The author recently acquired a mini computer, and after more than a month's experience, wrote a detailed assessment,

As an insider in the electronics industry, I think I know more about mobile phones and computers.

The article is divided into seven chapters, please comment together. The total capacity of the photos and screenshots taken for this evaluation exceeds 1GB.

If it is put into the WORD file, it is about 80 pages long.

Well, without much to say, today's protagonist is it:

The machine contains the following items:

1. One VivoMini UN62 host

2. One 65W power adapter

3. One VESA MOUNT bracket

4. Six screws

5. One manual

6. A quick start guide

7. One warranty certificate

8. VESA MOUNT installation guide

Back panel, 2 USB interfaces, one RJ45, one DP, one HDMI, power interface and headphone interface:

Side panel: Kensinton lock, card reader, 2 USB.

Front panel: power switch, hard disk light, and INTEL and WINDOWS stickers.

Power Supply:

19A, 65W, close to laptop:

On my monitor, the VESA MOUNT is actually installed. First, install the bracket on the monitor:

Now, let's do some technical analysis:

This Vivo mini computer uses Intel's i3-4030U. From the perspective of product iteration, it belongs to Intel's Haswell Refresh series. You can see more parameters from the ARK information on Intel's official website.

The internal information of INTEL shows more information:

As we all know, since 2007, Intel has always followed the rule of "Tick Lock" to update processors iteratively. "Tick Lock", translated into Chinese, is the "tick tick" of clocks. Tick mainly refers to the improvement of CPU core process, such as the evolution from 32nm of SandyBridge to 22nm of IvyBridge. While Tom is an architecture update, such as the evolution from the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture of IvyBridge to the Haswell microarchitecture of Haswell. Generally speaking, the production process is updated in odd years, and the micro architecture is updated in even years.

Haswell is one of them. It follows the 22nm manufacturing process of the previous generation of IvyBridge, while at the same time, it has improved on the micro architecture, adopting the new Haswell micro architecture instead of the Sandy Bridge architecture adopted by Ivy Bridge. The Broadwell series launched after Haswell belongs to a Tick. It follows the Haswell micro architecture, but the manufacturing process is improved to 14nm.

If you look down according to the Intel roadmap, Broadwell should be followed by a Tock, which maintains a 14nm process, but uses the new micro architecture Skylake series. The 6xxx series chips currently launched on the desktop platform belong to the Skylake series. The Tick Lock mode of Intel has been continuing like this, with a small exception recently. As the manufacturing process becomes smaller and closer to the limit of materials, the process becomes more and more difficult. After Skylake, it should be a Tick, that is, further improvement of the manufacturing process. However, at present, this Tick is difficult to produce due to many reasons such as process. At present, Intel's solution is similar to Haswell Refresh's Kaby Lake series, which still uses 14nm. The real Tick is called CannonLake. Intel's clear information is that it will be launched in the second half of 2017, The most advanced 10nm process will be used.

Back on the i3-4030U, Haswell uses LGA1150 on the desktop platform and FCBGA1168 on the mobile platform.

Starting from the 5 series chipsets, INTEL has integrated the South Bridge and North Bridge as PCH, and put some functions of the North Bridge into the CPU, as shown in the following figure:

In order to further analyze and interpret the design idea of the product, the corresponding disassembly is obviously essential. I will combine my knowledge and information to do a detailed deconstruction with you. Let's explore the inside of it!

In general, the Vivo mini computer is made of decent materials. The description of "exquisite materials, exquisite design and solid workmanship" is most appropriate. The process of disassembly is also very easy. I believe that the design concept of Design For Service (convenient follow-up maintenance should be considered when designing) that ASUS has always adhered to is strictly implemented.

As the saying goes, "It's a mule or a horse. Take it for a walk." No matter how much hardware analysis or technology introduction, it will ultimately reflect the actual performance of the machine. Therefore, the author decided to take a look at it in the form of horizontal evaluation Vivo mini computer How did you perform.

It can be seen from the horizontal evaluation that the Vivo mini computer has achieved high performance per unit volume and per unit power consumption with a very small size, and is leading in all platforms. Be competent for daily office and entertainment needs.

It can be found that the noise and heat of the Vivo mini computer are also excellent!

summary

Combined with its price of more than 3000 yuan, this is a product worth starting with. In the future, PC miniaturization will become a trend, and Asustek's VivoPC series, and then VivoMini series of products, just conform to this trend. The CPU of the Atom series is still a bit laborious, but the i3 series CPU can already cope with daily office work and light entertainment for mini computers.

Of course, the product still has much room for improvement. For example, compared with Intel's own NUC mini computer, ASUS's mini computer is slightly behind in CPU selection. Basically, it is a generation behind Intel's products. In addition, the volume is slightly larger than NUC. At present, SSD and mechanical hard disk with standard 2.5 inch SATA interface are not supported, only M2 interface is provided. I hope the next generation of products can be more perfect!