This Tiny X86 Board Is A Mini Emulation Monster!

[@DannyRFN]

that ps3 and wii u performance is extremely impressive

[@der-Troet]

GC, Wii and PS3 performance is most interessting at all for me in Emulating

[@BoboboBoBobobofan]

Very

[@GameSpiritGS]

people love to criticize Intel but Intel is still better than AMD in emulation thanks to clock speeds

[@d.shadocx9277]

@@der-Troet to me PS2, PS3 and Wii U are the most interesting to see in this video, since they are the hardest to emulate, even my 2019 phone runs GC and Wii at 720p or 1080p depending on the game, it's quite easy.

[@d.shadocx9277]

@@GameSpiritGS Yeah, I saw people bashing Intel, and saying they are inferior to AMD and Apple's new M1, but this board is doing amazingly well.

[@anthonybalista7421]

The only thing I hate about your videos is that all the awesome things you show always end up getting sold out almost immediately lol.

[@johnnino7520]

Or their price goes up

[@haikaido]

@@Pr0phetless Nice try Mr. Asus CEO ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@tjs8560]

Except for old prebuilds 👍🏾

[@luisditaa]

@@johnnino7520 exactly. The handheld of the past video is already 110$

[@salocin911]

yes very true same thing happened with his optiplex build I couldn't touch anything from below 120

[@nguyenminhquan2212]

When an integrated graphic from a small green board can beat your old system in CPU and GPU

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

That painful moment when you discover your aging PC is officially old-verging-on-ancient

[@sarno97]

I am using intel core2duo e4400 here

[@nguyenminhquan2212]

@@michelvanbriemen3459 luckily it was my old pc though, I've got the 3080 now along with the 3600

[@jong2359]

Pricing for these is all over the place. Getting one or something similar will set you back $500-700. Impressive performance, but still a bit expensive. If you got one for $350-400, I think that is the sweet spot.

[@ridakesserwan8712]

if you're looking for value/performance for money, those aren't your pick and yes, they're quite overpriced especially because there's not much R&D to ask for this ridiculous price, most of this board is actually aftermarket parts as well.

[@_._shinonome_._]

They are actually quite a good deal if you get the official intel nuc. £329 for that exact same i5

[@touristdestination1]

For these it will be good price at 250$

[@_._shinonome_._]

@Bee Eff if you look at Ebay 24 7 for another 3 months and manage to outbid someone. And when bidding things like this could be taken up to £1000. Its difficult to find and win the bid to get a system like that

[@DickieBeard]

Thank you for including Rogue Squadron. 👍

[@wordsmith451]

$450 with the box, no ram or hdd included. At the end of the day you’ll still pay $700, which puts it squarely in the range of these mini PCs we’ve seen. It’s not bad but it’s not great either. I think the Xbox Series S at $300 is a far better bargain. This would be a great upgrade over the RPi4, but it’s so much more expensive that I just don’t think it’s worth it. It’s neat in principle, but unless you have very specific needs and desperately desire that form factor, it’s just another piece of hardware that’s either too expensive or not powerful enough.

[@sovo1212]

Consoles are not a better bargain, they aren't open platforms and end up costing more in the long run. But yeah, you can get another PC for less money and/or with better specs.

[@rangerjoe126]

I still prefer this because on emulators you can save & load state unlike consoles you are obliged to finish or save it on a certain points

[@sovo1212]

@@rangerjoe126 You can use emulators on the Xbox too, but you have to PAY for the developer mode. And by doing that, you just get an extremely limited low performance mode. It has the muscle to move Switch or even PS3 games, but you can't because of Microsoft's shenanigans.

[@BetagameTest]

yeah but i agrred whit you and now you can buy steam desk for 300 dollars whre you can play all this game and pc games too

[@MegaFinalRound]

You pay more for the form factor.

[@veenus745]

That joyful intro tho 😭 made me really happy idk why

[@nolilado5452]

Finally close to getting a SBC that can run PS2 emulation

[@bigemugamer]

ooooh, someone else patiently waiting for sbc ps2 emulation. =D hopefully cheaper than the AYA NEO. =P

[@7R15M3G1]

Shit I'm waiting for ps3 and would be happy with itx or atx apu as long as it's not 800$. Dark souls baby

[@gabrielst527]

I think the biggest problem with ps2 emulation right now is that the emulator sucks. We need something like Duckstation but for the ps2

[@TheNews1990]

A PC with the highest specs has issues... What makes you think that this sbc could do any better?

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

@@7R15M3G1 Dark Souls is already on PC and will run a lot better than emulation.

[@spenceress5296]

I love that it's as small as the controller. Thanks ETA.

[@JacksonQuest]

Wow great video! This is a game changer for me. Your videos always help a lot!

[@davidbanner9001]

I'm really impressed with the GPU performance compared to some AMD solutions. Very nice, especially considering the form factor.

[@jb9943]

Always gotta be early to this beast of a channel 😎

[@leuymasleucine7878]

Indeed!

[@hackthis1767]

What people seem to have forgotten is that 1200mhz load on a gpu let alone a integrated cpu/gpu is impressive and skate 3 only spiked to 1100 mhz which for emulation is some solid optimization.

[@patrykgrzyb2776]

From the attic I pulled my old computer with i7 4770k computer with the gtx 780. And it seems to me that the good results are not due to the new motherboards / computers and but optimization of the emulators.

[@johnnysmalls2876]

Capcom vs Snk 2 Mark Of The Millennium Will be Awesome on that chipset 🔥

[@FultonRecovery]

@@idkanymore3382 lmao literally

[@Ruslan.88266]

Need this in a handheld.

[@mauriciocosta6859]

always bringing quality, congratulations

[@Michael18751]

The PS5 could definitely handle PS3 games with some patches for each game like Microsoft does. It is absolutely insane how well this can run emulators and it's also insane how powerful Intel integrated graphics have gotten

[@Frankenstein_]

Recently got into watching Pi4 Video's and HOLY SHIT you can emulate WiiU and Ps3 on a damn Nuc Box these days thats just nuts. Great Video like always ETA Prime :D

[@davejay6855]

Where exactly is "PC Games running on the same board, I'll leave a link in the description"? Lots of links... that doesn't seem to be one of them...

[@skwashua]

How do you put out so much content?! It’s impressive

[@xenobreak1160]

The talking hand never sleeps.

[@alksdng97834y]

It’s probably his career, and he has a well thought out template for every video which makes it easier too

[@nyronarnold6024]

"Emulation Monster" Counting how many time that's on the title of his vids

[@MThomasB]

It makes sense due to the fact that technology is always progressing, but I get what you mean. "Clickbaity" lol

[@かぼちゃレアあたま]

It really is tho, what's wrong with that?

[@SteVoUniT]

True, but he's not lying either...

[@runninginthe90s75]

@@MThomasB Can't say its clickbait when its true

[@OuTSMOKE]

Intel said their 11th gen CPU intergrated graphics would be powerful, they weren't kidding.

[@mykr0324]

Finally we've hit where I wanted Apus to be for emulation. Next gen amd and intel quads and hex Apus on ddr5 will be absolute insanity.

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

I remember being happy to play DBZ Budokai 3 on my AMD Phenom II over a decade ago and hitting 17FPS, with the amazing dark textures and glitchy light/effects that PCSX2 had for that game at the time, just because it was on my big expensive full tower PC. Now we have this tiny little SBC with a dinky little laptop cooler on it ploughing through Demon's Souls and Breath Of The Wild without an eGPU giving it a booster seat. It's astonishing how far technology has come. I can't wait for someone to put this in a Gameboy :P

[@jerryknudsen7898]

My favorite thought about this box is, according to it's specs, it has an NVME running at pcie x4 and another running x1. so moving the ssd to the x1 pcie slot, and running an external gpu to the x4 slot, it theoretically could become a very capable little gaming machine and one of the only ways to enjoy desktop gaming from a 10nm 11th gen since for some reason the desktop 11th gen parts were all 14nm

[@BeardTech]

Ok, a mini pc without a case is one of the most rad emulator beasts ever!

[@AlexBGamesONLINE]

I am trying to buy one of theses but I can't find it anywhere. Where can I buy this?

[@91ludesit]

You can't, the moment ETA posts one of these videos they disappear.

[@Samisipi]

If you cant find the board just search for intel nuc 11. It has the same specs as this one. Come's in a case. You can also find the intel nuc 11 board only through some retailers.

[@paparansen]

where are you from ?

[@trixniisama]

Many thanks for you to actually doing videos some people requests. You're really cool

[@Falcon5ive]

Great review of the hardware in itself but doesn't provide a comparison where it stands with respect to other hardware, these numbers would become more relatable if there is a comparison to other comparable hardware.

[@thecircusb0y1]

i hope your wrist scar is okay, you're awesome, don't forget it.

[@mohamedrabah3196]

This is probably the best board for emulation right now

[@KellyThomas9]

I would like to know how the NUC11PHKi7C compares? I believe you can't send as much power to the CPU but then you have a discrete GPU.

[@byzhiphop]

that little board is so sexy, I would love one so much but I can't find any, it'd be pretty cool to replace all my old consoles with a competent emulator like that in a nice 3d printed, painted case

[@Samisipi]

Intel nuc 11 has the same specs

[@byzhiphop]

@@Samisipi fair. it'd be just cool to take this like a raspberry pi and whip up a custom case to be forced to add a personal little touch to it

[@kazuya315]

ETA, you're fan of Dead or Alive and Tekken series. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@xzavierspeed1425]

yo look at his subs i think hes cursed

[@Catto.PK2007]

@@xzavierspeed1425Lol u got me laughing

[@troglodude980]

Hows this man getting better Emulation performance than my 9900ks and titan rtx tf

[@juunidesu12]

That Wii U play was amazing ... I tried BotW on my rig (7th gen i5, GTX 1660Super) and it just flat would not go over 15fps and usually much much less. Something that small chewing it up at 30fps easily with an integrated GPU -- WOW.

[@amilyester]

Tiger Lake has crazy single core performance. Willow Cove and Intel 10nm is pretty damn good, if only they could produce them at volume.

[@CarthagoMike]

This makes me even more excited for the potential of the Steam Deck.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Pretty impressive! Do you think the TigerLake APUs are generally outperforming the Ryzen 4000g series regarding the integrated graphics?

[@Deinorius]

In terms of gaming they're generally better than the Ryzen 4000 APUs. I'm not sure right now about the 5000 ones but even then it might need the high end parts with 8C16T. On the other side driver support is still better at AMD. If the emulators are working it's working on an emulator basis. For PC gaming there can be problems with single games. Hardware wise it's very important to use LPDDR4X memory. I'm quite impressed emulation works well enough with normal DDR4 memory but don't try to go full in into PC gaming, at least new PC games. The next thing in differences are the efficiency. Ryzen is generally more efficient IMO. For a NUC it doesn't really matter as you won't use it with a battery. With an Windows handheld like the Aya Neo or GPD Win 3 I see advantages for Ryzen when setting lower TDPs. And they can be cheaper still. 4C/8T are still enough for most things in this formfactor if you don't want to game hard or render hard stuff. I would still wish AMD would release an gaming APU with less cores and maximum GPU cores.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

@@Deinorius Yeah I don't expect an APU to do well in modern PC titles until at least DDR5 is available to alleviate the severe memory bandwidth restrictions that make integrated graphics horrendous in comparison to a dedicated GPU with GDDR6 or even GDDR5. I don't plan on picking up a system like this.. if I were I'd just get a cheap used X99 8 core Xeon and a cheap 4GB GPU and try and stick it in a small form factor case. Interested to see what the APU fight is like though. DDR5 should make things interesting late this year and next year.

[@EnglishPolishOnline]

What I would like to see is a mini computer with Windows 95/98 installed (with CD drive). That's what the retro gaming world is lacking right now. A mini 32-bit Windows machine.

[@PhantasmPhoton]

you could run a virtual machine with old windows installed on it

[@RikSandstromCalifornia]

Love your videos. You mentioned that this outperforms some of the AMD APU's. Which ones does it outperform? It would be nice to see a head to head comparison. Keep making these fantastic videos.

[@agustinreyero264]

this is the batocera dream machine!

[@dylancoulbeck7483]

can tell you really love emulation like the rest of us man, you really showcase some powerful and awesome builds

[@piplup10203854]

Woah the Wii U performance is great! I was really impressed! I would love something like this c:

[@themadatheist1976]

Shame we can have these tiny boards back when I was building my arcade control panel more than a decade ago. Wanted to throw in a system but you're limited to laptops with integrated graphics, and even those were a little bit too big.

[@Kekeripo]

Ther is the even tinyer pico-ITX commell LP-179 with a 1185G7E out there.

[@gargoyled_drake]

consoles and phones getting bigger, pc's getting smaller, this machine is the perfect emulation box, easy transport, easy setup, easy go.

[@91ludesit]

ETA do you mind testing batocera 30 on this?

[@jordanking6939]

If it passes the God of War, Dead or Alive, and Goldeneye 64 test, it's a thumbs up.

[@leathernluv]

The recurring theme seems to be "God of War stutters a bit..." so yeah, I totally agree on that. But Perfect Dark is harder to run IME than Goldeneye. What was done to Mario64 should get done to GE and PD. (Reverse engineer and port.)

[@bigemugamer]

WOW! God Of War at 5X resolution!! =O

[@vamdolly]

this board seems impressive and at any part down the line with the duel ethernet you could use it for pfsense.

[@Millzieeeee]

crazy you could get a full size pc for that price and you can get a gpu within the price also

[@scottwilliams895]

Always appreciate your videos and reviews. And I always wish you would more regularly tell the (approximate) prices of the hardware.

[@handmade_videos]

This machine seems to be great. I set up an old mini-PC as an emulation station. But all in all I spent more time experimenting with batocera, recalbox and all the emulators than actually playing good old games.

[@mr_vge]

Thank you so much, Sir, for your amazing videos.. I really enjoy them.. But how about Yuzu? Can you please at least add it to the description, whether it would work..? Thank you in advance VGE

[@markkissinger1750]

I recently subscribed. Your very awesome at explaining this and encouraging. Mad props to you sir.

[@bruunooh7636]

Can't wait to do this with my Ryzen APU 5750G with Vega 8

[@youngdannyaye]

Would the i3 version be good enough to run coinops in a modded a1up?

[@snowmcsnow4732]

I would like to see it run some PC titles

[@bjm9735]

Intel is actually trying on graphics it looks like

[@bjm9735]

Kind of

[@juandenz2008]

Impressive performance from these new intel mobile cpus. Hopefully we see some price drops over the coming months as at standard pricing the price / performance ratio for this unit means this isn't the best option for budget gamers. (I'm talking purely from a budget gaming performance ignoring form factor, TDP etc).

[@Lola__Cola]

Build this into a wii u gamepad?

[@TheRollsen]

i'd love to get one of these boards, but they are so expensive where i look

[@MaxSMoke777]

How do you keep finding such good deals on these things? On Amazon this computer in it's own box is over a $1000! I can find used ones for around $100 to $200 on Ebay, which aren't even guaranteed to work. That last "$80 PC" you went on about was actually $400 new! These videos are very bait-and-switch, man.

[@shadowrksstudiosandenterta4520]

Hard kernel bro

[@haileyktccampbell1812]

Why isn’t YUZU shown in this video? It was shown running just fine on the “PC Video” that was mentioned in the intro and posted a month prior, but wasn’t elaborated on or tested further here?

[@drunkwaffle6410]

Awesome video. Any to see some egpu performance?

[@SoopaFlyism]

Price in Europe: ASRock NUC BOX-1135G7 Crucial ValueRAM 8GB DDR4 SODIMM CL19 (2666MHz) x 2 500GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD €689,98

[@janecameron2668]

I just don't know how this tiny thing can emulate PS3 better than my PC setup? (A8-9600 + RX 550 + 16GB DDR4 + Windows 10 Pro 64bit / RPCS3 on SSD + PS3's game on HDD). I'm trying to play 'Heavenly Sword', called 'playable' on the emulator project website. I can only run the intro without a problem, but once it reaches the gameplay part properly... the screen turns red with an "O" button (which I desperately press for minutes at a time) and it doesn't come out of it. I've tried everything, this includes running with Vulkan and OpenGL; with this last API, it gets worse even in the intro of the game. [ By comparison, I can play the Cemu emulator satisfactorily well, nothing at the 'almighty' level but playable without a problem, titles like 'Zelda Breath of the Wild' and 'Mario Kart 8'. I think RPCS3 is still precocious, but this little PC board can run, I don't understand that... ]

[@kyleleroux110]

would love to see the latest beta of Windows 11 running on here. Also would love to see the latest version of Flight Simulator on here as well as Age Of Empires II DE on here.

[@davidagiel8130]

You should build a handheld out of it.

[@Croga]

I don't know what price you got this for but I see those go for about $1000 on Ebay (just the board, no storage or memory). For that price you can get a complete laptop with that same CPU (or even the i7-1165G7), 8 or 16GB of RAM, 256 or 512GB SSD and an actual screen attached. I'd say this board is generally not a good buy.

have you seeing the I9 + GTX 1650 PC mini PC on AliExpress (Chatreey, NVISEN)? I want a Intel mini PC for emulation and light gaming, but with crisis of components it's difficult to buy parts

[@WannabeG00D]

I am just now getting into Wii U and Wii emulation via Cemu and Dolphin respectively. Cemu runs great on my i7 1185G7 with Iris Xe but I can't for the life of me get Wii games to run at a stable framerate... Any ideas on how to improve performance are very welcome. Great video!

[@dadgamer6717]

Wow! This is incredible! Didn't think could do ps3!

[@_._shinonome_._]

Intel sells a 40w version as well

[@Michael18751]

Raspberry Pi 8: can emulate PS3 games for $35 Sony: Its too complicated for us, sorry.

[@Michael18751]

Sony wouldn't do it because of the "little" people buying into it according to them :P

[@terrythe2dmaniac71]

Amazing video, but why didn't you test Yuzu and Xenia as well on the little beast?

[@teachusmore]

Aside emulation, this will be a great alternative for portable AI projects.

[@inkz34]

I doubt it, biggest concerns in AI mobile projects are Power and Weight, the board still seems kind of light, but since the performance showed was on 35W, it's not a great choice overall, in other hand, Intel deserves congratulations, the newest integrated graphics are a big step from earlier generations, but another barrier for its development use is the API, it doesn't seem OpenCL could match CUDA in the near future.

[@gleny9640]

can you try making a handheld out of it? this will not only be able to run most consoles but can also run pc games

[@bradchenoweth7584]

In the process of trying to hide a laptop screen, keyboard, mouse, and a tiny something like this with a video card into my coffee table for light/casual gaming (I already own a gaming rig) and some fusion 360 work. I wish I could find one of these or the 1185G7E boards for sale any where. Stuff is getting so hard to find.

[@Pressbutan]

Honestly if I was shopping for a tiny/mini/micro 1 liter PC I'd spec this up instead, but with the 11G6

[@icerink239]

All of that power fits in the palm of your hand.

[@keithfulkerson]

It would be sick if someone made a (beefy) handheld with this.

[@soumynonareverse7807]

Great video, I wonder Asrock vs UDOO Bolt V8 for PhoenixOS with a virtual Home assistant server and Android TV on top?

[@Calvin_lifecoach]

That is true emulation beast! Thanks!

[@MAPster7000]

6:13 you mean 2k right ? That is awesome !

[@MrLeonsk99]

Which machine will give us the same performance at a lowest price? Could you please make a video of that??

[@42jnyl]

Thought maybe since I caught this video on release I could snag one before they sold out... nope

[@Christos_Angelis]

Excellent video! But I would like to know how equivalent Intel NUC products compare to this, since they are more widely available brand new as well as second hand.

[@venbeer]

Who needs an RTX 3080 when you can play some of the best games ever on this little thing

[@troglodude980]

You could probably oc the Igpu a good bit

[@stevent7944]

What a machine. BUT how much is it? Videos liuke these make a newby like me very excited but the cost is always a factor. ETA can u post the average cost when u can on things like this?

[@jacobcushman9153]

You can still play all these on your phone right I have the A21 Samsung galaxing would love to play wii u and ps3 games on it.

[@jrb363]

That is one tiny computer! Excellent performance for the size! ;)

[@shankquentin292]

Performance is good but the price of these things here, damn...

[@MrLeonsk99]

I bet that powerful machine can runs without a problem switch games, could you please confirm that?

[@woshixijinping3778]

I wanna see someone make like a portable switch of with this board or a similar one

[@Intertayne]

Someone with experience could definitely turn this into a handheld system. It'd probably be clunky and heavy but still handheld

[@tylikesaxolotls7866]

The steam deck

[@Intertayne]

@@tylikesaxolotls7866 It's on the way

[@tylikesaxolotls7866]

@@Intertayne Ok

[@NANOTECHYT]

I can't find this ASRock NUC board anywhere. I've looked for hours. The only place I find it is in a case like a proper NUC but it's way more expensive then.

[@Samisipi]

Intel nuc 11

[@juandenz2008]

Supply of everything seems messed up at the moment. I think you might have to wait a bit if you want this exact board. Even NUCs have the pricing really inflated at the moment.

[@mirzaalam9844]

If everything is monster or amazing then the words monster and amazing lose any weight.

[@DrCryogenic]

Pretty decent numbers!! What about the AsRock Jupiter x300 paired with Ryzen 7 4650G? Perhaps they can also give similar or better numbers? The integrated graphics boots upto 2100MHz. And the cooling is fairly decent too! Do check it out if possible.