SZBOX S1 Intel N97 Mini PC - Crazy Low Price for Top Performance

[@srvuk]

When you consider the price (if it were true) , this is astonishing value. I don't see the NGFF SSD's being phased out for a while as there are just so many machines still being produced that have such slots. The USB 32Gb or less boot issue is a very odd one that I would have thought could be remedied with a BIOS update. Yes there are things that I wish were a little different such as the USB 2.0 ports and lack of some form of USB-C. I'm guessing that the USB 3.2 ports are Gen 1. Those HDMI ports don't seem to be 2.1 because of the limit of 4k60. For somebody looking for an all round, day to day PC, with a little extra oomph in the GPU over and above the N100 processor, this would seem to be ideal and would easily be a far better alternative to the RPI5 for use as a general PC/media player/retro gaming station. Sometimes things come along that just fit many a bill and this year, at $109, this should be on any top 20 list. However, when I look at the actual price for this model it comes up at $160, which makes the conversation rather different and nit picks rather more important. A whopping 47% increase in the real world price. Even a barebones option comes in at $115. So it has to be a thumbs down for being misleading

[@tvboxstop]

Thanks for your analysis

[@patrickcadette]

Yea there is alot to like about this product but the cons are hurting it.thanks nick...😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@tvboxstop]

Thanks for watching!😀

[@lablackzed]

Nice one nick a cheap as chips pc it is what it is as reflexed in the price.👍👍👍👍👍🍺

[@tvboxstop]

The regular price is actually $250 I guess they are trying to clear stock before the chipset loses popularity.

[@lablackzed]

@@tvboxstop This is what I thought especially when I saw it at £89 Pound's.🤔

[@timjacobs6610]

It's not $109. It's $160...🤔

[@tvboxstop]

Actually the price is now $115 it seems to be changing ever so often

[@Dave_Smith_OnWheels]

My price to Australia with 16g and 500g ssd is close to US$200. :-(

[@tvboxstop]

Do you want the one featured in the video for a fraction of the price? I can ship it to you in Australia. If yes contact me [e-mail]

[@DuoSolus]

Still, very low price

[@DanDan10101]

​@tvboxstop you have a store?

[@RavenJonMalejanaChan]

You doesn't need to use menu button navigation bar or custom navigation bar app you can just change the navigation settings under android settings

[@tvboxstop]

Under the launcher 3 I couldn't get a navigation bar to come up. Taskbar mode worked fine but it's not the same with no drag-and-drop.

[@ubeytelma662]

Güzel bir ürün emeğinize sağlık tanıtım videosu güzel olmuş teşekkürler saygılar

[@tvboxstop]

Teşekkürler👍👍👍

[@popthatbeep]

Why can’t I run the display application? The display is running fine but I can’t access it. The cpu temperature says 0 degree

[@tvboxstop]

Sorry I don't have the answer to your question. It's very hard to troubleshoot a PC that's not in front of me.

[@paoloumali100]

Is adapter autovolt, i.e. 100-240v?

[@tvboxstop]

Yes this is an auto switching a power supply.

[@kaese2002]

is this thing capable of running Debian bookworm?

[@tvboxstop]

I believe it can because you can install Ubuntu desktop on it

[@scottmcewan8668]

Would the ngff slot support an external gpu adapter?

[@tvboxstop]

No it cannot

[@scottmcewan8668]

@@tvboxstop thank you, what about through the m.2 slot? I think having a 1050ti attached would be a decent little system

[@tvboxstop]

@@scottmcewan8668 Of course, eGPU option is the new way run high end games on mini PCs. You may also need access to certain Bios option which these Mini PCs lock.

[@scottmcewan8668]

@@tvboxstop would they be unlockable in the bios?

[@tvboxstop]

@@scottmcewan8668 usually Mini PCs do not allow are looking. I however seen a few that use a keyboard shortcut to access advanced BIOS options. This Mini PC does not have that feature.

[@oblivionlord1242]

I wonder how this performs against the G5 with the N97 Nick? As thay unit uses 4800mhz ddr5 but at 12w, this is 3200mhz at 25w... Its a hard one

[@tvboxstop]

Any mini-PC that uses DDR5 the chipset by nature will be better than the N97.

[@TTURKI]

@@tvboxstop isn’t they’re same N97 cpu’s but different ram generation?

[@tvboxstop]

@@TTURKI according to Intel there is a version of the N97 that carries LPDDR5 4800 MT/s

[@cover24158]

its support raid?

[@tvboxstop]

I will have to check

[@kevinkev1530]

👍🏿

[@tvboxstop]

Thanks for the watch time

[@nicoful86]

Yup, the price took a hike

[@tvboxstop]

to $115

[@nicoful86]

@@tvboxstop idk how you get those prices, that's insane

[@nicoful86]

@@tvboxstop to Sweden it's almost $150

[@sirdee9607]

[@tvboxstop]

Thanks for watching