Intel atom quad or dual core celeron for mini pc?

[ExoMale]

Looking for a mini pc with the 4gb + 64gb emmc
Configuration and depending on model the prices are a little all over the place.

I'm not bothered about a chassis with 2.5 drive option, I dont mind if it has the option or not, but its price/performance spec im after.

 

[Roadrunner_668]

following as i want to build a mini pc also. hope you get the advice you require !

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Ok your gonna want the latest atom quad core you can get that way u get decent speed and the gpu gpu will be capable of decoding everything including hevc h265 etc. Trust on this that the gpu needs to be on the ball because if you have to fall back onto software rendering on high rez high bitrate h265 your gonna be in a world of hurt.

I have a much older lenovo q180 thats got atom dual core d2700 cpu 4gig ram and has amd gpu used for emulators and retrogaming. Its more than capable.

Newest atom cpu i forgot the model is ok for media center work.

Depending on what your using it for dont rule out those android media players that run full android. S922 cpu is decent in them does all video decoding and no over heads of running Windows.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

J5005 is the cpu your gonna want. Although next year the j6 be out

 

[ExoMale]

Ok your gonna want the latest atom quad core you can get that way u get decent speed and the gpu gpu will be capable of decoding everything including hevc h265 etc. Trust on this that the gpu needs to be on the ball because if you have to fall back onto software rendering on high rez high bitrate h265 your gonna be in a world of hurt.

I have a much older lenovo q180 thats got atom dual core d2700 cpu 4gig ram and has amd gpu used for emulators and retrogaming. Its more than capable.

Newest atom cpu i forgot the model is ok for media center work.

Depending on what your using it for dont rule out those android media players that run full android. S922 cpu is decent in them does all video decoding and no over heads of running Windows.

thanks for reply.

my use is just office based really, i want to start a small business from home which is why i was looking at these machines as they will have enough power for my uses and can mount to screen. i already have a pi zero set up for retro gaming, i also did think to get another pi model for chrome os, but i dont know yet. i do have an android tv box thats been sitting in draw for many months that i thought i could replace os with something more useful, but dont know the possibilities.

i can use my laptop or possibly my Note 10 phone, but i want business related stuff to be separate.

J5005 is the cpu your gonna want. Although next year the j6 be out

thanks for reply.

while i didnt state a price as that wasnt quite part of the question, those sort or anything J will be too much, ideally upwards of £100 or £130 at a max due to the nature of use which limits me to older spec models.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

You can normally get a full barebones nuc with that cpu for 130ish then just add your ram and hdd. Can pick up ssd cheap these days and ram is cheapo too even from members market.
Do note that even something like a haswell based pentium dual core will wipe the floor with the atom cpu and make web browsing far better. Those setups are cheapo too just depends how much you want to spend and how small you want the box

 

[Rroff]

Problem with the Atoms is inconsistent performance and you'd definitely want the top models - they can do quite well for some tasks but certain areas they are far slower at. While stuff like the M3-8100Y and J5005, etc. will give more consistent performance for what they are.

I find the Atoms catch me out a bit as I use a GPD Pocket quite a lot with the X7 Z8750 and it is surprisingly capable for many tasks but then you'll run into something where it bogs down.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

I think intel mentioned the next atom that comes out will be a big uplift in performance. Probably be on 10nm then lol.
Atom works good with old console emulators you get to use windows so the arcade emulators on it are the best ones.
Atom uses very little power can run one of those nucs in a shed from a solar panel and small battery

 

[Rroff]

Atom uses very little power can run one of those nucs in a shed from a solar panel and small battery

Quite surprising in that respect - the X7 Z8750 gives around Q6600 performance much of the time (a few areas it isn't quite as good) while using like 2 watts or less.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Thats surprising if any atom cpu can match a q6600 especially in single threadded stuff. Are you sure it can do that level of performance? Im gonna have to look into this cuz my atom d2700 which is dual core with hypertension is nowhere near as fast as my q6600 was in single or multi threadded stuff