Among the many mini hosts, the Lenovo Xiaoxin mini host with built-in power supply, and the zero moment SER8 with the bottom air inlet + MSC2.0 new air duct design have been sought after by many users. However, their prices are not cheap, and what many friends need is actually a set of affordable light office equipment. At this time, the EQ13, which combines the strengths of the above two products and focuses on the entry-level market, is worthy of being included in our focus list.
Yes, Jiansheng has already reviewed the EQ13 a long time ago, but the product was not officially launched until June 28, which perfectly missed the popularity of the 618 promotion....... However, as the saying goes, good goods are not afraid of being late, and it is good to re-acquaint yourself with this new product now.
Zero moment EQ13 provides 2 configurations, respectively equipped with Intel N100 and N200 processors, the basic specifications of these 2 chips are the same, both are 4 cores and 4 threads, built-in 6MB cache, but the main frequency of N200 has been increased from N100 3.4GHz to 3.7GHz, and the number of EU units with integrated core graphics has also increased from 24 to 32, supporting hardware decoding of almost all video formats including AV1.
Running LOL at 1080P+ very high image quality, you can run an average frame rate of 59FPS.
Equipped with N100 and N200 zero-moment EQ13, the barebones system without memory hard disk is priced at 795 yuan and 995 yuan respectively. N200 version of EQ13, the official also provides 8GB + 500GB, as well as 16GB + 500GB of two complete machines, priced at 1399 yuan and 1499 yuan respectively.
If you have some DIY experience and happen to have idle DDR4 memory and SSD at hand, the most cost-effective solution is naturally the 795 yuan version, which has the lowest entry threshold. You know, the EQ12, which is also equipped with N100, is now 795 yuan, which can be said to be an increase in quantity without a price increase.
The volume of the EQ13 is only 0.62L, which can be held in one palm. Available in navy blue and millennial gray, its design features only one power cord and no external adapter required, simplifying desktop wiring to the greatest extent.
In addition, the EQ13 does not have any openings on the other three sides, except for the air vent above the back connector. Yes, this is the new air duct design of MSC2.0 inherited from the SER8: cold air is drawn in from the heat dissipation hole in the bottom cover of the main unit, sucked in by the built-in silent fan, and discharged through the heat dissipation hole at the tail, allowing the cold air flow to fully take care of almost all hardware units inside.
On the inner layer of the bottom cover, a high-density breathable metal etching mesh with a diameter of 0.8mm can effectively block dust and prevent dust accumulation from affecting the hardware.
The EQ13 has one DDR4 memory slot, two 2280 M.2 hard drive bays, and the surface of the hard drive bay is covered with a large metal heat sink, which is fixed by 2 screws. Power modules with up to 85W of power stand out, leaving plenty of power supply redundancy.
Through actual testing, even the more powerful N200 processor version, in the long-term ADIA64 FPU baking test, the power consumption can be stabilized at 20W, the CPU temperature is only 72 degrees, and the core frequency is around 3.0GHz.
During the baking process, even the noise next to the host is only 34 decibels, and the noise on the user side is as low as 32 decibels.
The host interface is located on the front and rear panels. Among them, the front panel provides USB-A3.2 Gen2, audio interface, USB-C3.2 Gen2 and power switch in turn. On the back of the main unit, it is equipped with two USB-A 3.2 Gen2, USB2.0, two HDMI, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a figure-8 power cable jack.
So, such a new air duct design with an innovative built-in power supply design, almost no noise can be heard, and the same starting price as the predecessor EQ12 (N100, barebones 795 yuan) of the zero moment EQ13, will it be your dish?