Skylake compute sticks!

[jhu]

Just for you VirtualLarry. Make sure you get the Core M versions and not the Atom versions. I might pick one up myself.

 

[Shehriazad]

I'll be waiting for 1 (or 2) more generation. I want it to be able to play certain games at decent settings...and I feel like next gen will make a jump in ram capacity and GPU performance.


Once I can get one wih 8GB ram and about 20%~ more GPU power(of whatever this gen has...I'm expecting it to be a bit faster than previous gen)...I'll pick one up...or even more than 1 depending on the pricing by the version that's out then. ^^



I know that the 2015 Compute stick could handle stuff like Left for Dead 2 @ 720P all low with like 20-30fps. But LoL or WoW were pretty much a no-go for the most part. Anyone know how much more GPU juice the Skylake version has?

 

[cbn]

I'm disappointed there was no mention of M.2 in that link.

Prior leak did show this:

 

[Arachnotronic]

No Broxton compute stick? Intel really sucks at this whole getting Atom chips out in time thing...

 

[frozentundra123456]

Yea, atom is kind of like a "one hit wonder". Was the neglected stepchild forever, then one generation it made a big leap, now it is back to oblivion, or at least terrible performance increases.

 

[VirtualLarry]

The 4GB DDR3 and 64GB eMMC aren't bad specs at all, and assuming that it doesn't throttle itself down to nothing while being used, like the MeegoPad T02 does, then possibly I will get one. I'm more interested in the Pipo X6S right now. For around $200, it has 4GB / 64GB eMMC, an Atom X5, AND a SATA port. Assuming that it's true SATA, and not a USB to SATA embedded adapter or something stupid, then you could conceivably boot Windows 7 64-bit on it. (Assuming that being CHT, the UEFI is 64-bit.) Maybe put Linux on the eMMC, or leave Windows 10 on it. All for $200, less than the price of these new Core M Compute Sticks.

 

[386DX]

The 4GB DDR3 and 64GB eMMC aren't bad specs at all, and assuming that it doesn't throttle itself down to nothing while being used, like the MeegoPad T02 does, then possibly I will get one. I'm more interested in the Pipo X6S right now. For around $200, it has 4GB / 64GB eMMC, an Atom X5, AND a SATA port. Assuming that it's true SATA, and not a USB to SATA embedded adapter or something stupid, then you could conceivably boot Windows 7 64-bit on it. (Assuming that being CHT, the UEFI is 64-bit.) Maybe put Linux on the eMMC, or leave Windows 10 on it. All for $200, less than the price of these new Core M Compute Sticks.

The cherry trail soc doesn't have SATA as it's designed for phones and tablets so they are most likely using a USB to SATA bridge chip. That being said the Pipo X6S did look interesting as a possible pfsense box but since they don't mention what make the LAN ports are it's safe to assume it won't be Intel. With all that being said it almost seems like Pipo should of used a Braswell platform instead for the X6S.

 

[VirtualLarry]

The cherry trail soc doesn't have SATA as it's designed for phones and tablets so they are most likely using a USB to SATA bridge chip.

That's what I was wondering about. Darn, if they're using a USB bridge. Win7 won't boot off of that.

That being said the Pipo X6S did look interesting as a possible pfsense box but since they don't mention what make the LAN ports are it's safe to assume it won't be Intel. With all that being said it almost seems like Pipo should of used a Braswell platform instead for the X6S.

 

[John Connor]

So how do you install the OS? Would you boot the SD card or a USB thumb drive? Maybe connect a USB CD ROM drive like a Netbook?

I would put Windows 7 on one of these myself. Right now I have a Netbook that runs PhoneTray, a Filezilla server and Teamspeak server with storage on a SD card for Filezilla.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So how do you install the OS? Would you boot the SD card or a USB thumb drive? Maybe connect a USB CD ROM drive like a Netbook?

I would put Windows 7 on one of these myself. Right now I have a Netbook that runs PhoneTray, a Filezilla server and Teamspeak server with storage on a SD card for Filezilla.

Well, since both the Skylake 100-series chipset, as well as the newest Atom SoCs, aren't supported by Windows 7 for their xHCI controllers, I was planning on putting an SSD into my Skylake system, installing Windows 7 and the xHCI controller driver, and then putting it back into the Pipo and installing the rest of the drivers. (Pre-load them on the SSD.)

When the SSD is in the Skylake rig, you can pre-load the xHCI drivers, by booting off of a Linux Mint 17.3 USB stick (formatted using Rufus, booting using UEFI). Then use the internet connection / ethernet port, to download the xHCI drivers onto the SSD, then boot Win7 back up and install them, before moving the SSD over to the Pipo.

At least, I think that should work.

 

[Shivansps]

Well, since both the Skylake 100-series chipset, as well as the newest Atom SoCs, aren't supported by Windows 7 for their xHCI controllers, I was planning on putting an SSD into my Skylake system, installing Windows 7 and the xHCI controller driver, and then putting it back into the Pipo and installing the rest of the drivers. (Pre-load them on the SSD.)

When the SSD is in the Skylake rig, you can pre-load the xHCI drivers, by booting off of a Linux Mint 17.3 USB stick (formatted using Rufus, booting using UEFI). Then use the internet connection / ethernet port, to download the xHCI drivers onto the SSD, then boot Win7 back up and install them, before moving the SSD over to the Pipo.

At least, I think that should work.

Or just install(manually install) Windows 10 that will auto-work on pendrivers, sd cards, usb hard disks, etc. 8.1 also works.

 

[Phynaz]

So how do you install the OS? Would you boot the SD card or a USB thumb drive? Maybe connect a USB CD ROM drive like a Netbook?

I would put Windows 7 on one of these myself. Right now I have a Netbook that runs PhoneTray, a Filezilla server and Teamspeak server with storage on a SD card for Filezilla.

RTFA

 

[John Connor]

RTFA

Oh, I never do. I'm a man, man.

And I'd like to know what I'm dealing with before I buy. So far Win 7 seems like a PITA. So I'm turned down on these newfangled gadgets thus far.

 

[cytg111]

This IMO is the only reliable way to turn your TV into a smart-tv, a compute stick with a linux distro on it (and forgetting about the ME debate for now). No way in hell am I letting samsung-whatever-android-os touch the internet, either I am getting malware in or I am being datamined out ... a compute stick seems like the least hazzle in this scenario (now for a viable remote?)

 

[sm625]

$400 for a tiny $15 piece of silicon plus $20 worth of RAM and $10 worth of dirt cheap eMMC storage. O....K... that sounds like a hell of a deal.

 

[jhu]

$400 for a tiny $15 piece of silicon plus $20 worth of RAM and $10 worth of dirt cheap eMMC storage. O....K... that sounds like a hell of a deal.

I have some sand from the beach I'll sell you for $15.

 

[John Connor]

Does it have silicon? Wait... Silica?