ASRock Deskmini 110W Intel Socket LGA1151 Barebone System Expired

Kodi machine possiblilities? I like the performance of my A6 setup but the mATX case is a little too big for my SO's taste(bought it).

Quick review search(in theory, sounds about perfect for kodi/htpc, i.e. reducing heat/quiet operation):

'users should also be aware that the H110M-STX motherboard does not support CPUs with a TDP greater than 65 W. This essentially means it supports all current LGA 1151 Skylake CPUs except the i5-6600K and i7-6700K.'

'The DeskMini 110 is designed to fill the gap between Mini-ITX and Pico-ITX, and it's only slightly larger than most NUCs. The real advantage of the DeskMini 110 is its ability to utilize desktop "Skylake-S" series CPUs such as the i7-6700, or in our case the i5-6500. Many NUCs and other devices use "Skylake-U" series CPUs such as the popular i7-6500U, but a desktop class i3-6100 is capable of matching the i7-6500U as ASRock shows in its marketing materials and what we have seen in our own benchmarks.


In fact, the performance difference between "Skylake-U" and "Skylake-S" series processors is staggering. My own testing shows roughly double the score in CPU bound benchmarks such as CINEBENCH when comparing an i7-6500U and a desktop i5-6500. The power constraints of the "Skylake-U" processors affect their performance, the benefit being that they produce less heat and thus smaller and quieter devices. The mini-STX form factor aims to mash together a desktop class Skylake CPU with mobile bound memory and storage technologies that utilize little space, providing the best of both worlds. Today I take a look at our first mini-STX based system, the ASRock DeskMini 110.'

This is a barebone system, as clearly stated in the OP. For those wondering, it requires additional CPU, hard drive , and memory. It can take Intel Core i7/i5/i3/ Pentium / Celeron (LGA1151); SATA HDD/SDD or M.2 SSD; and "laptop" DDR4 RAM (two slots) up to 32GB.