When it comes to computers, I believe most people are most familiar with them. At present, we often see desktops and laptops. As a portable device, you will definitely choose a notebook, and as a family fixed use, you will certainly choose a desktop. The difference is that desktop computers are relatively scalable. For those who like to assemble or change configurations, you will often consider desktop computers. With the continuous progress of technology, notebooks have become thinner and thinner, no longer like the heavy notebooks that used to be carried in office. Similarly, desktop computers have begun to take the route to mini host computers, which not only occupy our small space, but also bring high configuration experience. Maybe many people are worried. Is the heat dissipation of such a mini host stable? Is the configuration high? Can you afford a big game? Is the price expensive? I believe that these are the most common questions people ask when they buy computers. In the face of such a mini and high configuration host, in addition to the above problems, of course, we still know more about the actual experience. If we haven't experienced how to boast, everything is nonsense. Let's take a look with these questions.

When the notebook becomes thinner, it depends on the smaller the size of the hardware. If you have seen the ultra-thin notebook, you will know that it can be made thinner because of the hard disk CPU、 The size of memory and motherboard is smaller, which can make it so thin. Since it can be used on a laptop, of course, the host can also be used as a mini host. When it comes to mini consoles, the first one I personally saw came from the "midnight T3S MAX mini computer", which can make the console so mini and has a high configuration, which is a bit novel for my new computer fan. Of course, we care more about the actual experience than listening to me talk about how awesome this mini host is.

After the "Polar Night T3S MAX Mini Computer", Polar Night launched a new product, "Polar Night T5S PRO", which also has a super mini body and is only a 500ml high drink. This time, Intel's fifth generation Core I5-5200U processor was used and supported by the WIN8.1 system. This is different from T3S in that the hard disk is equipped with a 240G SSD solid state disk, without the addition of mechanical hard disk, and the memory is also 8G. With dual 4K HD interface, it can be used not only on the display, but also on smart TV. Internet boxes can replace set-top boxes. I personally think that the midnight mini computer can replace Internet boxes and set-top boxes. After all, there are far more things that can be done on the WIN system than on the Internet box. After a brief understanding of the configuration, let's take a look at how the appearance and details can make us feel different.

Polar Night T5S PRO Appearance Details

A relatively simple packaging method is adopted for the outer packaging. Apart from the midnight logo, there is no introduction about the product on the front. If you can add a few highlights on the packaging, it will be a good way to know the positioning of this product at a glance.

There are a lot of accessories, such as remote control, HDMI HD cable, power adapter, Micro USB cable, long and short antenna, host base, CD, manual and warranty card.

Like the previous T3S MAX, the "Polar Night T5S PRO" uses anodized aluminum in its shell, which brings great benefits to heat dissipation. Just because there is no built-in cooling fan, in addition to adding CPU cooling panels, the heat dissipation design of the shell is also extremely important, and it can also maintain stable operation. In order to meet the needs of different people for color, three colors are available: black, silver and gold. If I mentioned that I like it, I prefer black. I feel that it is full of science and technology. It is also a dirt resistant role in terms of dust.

The "Polar Night T5S PRO" supports a variety of placement modes, which can be placed standing or flat. Any placement mode can be matched with family furnishings. It is believed that such a small mini host will not occupy too much space in any position. The front is a glass panel, and there is only one physical key as the power on key. This sense of black technology design not only does not occupy a place, but also meets our various adaptation needs, which is the most important.

In order to facilitate the insertion of some external devices, two 3.0 USB interfaces are added on the right side, which can freely insert mobile hard disks and other digital devices. There are earphone and microphone jacks nearby. You can see that there are certain gaps in the design of the interface. When we plug in other digital devices at the same time, it will not be crowded and cannot be used. Every detail is considered very carefully. COM serial port was one of the most used ports in the past, but it is less used now. I think it is more practical to change it to VGA interface.

"Polar Night T5S PRO" provides a variety of interfaces. The first thing you can see is the antenna interface. In the matching of accessories, a short antenna and a long antenna can be selected according to the signal strength you need. In order to give full play to HD trials, HDMI and HDMI/MINI dual interfaces have been added, which can perfectly form dual screens and support 4K ultra-high definition resolution. I believe this will be a shocking experience for watching 4K movies and playing high-definition game tapes. In addition to supporting WIFI connection, two gigabit network cable interfaces are added, which can facilitate users to have different choices in connection and non connection. USB interface is relatively practical. For example, keyboard, mouse, mobile hard disk, etc., USB interface must be used. In order to cope with the addition of more external devices, in addition to the two USB 3.0 interfaces on the right, four USB 2.0 interfaces are added. I believe that so many USB interfaces are enough for us to deal with the use of external devices on a daily basis.

I began to experience the "Polar Night Smart Remote Control" earlier and also wrote this experience report The novelty of the polar night remote control is to change the traditional remote control and make it more practical. "Polar Night T5S PRO" also adds "Polar Night Smart Remote Control" to the standard configuration, and it doesn't need more complicated setting operations, just needs a USB receiver to plug in, and it can be used. However, the layout of the keyboard is still practical. There are only 15 buttons on the front, which are basically the key functions we often use. The addition of the computer can facilitate remote control through the remote controller, whether on the monitor or TV. This is a rare collocation on the computer at present, but such collocation is more convenient to control.

The greater highlight of the "Polar Night Smart Remote Control" is the increased keyboard layout on the back. In addition to directly handling some typing, it also adds the direction keys and AB keys for game control keys. I believe that friends with smart TV often encounter a problem when searching or logging in. Ordinary remote controls are very troublesome and need to be selected one by one. With the "Polar Night Smart Remote Control", I believe these problems can be solved easily, and it is unique in consideration and design.

"Polar Night T5S PRO", as a super mini mini computer host, has the advantage of occupying our tiny position, which can be placed anywhere, and also adds a home decoration to us. It is not as limited as traditional computers in use. It can support our ordinary monitors. Of course, the monitors must have HDMI interfaces. Earlier monitors can purchase HDMI to VGA cables, which can also be used. Of course, ordinary TVs can also be connected to the "Polar Night T5S PRO" host. If the TV has an HDMI interface, it can still be used. I believe that with the help of computers, TV will be more practical in use. For example, office work and watching movies and TV plays are far more practical than other traditional computers and network boxes. And it has built-in Bluetooth function, which can be connected to external devices such as game consoles. It is believed that with a high resolution of 3840 * 2160, watching movies and playing games will bring different shocks.

Polar Night T5S PRO simple disassembly

I believe that "Polar Night T5S PRO" super mini machine body can be so small and delicate, but I am more interested in its interior. What is hidden under such a mini machine body? With these questions, I still want to take the machine apart and check to see how it can be so small under such a mini machine body?

There are 13 screws in the whole shell, and the disassembly is very simple, and there are no extra invisible screws. This makes it easy to disassemble the hard disk. After a while, the left and right panels and the front panel were removed. The first thing I saw was that the motherboard was very small. Except for the memory and network card that we are familiar with, the rest are electronics and resistors. A 240G SSD hard disk is built in. In order to meet the different needs of the hard disk, a solid state hard disk mSATA interface is added to the network card. The hard disk can be expanded at will. There is a quite empty space in the upper left corner. It can be expected that it is reserved for installing the cooling fan. Personally, it is a waste of space. Because the heat dissipation of the "Polar Night T5S PRO" without fans has been well done, there is no need for a cooling fan and there will be no high temperature warning.

The memory is 8G DDR3L 1600MHz. I believe that it is no longer necessary to deal with some daily use and some large-scale games.

The Intel dual screen AC 3160 wireless network card is equipped with two antennas that can enhance the signal strength at will. The Bluetooth 4.0 module is also located in it, which can increase the connection of external Bluetooth devices.

What is different from T3S this time is that the addition of mechanical hard disk is removed, and 64G solid state disk is directly changed into 240G Kingston solid state disk, which is believed to be enough for general storage. Next to it is Intel's fifth generation Core I5-5200U processor. The purple color on the top is thermal conductive adhesive, which brings great heat dissipation effect to the heat dissipation.

This is a simple disassembly, and we can roughly understand what is hidden in the mini host of "Polar Night T5S PRO". The mini host can be built completely by relying on the small size of hardware. The rest of the sound cards and Graphics 5500 graphics cards are integrated on the motherboard. Both the layout and details were handled properly.

Polar Night T5S PRO Performance Score Test

Master Lu believes that everyone is very familiar with it. Although some professional testing software has not been achieved in testing, it is OK to simply understand the configuration of the host and simple testing. In the computer comprehensive performance test, it reached 93145 points. In the temperature test, it ran for half an hour, and the temperature was kept at about 35 degrees. It can be seen that the heat dissipation was very good without fans, which also depends on the heat dissipation effect of the heat conductive adhesive and the shell.

It has a built-in 240G solid state disk. In the HD Tune Pro test, which we are familiar with, the average reading speed is 252.1MB/s, while our ordinary mechanical keyboard is only about one hundred megabytes per second. The speed difference is relatively large, which also indicates that the mechanical keyboard will face obsolescence sooner or later.

CPU-Z is mainly used to view the configuration details, including the processor, memory, motherboard, etc. It is also one of the commonly used detection software for understanding the configuration details.

"CINEBENCH R10" is a performance evaluation. It scores the single core and multi-core performance of the processor. In the test, the single core score is 5219, while the multi-core score is 9146. From the score, it can be seen that it is not a problem to deal with some large-scale applications and games.

This PCMARK 8 test software is a comprehensive computer test that everyone is familiar with. The test items are Home Creative, Work, Store and Applications can only be tested in the same way. But this time, Creative is the only one that has the highest load on the computer. After the test, the score is 2186. We can't help saying that the "midnight T5S PRO" not only has a mini body, but also has good performance. After seeing such test scores, Do you still think this mini host can't conquer you?

In the test of a large game, I chose the best speed car 17 this time. It is commendable that there was almost no jam in the process of playing. I have to say that it is commendable to have such a good configuration on such a mini host. I believe that if you move to the big screen and play with the game controller, you will feel comfortable.

The appearance of the "Polar Night T5S PRO" computer host is small. I believe you have known it. In terms of configuration, although it cannot compare with the current high-end configuration, it is very satisfactory in the actual test process. In addition to the configuration of the host, many people focus on the stability of heat dissipation. From the test, we can see that the stability of heat dissipation is also maintained without fans. We can't say how good this host is, but in daily use, whether it is mobile office or daily viewing, I believe it is above the standard. If you are pursuing a mini host, and want to have a mid tier configuration, but also portable, I believe that the "Polar Night T5S PRO" is enough to meet your requirements.