Foxconn nanoPC AT-7300 nettop review on Intel Core i3-3217U
The dimensions of the displays are growing steadily, and the dimensions of devices without it tend to decrease. Even gaming computers aspire to the mini-ITX format, and already office solutions need to be even smaller. Long ago appeared nettops on Atoms, not the fastest, but still unsympathetic computers. With the advent of an ultra low-power processor, such as ultrabook processors, the possibilities of engineers are close to infinite. I have already tested on OCCLub.ru a solution from Intel - NUC and from Gigabyte - BRIX. Both nettops were based on Intel Core i3 and had ultra-small dimensions, but they were not without some flaws. The device from Foxconn is based on the same processor, larger in size, but has significant advantages in the field of expansion. Under the cut - preparation nettop Foxconn AT-7300.
The packaging is very similar ... of course, Apple. Well, how could it be otherwise) And on the box is painted a silver version of the nettop, and black (the most popular in production) color is depicted on a plastic sling around the box. From outside, op-pa, Apple-Style!
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Inside the déjà vu, see what a cute little case, pulling the tongue of which you can get the device entirely out of the box. The nettop is still black, so I won't say anything here.
Raise the already empty top section. Inside, there is a stand for vertical installation, a power adapter, a power cable, a sticker, a set of screws and (oh, a miracle!) USB flash drive with drivers - it’s simply unrealistic, at last the vendors stopped attaching driver discs to devices without a DVD drive.
We are raising another section, although it would seem that there is nowhere else below, and we find VESA mounts there. Here, perhaps, all that is needed for a compact computer.
Drove in appearance: Stylish, under brushed aluminum, cool, only slightly too big. The rest is amazing.
The front panel contains: power button (round, silver with integrated LED), speaker grille (nettop sings independently, without connecting to speakers), two USB 3.0 ports, MS / SD / SDHC / MMC card reader, microphone jack and headphone jack. Nothing superfluous, but you can’t even say that something is missing.
The upper and lower edges are reserved for ventilation, the side panels are solid, you can certainly tell about their size or count the number of scratches, and also clarify how far from the edge of the platform there are bolts under the Ph00 screwdriver, but leave these troubles to harsher editions.
The back panel is the most delicious: there are 4 USB ports (2 - USB 3.0), a DVI connector, an HDMI connector, a LAN port, a speaker connector and a port for a power adapter. A bunch of wires that can be connected should not frighten an experienced user, in fact you need to understand that in addition to the HDMI cable and the power cord, you hardly need anything. The adapter for connecting a wireless mouse and keyboard will be completely invisible, the HDMI cable can transmit both sound and image, and you haven't learned how to do without the power cord.
Externally - it is clear, climbed inside. The cover on the four bolts allows you to remove ... the opposite wall))).
The black PCB board contains a lot of interesting connectors: two slots for SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM, full-size mini PCI-E, a whole design for installing an SATA hard disk.
On the back of the board is a central processor with an installed cooling system and a half-size mini PCI-E slot occupied by a Wi-Fi adapter.
Structurally, the computer is no different from Intel NUC and Gigabyte Brix with the exception of a full-fledged SATA, which means a larger amount of data storage, but a lower transfer rate of these.
Let's go see what's inside.
The processor has been well known for a long time - this is Intel Core i3-3217U
Low power consumption, two cores, four threads.
RAM - 4 gigabytes of one bar, you can install two modules of 8 gigabytes - a total of up to 16 gigabytes.
Intel Centrino 2200 Wireless Adapter Supports 802.11n Standard
500 GB hard drive, regular SATA disk with a thickness of 9.5 mm. It is possible to install disks with a capacity of up to 1 TB or a solid-state drive.
In the mini PCI-E connector, I tried to install an mSATA solid-state drive (32 GB from Sandisk and 80 GB from Intel), but they were undecided. This is likely to be fixed in the second generation of nettop.
Working with memory is not the strongest side of the configuration, but I remind you that I installed only one memory module - everything will be much better in dual channel mode.
Favorite test - Windows 7 evaluation - considers the graphics subsystem to be the weakest point.
The speed of the hard drive is of course lower than that of the solid-state drive.
The PC Mark 7 complex test says that the hard disk drive is almost doubled, but is it worth sacrificing a large amount of storage for this figure? The question is not trivial.
Another PC Mark 8 complex says that the result is 2410 points - this is acceptable for office computers.
The graphics subsystem - Intel HD Graphics 4000 - is able to turn toys 4-5 years old without any problems - and the legendary Half-Life 2 just flies at maximum settings.
The temperature regime in Foxconn nanoPC AT-7300 is quite acceptable. The maximum central temperature was 73 degrees - compared to the Intel NUC - a cool breeze ...
To summarize: an excellent compact nettop based on a modern and sufficiently powerful Intel Core i3 processor. There are quite a few scenarios for using the device - from a small office desktop to a media center with a 1 terabyte hard drive. I would prefer this option: a home computer for surfing the Internet and social networking with the ability to play casual games. Well, if you have straight hands, or you clearly follow the instructions - put Hakintosh and here he is McMini =)
The packaging is very similar ... of course, Apple. Well, how could it be otherwise) And on the box is painted a silver version of the nettop, and black (the most popular in production) color is depicted on a plastic sling around the box. From outside, op-pa, Apple-Style!
')
Inside the déjà vu, see what a cute little case, pulling the tongue of which you can get the device entirely out of the box. The nettop is still black, so I won't say anything here.
Raise the already empty top section. Inside, there is a stand for vertical installation, a power adapter, a power cable, a sticker, a set of screws and (oh, a miracle!) USB flash drive with drivers - it’s simply unrealistic, at last the vendors stopped attaching driver discs to devices without a DVD drive.
We are raising another section, although it would seem that there is nowhere else below, and we find VESA mounts there. Here, perhaps, all that is needed for a compact computer.
Drove in appearance: Stylish, under brushed aluminum, cool, only slightly too big. The rest is amazing.
The front panel contains: power button (round, silver with integrated LED), speaker grille (nettop sings independently, without connecting to speakers), two USB 3.0 ports, MS / SD / SDHC / MMC card reader, microphone jack and headphone jack. Nothing superfluous, but you can’t even say that something is missing.
The upper and lower edges are reserved for ventilation, the side panels are solid, you can certainly tell about their size or count the number of scratches, and also clarify how far from the edge of the platform there are bolts under the Ph00 screwdriver, but leave these troubles to harsher editions.
The back panel is the most delicious: there are 4 USB ports (2 - USB 3.0), a DVI connector, an HDMI connector, a LAN port, a speaker connector and a port for a power adapter. A bunch of wires that can be connected should not frighten an experienced user, in fact you need to understand that in addition to the HDMI cable and the power cord, you hardly need anything. The adapter for connecting a wireless mouse and keyboard will be completely invisible, the HDMI cable can transmit both sound and image, and you haven't learned how to do without the power cord.
Externally - it is clear, climbed inside. The cover on the four bolts allows you to remove ... the opposite wall))).
The black PCB board contains a lot of interesting connectors: two slots for SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM, full-size mini PCI-E, a whole design for installing an SATA hard disk.
On the back of the board is a central processor with an installed cooling system and a half-size mini PCI-E slot occupied by a Wi-Fi adapter.
Structurally, the computer is no different from Intel NUC and Gigabyte Brix with the exception of a full-fledged SATA, which means a larger amount of data storage, but a lower transfer rate of these.
Let's go see what's inside.
The processor has been well known for a long time - this is Intel Core i3-3217U
Low power consumption, two cores, four threads.
RAM - 4 gigabytes of one bar, you can install two modules of 8 gigabytes - a total of up to 16 gigabytes.
Intel Centrino 2200 Wireless Adapter Supports 802.11n Standard
500 GB hard drive, regular SATA disk with a thickness of 9.5 mm. It is possible to install disks with a capacity of up to 1 TB or a solid-state drive.
In the mini PCI-E connector, I tried to install an mSATA solid-state drive (32 GB from Sandisk and 80 GB from Intel), but they were undecided. This is likely to be fixed in the second generation of nettop.
Working with memory is not the strongest side of the configuration, but I remind you that I installed only one memory module - everything will be much better in dual channel mode.
Favorite test - Windows 7 evaluation - considers the graphics subsystem to be the weakest point.
The speed of the hard drive is of course lower than that of the solid-state drive.
The PC Mark 7 complex test says that the hard disk drive is almost doubled, but is it worth sacrificing a large amount of storage for this figure? The question is not trivial.
Another PC Mark 8 complex says that the result is 2410 points - this is acceptable for office computers.
The graphics subsystem - Intel HD Graphics 4000 - is able to turn toys 4-5 years old without any problems - and the legendary Half-Life 2 just flies at maximum settings.
The temperature regime in Foxconn nanoPC AT-7300 is quite acceptable. The maximum central temperature was 73 degrees - compared to the Intel NUC - a cool breeze ...
To summarize: an excellent compact nettop based on a modern and sufficiently powerful Intel Core i3 processor. There are quite a few scenarios for using the device - from a small office desktop to a media center with a 1 terabyte hard drive. I would prefer this option: a home computer for surfing the Internet and social networking with the ability to play casual games. Well, if you have straight hands, or you clearly follow the instructions - put Hakintosh and here he is McMini =)
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/206126/
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