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In case anyone is after a small form factor for a PC. I am considering this for a small Plex server attached to a HDD, and remotely accessing when required.
Intel Compute Stick Mini PC Atom Z3735F 2GB 32GB $103.92 Delivered @ Futu Online eBay
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it should handle FHD 60fps playback though.
FHD 60fps requires about 2000 passmark CPU score according to Plex and this one does not even reach half of the required benchmark.
Can the computestick wake other PCs on LAN?
Obviously it can through software. However the computerstick itself cannot be waken by keyboard or mouse or IR as its hardware seems to lack the functionality.
Wouldn't it be easier to wake other PCs on LAN using a smartphone?
not if the PC you want to wake is in a whole different state.i wanted to see if i could use a computestick, put teamviewer on it, and then wake other PCs on lan. This thing shouldnt draw that much power if its on 24/7
What is the problem with waking a PC via the Internet? Wake-on-LAN, despite its name, works wherever you have a network connection. I use it all the time powering up a PC in another country. It should really be called Wake-on-Network.
Yeah, wondering about the same thing. My router has a wake on LAN page (it even lists all the NIC Mac addresses on the network). It runs linux behind the scene. Not hard to make it wake on WAN. The router has VPN (server) support so VPN then wake up on LAN is another option. Developing a simple Web interface to do more complex tasks should be possible. Router is normally on 24x7.
Don't get me wrong, I like these little devices. However, Atom is really a weak CPU, even Celeron is not that good. I don't get why Intel continue to release these CPUs. Shouldn't they release CPUs that can at least beat current gen i-Devices as a bear minimum?
@alvian: As far as i can tell, in order to wake my PC on via the internet i need to subscribe to some dynamic DNS provider. Is there a way to do that without having that? PM me if you care to explain
@nairdajun: You can simply use the public facing IP. If this IP is static then optionally associate it with a domain name. If this IP is dynamic then it may change without notice, in which case you will need DDNS to be certain there is no lost of connection. You also need to configure the remote router to forward and broadcast UDP port 7 or 9.
Search free DDNS. Some routers come with free DDNS account. See http://www.howtogeek.com/192642/how-to-remotely-turn-on-your… for a tutorial. Search "Wake on Internet" for more information. You can also write a script to record and upload the dynamic IP to a cloud service.
In my experience, although I have a dynamic public IP on the remote system, it hasn't change in 3 years despite numerous modem reboot/re-association.
Don't expect any miracles with these - I've got one with an Atom x5-Z8300 processor and its more of a gimmick than anything else. Struggle to playback HD with juttering and 2GB of RAM makes any sort of multitasking rather painful.
Does alright for regular browsing once Chrome/Firefox is up and running
Not sure what you have but I've got a Chuwi Hi8 Pro with Windows 10. That's the same CPU as you described and it runs 1080p perfectly fine.
I've got the Intel Compute stick similar to the deal but "better". Can't explain why, just the experience I've had
Your experience doesn't make sense - modern CPU//GPU uses hardware acceleration to do video decoding. According to this, http://liliputing.com/2015/04/what-intels-new-atom-x5-x7-che…, your CPU//GPU is designed to handle h.264@240Hz!
Perhaps you're selecting software decoding option somewhere?
This model is not worth your time.
It has wireless n for wifi and it's signal is really bad.Gave it to my dad as a desktop replacement and got into trouble cos it could barely handle chrome with 5 open tab :(
it now sits in my drawer with other junk.Similar situation here, these really aren't worth the plastic they are made of, not sure about linux version tho.
Can't pm you - sell me the one in your drawer please! lol, I'm still curious to have a play around :)
Send me a PM please.
I was considering installing WIN10 and slimming it down to bare minimum. 99% of my videos on plex currently dosnt need any transcoding for home viewing.
My secondary use would be to remotely log in to schedule any downloads which saves into the attached HDD.
I could do the above while this device is plugged into my TV and as others mentioned, could turn it into a nice basic HTPC.
Good price, but these things are gutless and have (had?) issues with the Bluetooth. We also had issues with it getting the 1511 Windows 10 update on one, took forever and failed the first couple of times.
My workplace has some of these dongles. They are in fact the first generation TV Stick.
They are quite problematic - we use them for showing powerpoint slides or low res mp4 on a big tv nearly 24*7 and we installed Teamviewer on all of the sticks.
So far, 3 out of 8 TV sticks had died (I believe the in-built slow Samsung eMMC fried) and it had been confirmed and replaced by Intel with in-built Win10 dongle (our batch came with Win8.1 when we purchased those ones).
Well, this TV dongle has only ONE usb port so it will be a pain if you have more than one USB devices (powered USB hubs etc.). Also they are wrapped inside a plastic case so I think some of the components will be fairly hot in summer.
Would this dongle be a replacement for HTPC? I don't think so.
Will this one run reliably? I leave this question to you guys.So to watch HD, install Kodi and Sling TV, would this suffice?
Just a note that it will not be powerful enough to act as a plex server if you need it to handle transcoding. Also it does not have USB3.0 so your bandwidth to HDD and network is pretty much limited.
It, however, can be a good plex client for your TV to play media from a good plex server.