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forum thread Posted by f12_26 | Staff • Jul 22, 2024
forum thread Posted by f12_26 | Staff • Jul 22, 2024

ZimaBoard 232 Single Board Server: Intel Celeron N3350, 2GB LPDDR4 $85.13 + Free Shipping

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Zimaboard [zimaboard.com] has their Zimabord 232 Single Board Server Intel Celeron N3350, 2GB LPDDR4 on sale for $85.13. Discount auto apply at check out. Shipping is free w/ code DGVJJ57X32Y5
  • Model: ZimaBoard 232
  • CPU: Intel Celeron N3350 Dual Core 1.1-2.4GHz (232 Model)
  • RAM: 2G LPDDR4
  • Onboard Storage: 32GB eMMC
  • HDD/SSD: 2x SATA 6.0 Gb/s Ports
  • LAN: 2x GbE LAN Ports
  • USB: 2x USB 3.0
  • PCle: 1x PCle 2.0 4x
  • Display: 1x Mini-DisplayPort 1.2 4k@60Hz
  • TDP: 6W
  • Dimensions: (W x D x H) 138.7 x 81.4 x 34.9 mm
  • Weight: 278g
  • Other Feature: - Passive Cooling
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Zimaboard [zimaboard.com] has their Zimabord 232 Single Board Server Intel Celeron N3350, 2GB LPDDR4 on sale for $85.13. Discount auto apply at check out. Shipping is free w/ code DGVJJ57X32Y5
  • Model: ZimaBoard 232
  • CPU: Intel Celeron N3350 Dual Core 1.1-2.4GHz (232 Model)
  • RAM: 2G LPDDR4
  • Onboard Storage: 32GB eMMC
  • HDD/SSD: 2x SATA 6.0 Gb/s Ports
  • LAN: 2x GbE LAN Ports
  • USB: 2x USB 3.0
  • PCle: 1x PCle 2.0 4x
  • Display: 1x Mini-DisplayPort 1.2 4k@60Hz
  • TDP: 6W
  • Dimensions: (W x D x H) 138.7 x 81.4 x 34.9 mm
  • Weight: 278g
  • Other Feature: - Passive Cooling

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Jul 24, 2024
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Joined Dec 2019
Jul 24, 2024
fernando65
Jul 24, 2024
51 Posts
what exactly is the use case for this? id like to be able to send a wake on lan magic packet to something like this to wake my home PCs remotely. not sure what else i could do with this thing.
Jul 24, 2024
84 Posts
Joined Jul 2013
Jul 24, 2024
BingW2893
Jul 24, 2024
84 Posts
i got an i5 8350u 16g ram dell from ebay for $50. it costs 2w electricity most of the time and much better hardware than this, at least screen and keybaord are included. runs debian with as many services as i like
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Jul 24, 2024
1,499 Posts
Joined Apr 2016
Jul 24, 2024
Rontron
Jul 24, 2024
1,499 Posts
Why not USB C if it's only 6W?
Jul 24, 2024
54 Posts
Joined Feb 2017
Jul 24, 2024
Cn0r76
Jul 24, 2024
54 Posts
Can anyone sell me on the use for this item? Iirc for a NAS you usually want closer to 4gb ram, and with the low cpu power tasks the ras pi ARM is better.

I guess the fact it's x86 opens up some apps, but that cpu is still a dinosaur.

I do like the slick design tho.
Jul 24, 2024
119 Posts
Joined Aug 2013
Jul 24, 2024
kociubin
Jul 24, 2024
119 Posts
Weird form factor, underpowered and overpriced (even at $85). The only reason to consider this is the inclusion of PCIe. You're much better off with a mini pc from Alliexpress.
Jul 24, 2024
14,309 Posts
Joined Jan 2010
Jul 24, 2024
Ride_The_Sky
Jul 24, 2024
14,309 Posts
Why not just do raspberry pi 4?
Jul 24, 2024
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Jul 24, 2024
BigTonyTones
Jul 24, 2024
2,574 Posts
I wouldnt invest in any pfsense or opensense hardware that doesnt support at least 2.5gb. 1 gigabit has become a thing of the past at this point in time.

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Jul 24, 2024
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Joined Jul 2009
Jul 24, 2024
chuck07
Jul 24, 2024
656 Posts
Quote from BingW2893 :
i got an i5 8350u 16g ram dell from ebay for $50. it costs 2w electricity most of the time and much better hardware than this, at least screen and keybaord are included. runs debian with as many services as i like
That must have been a while ago. I was just pricing out optic micros and they are all 80+ with i5, 16gb, and any size disk.
Jul 25, 2024
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Jul 25, 2024
zyberwoof
Jul 25, 2024
682 Posts
Quote from bluskye :
This is perfect for Docker container machine, OPNsense or PFsense; You dont need huge CPU power for any of those services. Docker opens up huge use cases.
Docker doesn't really have anything to do with what you are saying. Docker containerizes applications, but it doesn't reduce any of the resources that they need. It may be minimal, but RAM and CPU usage should go up compared to running the same applications or services directly on the host.

Also, Docker should increase your storage usage. You have to account for not only your host OS and the applications, but also the containerized environments.

This machine would probably work great for as a low powered home server with lightweight services. And I'd personally run those services in Docker containers. But nothing about the specs makes it inherently good for running Docker compared to any other low powered x86 machine.
Jul 25, 2024
37 Posts
Joined Jul 2019
Jul 25, 2024
Rox5tar01
Jul 25, 2024
37 Posts
Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
Ok, so what is this thing good for? It has a slow CPU, a joke of 2gb ram, an even bigger joke of just 32gb of sub-par storage....but two networking ports. How many wired networks do machines need, in this day and age of wifi? I can't find a single "Pro" laptop that has ethernet anymore for actual PROFESSIONAL use....but here comes this tiny VW Bug clowncar with two ports jammed onto it.
Think of it as the same use case as something like a raspberry pi, except rather than being ARM based it has an x64 processor. Use cases can be anything a raspberry pi can do, except more geared towards networking. Things like pfSense, Pihole, home-based VPN, running small game servers (I'm betting this could run a 8 person paper minecraft server. Bump up the removable ddr4 ram and you can easily get 20 or more), etc. This isn't meant to be a general use browsing machine, that's what they got the n100 mini pcs for.

As for the dual gigabit ports, considering this is a server PC you don't want to use that with WiFi. The Ethernet ports serve two purposes:
1. Redundancy, in case one Ethernet port/cable fails, you don't lose connectivity and reduce your overall downtime due to hardware faults.
2. You can do what's called "Ethernet bonding", otherwise known as "link aggregation". This allows you to have multiple channels of Ethernet coming into the server/pc at once, increasing your overall total bandwidth compared to what you would get with a single connection while still retaining the benefits found in reason 1.
Jul 25, 2024
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Jul 25, 2024
LavenderPickle7682
Jul 25, 2024
2,143 Posts
Quote from Rox5tar01 :
Think of it as the same use case as something like a raspberry pi, except rather than being ARM based it has an x64 processor. Use cases can be anything a raspberry pi can do, except more geared towards networking. Things like pfSense, Pihole, home-based VPN, running small game servers (I'm betting this could run a 8 person paper minecraft server. Bump up the removable ddr4 ram and you can easily get 20 or more), etc. This isn't meant to be a general use browsing machine, that's what they got the n100 mini pcs for.

As for the dual gigabit ports, considering this is a server PC you don't want to use that with WiFi. The Ethernet ports serve two purposes:
1. Redundancy, in case one Ethernet port/cable fails, you don't lose connectivity and reduce your overall downtime due to hardware faults.
2. You can do what's called "Ethernet bonding", otherwise known as "link aggregation". This allows you to have multiple channels of Ethernet coming into the server/pc at once, increasing your overall total bandwidth compared to what you would get with a single connection while still retaining the benefits found in reason 1.
I looked up a couple of those services you were talking about -- sounds like more complicated versions of stuff that's pretty much built into most home routers. So this is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist -- adding yet another complicated piece of technology when there once was none.
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Jul 29, 2024
14 Posts
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Jul 29, 2024
pplord
Jul 29, 2024
14 Posts
I failed to see how is this device related to "decentralization".