice if they had put screws holes through it on the plan size so the sink could be screwed down and then SBC put on top. But that is perhaps a moan too far? :) Now wondering about SSD's hanging off USB 3.0 and software RAID...........

[@TarisRedwing]

Wow could this be held as a min standard on what we hope to see on single boards now? very exciting to see all 3.0 usb and Hdmi 2.0 as well, not to mention wireless and usb c power is fantastic.