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X2B Mini PC (4x 2.5G LAN, Intel N5105, 2x RAM, NVMe, SATA, DP/HDMI) US$122.35 (~A$178.05) Shipped @ KingNovy PC AliExpress

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X2B Mini PC (4x 2.5G LAN, Intel N5105, 2x RAM, NVMe, SATA, DP/HDMI) US$122.35 (~A$178.05) Shipped @ KingNovy PC AliExpress
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Clear on 12/01/2023 - 18:24 aliexpress.com (672 clicks)
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WinterC10

Back with another Topton Mini PC deal as some people thought the upgraded X2C Mini PC wasn't worth the higher price, so here's a repeat of the X2B Mini PC from Topton's sister store KingNovy. Like the previous deal you have a choice between the newer Intel i226-V 2.5G LAN ports or older Intel i225-V B3 2.5G LAN ports for the same price.

Edit: 4% seller discount now expired. Still available for US$127.86 with the coupon and US$9 discount.

These Mini PCs are a good option for those interested in OPNsense, pfsense, Home Assistant, Win10/11, Linux etc. The Intel Celeron N5105 4 core/4 thread CPU can decode a lot of 4K, HDR and VP9 content thanks to the Intel UHD graphics, making this a good media player as well.

Since this is a Barebones PC you need to provide your own RAM and storage, however there are bundles available with these included if you don't mind paying more. There's also the option for the cheaper Intel Celeron N5100 CPU, but I recommend choosing the N5105 as it has a higher TDP (6W vs 10W), higher base frequency (1.10 GHz vs 2.00 GHz) and higher max turbo frequency (2.80 GHz vs 2.90 GHz).

Featuring an M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD slot, 2.5" SATA slot, 2x DDR4 SODIMM slots, HDMI 2.0 & DP 1.4 with 4K@60Hz support, PCIe 1x WiFi/BT/4G/3G slot, SIM card slot, 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, COM Port, VESA mounting and AU plug.

  • Add Bundle: N5105 i225-V B3 or Bundle: N5105 i226-V to the cart
  • Apply the coupon WinterC10 at checkout
  • Further US$14.01 discounted applied automatically at checkout

AU$ based on current Mastercard rate, GST inclusive and stacks with cashback.

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  • Wizballs on 12/01/2023 - 18:26

    Anyone out there running openwrt on these things? Cake sqm would be my reason …

    • Phoebus on 12/01/2023 - 18:46

      I just got a similar one.
      Plan is to run Opnsense on top of Proxmox. It's powerful enough to run several services unless you require pretty complicated routing and VPN with lots of clients.

      • Wizballs on 12/01/2023 - 19:11

        I guess I'm mostly interested in the cake traffic shaping. Also some examples of people running openwrt behind opnsense to get the best of both worlds

        • buellersdayoff on 13/01/2023 - 10:45

          so I've been using a mini pc similar to these to use Untangle (mostly for QoS) got the info from this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujaULisLy_o&t=1211s it works well but has a yearly fee. I tried to replicate the same thing on pfsense and opnsense but didn't seem to work as well so went back to Untangle. opnsense was easier to set up qos and worked better than pf but they are both fairly tricky to set up (mutiple config steps) untangle was easy like in this video and just works, added bonus is network wide blocking (ads and anything else you could imagine) similar to using a pi-hole

  • william1434 on 12/01/2023 - 18:47

    Would this be any good for torrenting and local home file sharing

    • Pwoar on 12/01/2023 - 18:57

      It could be used to do that but I wouldnt recommend because its just so limiting when it comes to I/O for drives. You're stuck with 1 sata port and a couple of usb's. Not sufficient for any sort of redundancy. If its just a file server and you dont really care about speed you could opt to just use a raspberry pi, but I'd recommend going for a NAS for a bit more money.

      They're purpose built for it.

  • Phoebus on 12/01/2023 - 18:48

    Wow. i226V is the same price.

    • bdl on 12/01/2023 - 19:59

      It's just a bug fixed i225 :)

  • Romper Stomper on 12/01/2023 - 18:48

    What do you do with these mini PCs, as firewall server or file server?

    • senectus on 12/01/2023 - 18:52
      +1

      firewall

    • djbst on 12/01/2023 - 22:08
      +1

      You actually don't need to spend this much to just for firewalling. This would be a massive overkill.

      This would be useful if you want to do content inspection, terminate multiple VPNs or IPS.

      • Romper Stomper on 13/01/2023 - 06:28

        What hardware would be more suitable for running pfsense?

        • djbst on 13/01/2023 - 21:59
          +1

          What do you want to do with pfsense?

          • Romper Stomper on 14/01/2023 - 07:44

            @djbst: As a firewall only.

            • djbst on 14/01/2023 - 09:29
              +1

              @Romper Stomper: Probably, any decent firewall capability in a decent Wi-Fi router would do just fine. If you upgrade your router, you'll get better Wi-fi coverage, speeds, etc.

              I'm assuming that you are not interested in doing deep packet inspection and other advanced features.

              Some routers that support openWrt have these features as well. E.g. Gli.net runs openWrt.

              Also, you can't have multiple Wi-Fi "zones" with this. Look for a router that support multiple SSIDs.

              IMHO, if you don't have a very specific use case for pfsense, a Wi-fi router upgrade would be better for most home/home-office users.

              • Romper Stomper on 14/01/2023 - 11:53

                @djbst: You are right. I have no insterest in deep packet inspection. I only need a firewall robust enough to be secure. As long as a firewall can do that, I am fine.

    • butter on 13/01/2023 - 10:34
      +1

      I run home assistant on something similar (bare metal). Vastly faster than RaspberryPi

  • Sihorrih on 12/01/2023 - 18:49

    How well would run of these run pfsense or OPNsense? Thinking of getting one to play around.
    Would these handle Windows 10 for as a home theatre pc?
    Thanks for any answers!

    • Phoebus on 12/01/2023 - 19:06
      +1

      The 5105 is pretty reasonable for transcoding anything but AV1.
      This is better used for router, VPN though.
      Has plenty of power to add other services too.

      • Sihorrih on 12/01/2023 - 19:06

        Cool cool, thanks!

    • Clear on 12/01/2023 - 19:06
      +4

      N5105 is really the sweet spot for OPNsense given the amount of processing power these newer Celeron's offer, as well as the heat generated, power consumed and lower price point.

      If you were wanting to max out all the ports all the time then it's better go for a more powerful CPU. The Intel Pentium N6005 is a bump up, however Topton have said there's a shortage so the price is more expensive currently. They do have other models with 11th Gen i3/i5/i7 for a higher price. Though you'd want to get the models with inbuilt fans or fan headers since they'll run extra hot and throttle.

      This one is certainly fine for Windows 10 too. This Beelink Mini PC for example has the weaker N5095 CPU and still handles media playback quite well. N5105 is better for 4K content in comparison as you'll get less stuttering.

      • Sihorrih on 12/01/2023 - 19:07

        Nice, thanks for taking the time, appreciate it!

      • BlinkyBill on 12/01/2023 - 19:23

        Is there an explanation of the difference between the 4 options? Sorry really mean between the two nic options i225 vs i226

        • Clear on 12/01/2023 - 19:42
          +1

          The i226 is really just a newer i225 that's supposed to have a few bug fixes. The other options are between the N5100 and N5105 CPUs where the N5105 is the better option.

          There's also the option for the cheaper Intel Celeron N5100 CPU, but I recommend choosing the N5105 as it has a higher TDP (6W vs 10W), higher base frequency (1.10 GHz vs 2.00 GHz) and higher max turbo frequency (2.80 GHz vs 2.90 GHz).

  • ctan7 on 12/01/2023 - 19:08

    ops. Looking for a mini pc for emulation and fightcade. Any chance of sourcing one of those deals?

  • RaihaX on 12/01/2023 - 19:26

    Very tempting price to downsize my opnsense, not sure how long I will break even due to power saving though lol.

  • zajnic on 12/01/2023 - 19:44

    Anyone know what’s the maximum ram can this minipc support? I’m thinking to load proxmox and run it with 32G ram.

    • Clear on 12/01/2023 - 19:49

      It'll support 32GB of RAM. I know the CPU will accept a single stick of 32GB or two 16GB.

      • zajnic on 12/01/2023 - 20:01

        Cool, thanks!

  • Low Punt on 12/01/2023 - 19:44

    Is it OOS?
    I can’t get it for the listed price?
    The 5100 is AU $187 before any coupons but the 5105 is AU $202 (in cart including event coupons and code here it’s still $191aud…

    • Clear on 12/01/2023 - 19:49

      AUD rate on AliExpress is inflated. What price do you get in USD after the coupons?

      As for getting the actual exchange rate. If you have a card without currency conversion fees, add that to PayPal. Then on AliExpress set currency to USD, then at PayPal checkout choose the card, click "See currency options" and bill the card in USD to get the current exchange rate. If PayPal do the conversion or AliExpress is set to AUD, then the rate will be most often inflated.

      • Low Punt on 12/01/2023 - 19:55

        USD: after all coupons: $126.49 shipped. Item cost us: 134.33 and Saved: 20.25
        Spend and save: $9
        Promo: $10
        And a few coins

        I have a 28 degrees card but usually the usd and aud only vary by a few dollars.

  • bdl on 12/01/2023 - 19:59

    Ye Olde King Novy

  • ShrewdBargin on 12/01/2023 - 20:56
    -1

    Whilst cheap and pretty cheerful beware that it is not without its flaws, see this review from AliExpress on this very machine:

    “ Works very well. The only problem I've encountered so far was the ACPI GPE 6F interrupt flood. Some OS's might handle it more easily, but for OpenBSD I had to recompile the kernel with Igor Petruk's patch.”

  • s20525xxx on 13/01/2023 - 21:46
    +4

    For people missed out, the barebone version is still available at https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004360072281.html, and the discount code still works. Got the N5105 version for $192 shipped after tax.

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