600k subs! And I know if Christopher sees this he will pin it... Because he has always been and will always be interactive with the viewers here. long live this channel. I hereby award the Golden Mr. Scissors award for 600k!
@- While I accept that we as a community probably outgrew Computer Chronicles I still miss the show and Stewart Cheifet. I tried watching some old shows that I found but they were so out of date that it wasn't as interesting anymore.
@@blamb42 I was a devoted Computer Chronicles watcher. It was part of my youth as I was not outgoing and it made me feel connected to the world. I still remember the day when Gary Kildall died, it was like I lost someone close and couldn't help crying.
Great video as usual. I didn't even skip the ad at the end. I just wish they'd put 4 SATA ports and then make a box worth hot swap trays. It's already got dual hard line, so pf sense on it would be ideal, plus ftp would make it a great box.
I have been following this channel for years, and honestly all I see is passion, patience, determination, rigour and humility. I really appreciate Christopher Barnatt, he's a College professor I would of wanted to have, listening him talk is almost soothing, clear, detailed and straight to the point.
For me, it falls into a gap. I have a mini-ITX, Ryzen Linux machine for my desktop, numerous Rasperry Pis (Linux) machines and some Arduinos. Even if I replaced Windows with Linux, it would be too limited for a desktop and too power hungry and bloated for a mobile app. Maybe as a DIY laptop alternative?
@@immortalsofar5314 No main thing is the raspberry connector and co processor. Lot of DIY things are possible, not just laptop. Just using the board as pc is probably not the purpose of this thing, although perfectly doable.
@@snehanshourya3850 You got me wondering and I think I've got it. If I were building an embedded vision recognition system requiring complex functionality, this is probably what I would use. The Pi zero works fine for a backup/security camera but if the latency/framerate became a problem (say, in a self-driving system) then this would be the next step.
I believe this board will work out nicely for my Land Cruiser track vehicle project that I’m putting together for the 2021 Robotics project competition. It has all the features I need and it’s for more expandable and at a lower cost then my Alpha that I picked up a year ago. It’s getting exciting to see all the new SBC’s being designed for the maker community. Just think it was a only a few years ago that all we had was the Raspberry! Your review today covered a lot of Territory. Can’t wait to see this unit setup in its case. Thanks for today’s overview and I look forward to next Sunday video.
Something that Christopher didn't mention was Seeed Studio's excellent reputation. While they offer a wide range of other manufacturer's products, they have their own line that is generally leading edge. They have a product wiki that is kept up to date, and they respond to customer inquiries. I've purchased dozens of their products over the years. They were one of the first to offer the Raspberry Pi 4 to the general public. And, before one of the usual annoying trolls makes a rude remark, no, I am not connected with them, other than being a satisfied customer.
You sir -- i appreciate your enthusiasm and explanations. i'm a systems and network administrator yet i still love watching your videos, having learned more than a few things from them. Thank you for your work!
This would be perfect as a PfSense or FreeNAS low powered box.... I'm a FreeBSD only user, so looking forward to your FreeNAS video. Thank you for this Christopher....
When he confirmed that they were both Intel NICs pfSense was my first thought. I was half expecting one to me Intel and the other Realtek. Would still make it suitable for something like Untangle though.
Yeah, but I think the $200 range is a bit much even if it is for a nice router, I personally like the ~$100 atom PCs/SBCs using vlans. ruclips.net/video/z59_MWWPL-Q/видео.html It's quite a bit of extra setup but instead of a managed switch you can find old routers for about $20, install dd-wrt or openwrt, most support vlans so you can use it as a managed switch, plus it also gives you an additional wireless AP without having to set one up in pfsense.
Bravo, with all of the stuff happening around the world this little work horse was a breath of fresh air. Yesterday, SPACE X and NASA FALCON 9 and today a nice Sunday Lesson. Thank you.
The price is impressive for a Windows based PC. Looking forward to seeing the case. It does have a lot of features. Looking forward to your next video!
I have been following this channel. I appreciate Christopher Barnatt, for the fact that he is, clear by slow talking, detailed and straight to the point. Thanks Christopher, and please continue to bring us the news and projects of the computing world.
We are getting closer to the day when an sbc can replace a standard desktop computer. Still not quite there yet, gaming on this thing would be a nightmare. But we are getting closer and closer all the time. I'd like to see one with at least a low end gpu integrated so you can play older games with good graphics. Or one with a pcie slot so you can plug a separate gpu in. But that's probably a few generations away still.
This board has a USB type-c port, so I wonder if it could utilize an external GPU? I don't see why not, but almost any modern GPU would cause a CPU bottleneck with the quad-core this thing uses. A full x16 PCIe slot would make for a mighty sizeable SBC (plus, it technically wouldn't be an SBC anymore with a discrete GPU installed, but that's just me being nitpicky).
@@cgraham6 I'm pretty sure that connector only has power, usb 3.1, and Dp 1.2 you are unable to utilise an eGPU if the USB C connector itself don't have at least Thunderbolt 2.0
@@cgraham6 you can actually connect a GPU to the NVME slot, since it's pci-e 4x. It's not a full 16x slot, but unless you've got a top of the line GPU, that many lanes are unnecessary and, in fact, the CPU would probably bottleneck before the 4x slot does. So you could hook like a 1050 or something to it with an adapter
I mean we're pretty much already there, since most people generally speaking just use a PC for watching videos/social media/email/documents that sort of thing, then this is plenty good enough to do those sorts of things, for high-end activities like gaming, 3D modeling, video production, etc... I highly doubt an SBC will ever replace a full-blown desktop, good cooling alone can be larger than some of these boards.
@@cgraham6 ATTENTION!: INTEL J4105 have only 6 (six)PCI-e LANES GEN 2 and 4(four) of these are used from NVM-e (Gen2X4).the other 2(two) lanes are used for SATA , USB and LAN conectors.So,i think that there is no way to conect any graphics card on this SBC, exept if You use a NVM-e to PCI-e andaptor (from mining hardwear) but again you will have very poor results because of Gen2X4 LANES!
Hey Chris, great video series on SBCs! I've recently purchased an Odyssey X86J4125 (with the blue case, very snazzy!) and am very impressed with its capability. I'm using WD Black NVMe sticks for the main storage with great performance. I chose to get two NVMe sticks, one for Windows 10 Pro and one for Linux (specifically Ubuntu Studio). So far I'm very please with this platform. Thanks for introducing me to SBCs and Seeed. I watch every new video as a regular Sunday event.
Great informative video, as always. I need a SBC in my life, and after looking at this, and your review of 8 SBC X86 video, I decided that the Seeed Odyssey was the one for me. Thank you very much.
@@ExplainingComputers Indeed. I look forward to receiving it :) I’ve also ordered a 1TB WD M.2 PCIe card, but I’m stuck on the M.2 cellular module card as I do not know any of the brands that come up in searches. Do you know of the best one? Like yourself, I am in the UK. Any advise would be gratefully received on this one and then I’ll leave you in peace! Thanks.
Sir Christopher, A warm greeting to you this beautiful Sunday from my almost wilderness home “in the city”. I have 100 hectares to my left and 75 hectares to the front of property. Many wild animals visit daily. I sit on front porch to greet them as they start their day forging for their breakfast. Then I watch your video. Nothing like a cup of “JOE” watching animals AND CATCHING YOUR VIDEO! Excellent video! I am impressed with pricing provided the few key items are included such as power cord, WiFi antenna and data wires! Other SBC companies cost starts lower but once you buy the core requirements that adds $75.00 average! I will trek to their site this morning , EAGERLY to check it out! FOR EVERY FOLLOWER AND YOU, STAY SAFE FROM VIRUS AND ENJOY YOUR WEEK AT HOME WITH FAMILY!
I honestly need a DONATION to buy feed for the wild animals to keep them coming to my place.squirrels and chipmunks and deer eat the bird feed. I have bag of corn for deer and salt block. Squirrels have corn on Cobb dried, raccoons are in everything. I cannot afford full summer feeding . Perhaps I set up web cam and ask for donations for animals to be viewed around the world. I have made a wild black bear a friend years ago. I earn their trust easily. Care to ask viewers if they will be interested in nature and donate small amount for food? I have paypal account.
Thanks for an excellent video on the Odyssey x86 SBC. I am looking forward to your video using the board as a NAS using Free NAS. Keep up the good work!
Of course your channel is watched in Germany as well. I´ve seen lots and lots of your videos not only on SBCs but also on other topics. Its great fun to listen to you and I enjoy it very, very much. Your humor and dedication is fabulous. Thank you for this juwel box .
Skip the eMMC storage, attach a SATA HDD for access to 10+ TB storage, use the 2 SSD slots for faster boots and what not. Now you've got access to your music, movies, games, and favorite fractal software. Yay :) With a PC this small it could take the place of my WD TV Live Hub when it stops working. That fan was barely audible. This could be used as a media kiosk, for printing .PDFs on demand such as cross stitch e-books, regular books, magazines, etc. For selecting video and audio entertainment for display on a larger 4K UHD+ monitor or video projector / video wall array. Lots of cool uses for a small form factor PC. Useful in craft stores, libraries, schools, night clubs, resorts, at home, in lobbies or waiting rooms, senior living communities, on-demand movie theaters, etc.
True Ive made a NAS on the internal storage. One powerloss and i could reformst my entire OS vecause of corrupted boot drive. Use an external drive for good reasons!
They will return. In fact, they were very close to being on camera. While making this, I was also shooting a "behind the scenes" video -- in which they appear -- for my 300th episode in a few weeks time. So you will get to see that they were in waiting! :)
I liked this review of the Odyssey. I did buy one of these a couple months ago (the activated version). It was very responsive and I was pretty happy with it for a while. Unfortunately it failed in my stress tests (it no longer boots). The failure was the eMMC flash drive, as I was able to get into bios to confirm. I have not attempted to use the other bootable drives, but that is one of the strengths of this computer. The various boot options give you redundancy, which is not offered in the standard off-the-shelf, low-cost laptops. Even with this failure, this is a very good option for an SBC.
The instant I read the title I started thinking of all sorts of projects I could use this for (since unfortunately we haven’t reached the point where x86 and ARM software could be considered cross compatible)
It is great to see new product reviews like these, thank you. In the future, could you include information about power consumption? That is rather interesting for small devices.
Amazing SBC! Truly impressive! I’m thinking to get one... 🤔 Hello Chris 👋🏻 Excellent video! Excellent SBC! Looking forward for FreeNAS! Stay safe and well!
Greetings Elvira. I hope that you are keeping well. This really is a very nice board -- probably the best x86 SBC I've ever looked at. Everything just works as it should.
Elvira Elora Milosic I’m thinking cnc controller, paired with some MESA hardware via Ethernet. But what to do with the existing pc running the Mill atm ?
A Really thorough and well done review. Finally! You know, this is the first video I've watched on this little computer where the NIC manufacturers were mentioned (Intel). Thanks so much. It helped me decide that it is a contender for a firewall project. And you also explained when you get the heat sink and when you don't Very, very clear. The manufacturer should be offering you funding, to be honest, as you are helping people decide if this is a "fit" for what they want to do.
I'd love a version with a 10 watt quad core, 8 thread Zen 2 processor. They just need to release something with a lower voltage, 2ghz base and 3ghz boost clock, and we will be in a new era of mini computers.
Love this program,the simple way things are explained ,you can take it on board, having little knowledge on computer and components I’ve learned the basics.thank you Chris 👍
Thanks for the info, I would get the one less windows and just download the Home version and save the $40 dollars. A few months back I purchased a Beelink X45 mini computer with the same XJ4105 processor and 256 gig of storage for around the same price. I know it doesn't have the performance capability of the Odyssey but I'm very happy with it. Looking forward to seeing the video with the case.
Looks like a really fine addition among SBC boards on which to run MAME emulator - retro computing, of course, being the optimal use of such new hardware. Yeah, nothing more satisfying than running ancient software on late model hardware. Get the attractive case and retro compute in very nice style!
Very cool, looks like my waiting for a near perfect SBC is paying off..The Odyssey X86 is almost there, but my trusty old laptop is still faster with a duo 1.5ghz cpu. Nevertheless, I'm keeping a close eye on SBC progress. If I buy one, I'll go for the board only, since WinX is NOT an option for me. Great video as usual, thanks Chris, keep it safe there in the UK. 👍 🆒
Congratulations Christopher for one more cool video, I really really like your videos because I love the computer science area!!! Congratulations one more time!!!
Very cool SBC! I would love to see you start to include power usage stats in your evaluations of these SBCs, Christopher. This board looks to be an awesome choice for something like an underwater UAV, but that means you'd likely need to power the thing via an umbilical...simply because (I suspect) the power requirements are significant. I'll have to research it. Great video though!
Well, I just ordered one of the 64gb eMMC versions...without Windows. I also ordered the case, but their site indicated it will take a bit longer to get, which is fine. But I'll evaluate the power use requirements and report back here once I do. I guess there's a possibility that this SBC could be powered by battery, but with this CPU and a cooling fan, it would seem that the battery life wouldn't be terribly long. That said though, and for something like an underwater UAV, this likely wouldn't be a problem--as the thruster motors would probably require power greater than that feasible for a battery pack. So in other words, as long as you're using a an umbilical tether for powering your thruster motors anyway, then using it to also power the SBC seems like a freebie. So Seeed Studio should be happy with you CB...you sold one of these SBCs for them!
Got my board two days ago, and it seems pretty nice. However the implementation of the on-board Arduino doesn't seem quite correct. For instance, you must use the SerialUSB object (not "Serial") as the default serial port object. That's the one that will show you output on the Arduino IDE's serial monitor. So do it like this: SerialUSB.println("foo"); The other serial port is on pins 1 & 3 of the 28-pin header, but it is Serial1...and not Serial1USB or SerialUSB1. But there are two other UART pins, on a 4-pin header next to the Arduino's 28-pin header. I have NO idea what these do. There's a thread about this on the Seeed Studios forum, and I've posted some screen shots I took of using a Logic Analyzer to probe that bus. There's a weird (mostly) synchronous clock-like signal on the Tx line from that pin, but no matter what I try I cannot get any sort of output to appear on that line. And there's apparently no documentation available to tell us what that 4-pin header is for--and the Seeed Studios folks participating in thread on their forum, haven't really given us any information as to how to use those pins. So all-in-all, although the board is pretty nice on paper, there are some things that aren't quite right just yet. Hopefully it will get fixed however, because the board has a TON of potential.
It turns out that the instructions on the Seeed Studios wiki page were out-of-date for this product. The pin-out diagram was also incorrect for the little 4-pin header next to the 28-pin SAMD21 "Arduino" header. Myself and another US user of this board have been working with one of the Seeed developers, and these things have improved significantly. The pin-out diagram has been fixed, and the instructions updated for loading the correct support library into the Arduino IDE...so things are working much better now. I've even been able to start working with the i2c buses on both the 40- and 28-pin headers. Thus far I can say that although the documentation issue(s) has been a bit frustrating, things are definitely improving. Seeed Studios has been fairly receptive to critique on the documentation--and has made changes as needed to their on-line "Getting Started" wiki. There still needs to be more documentation, but the forum threads are starting to grow in number--and the incredible potential of this board should make it extremely attractive for people doing ROV or robotics projects.
@Max Raider yeah that's exactly what I wanted ever since I found out pfsense didnt have an ARM version. I wanted to put it on the Pi but I'll look into this instead.
@@SmileyJack. Really? Which CPUs cannot run Linux? Is this applicable to all Linux distros, or just a few? Of course, you cannot run a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit CPU! But AFAIK, Linux can be run on just about _anything,_ including Macs. I personally, was able to run a 64-bit Linux kernel (Kubuntu 14.04) on my old iMac 5,1 (although it ran in emulated-BIOS/CSM-mode, not EFI). Ironically, this iMac model could only run a 32-bit OS X kernel (i.e., up to _Lion_ ), _even though it had a 64-bit CPU,_ because it only had a *32-bit EFI.* That design is just _one example_ of how Apple *screws* their customers! I'm glad I didn't purchase it new.
This SBC sounds like a winner alright. I'd like to see tests of both the Arduino and RPi functionality on this board to make sure they work as expected. If those do work, this board is indeed worth the price to say the least (and the possibilities as a Nuc, video streamer, NAS, ... Wow! ). Thanks for another great video Chris.
A new Explaining Computers video means two things now. First there’s the usual 20 min or so of interesting stuff and second the realization that we’re another week through lockdown.
He certainly does. 😀 It's an easy mistake to make, but just to let you know it's "explains" and "plain", whereas "plane" is, for example, an aircraft (aeroplane) or a type of woodworking tool. 👍
It does not compete on this level. An ITX Board with a basic CPU probably consumes more power and takes up more space. Standard Mainboards do not have GPIO pins and most of them do not include Wifi or two Gigabit LAN ports. So this board is just not made for the average PC User. And for the given features I think it is not too expensive. Would I personally buy it? No - but that is my answer to most IT products on the market.
I agree. Sure it has a small footprint, but is that going to be reason enough to spend that kind of cash? Not for me. I think it would fill some needs, like if I wanted to condense my CNC controller to one unit rather than having a separate desktop. But I have the room, and it works for me so no need to fork out the money. Maybe at like $75, but no higher. At least for me.
This is an excellent video! What a fine demonstration of this beautiful, well designed x86 SBC. The presentation is so superbly nformative that I really can't say enough about how tmuch of a pleasure this has been for me to watch. Really so well done with great enthusiasm, care and attenton to detail. You sold me on it. Thank you so very much!
Prices for this SBC are ridiculous :( Recently I bought Chuwi HeroBox (N4100/8GB/180GB SSD/Win10) for $180. It works perfectly well in dual monitor setup. I have test/teardown on my channel.
Off Topic: Please be safe and do not take any chances... I just lost my brother in Seattle to Covid-19.... He was 58 and had COPD I can't even go out there... Quarantined :(
I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. I hope that everybody here stays safe and follows whatever lockdown or other social distancing measures are in place in your country to prevent the spread. These are dark times.
In one word: wow! I do agree with every comparison and conclusion you've made about this SBC. It seems to be so versatile, I'd wish to own multiple for different purposes. Thanks for the effort Explaining another (SB)Computer !
I think it would require another Intel bridge chip, is that correct? If so, the manufacturer had to cut corners in order to target a thinner audience, struggling to pull out some profit, whilst providing a considerable lower price tag in this tier.
@@brunesi maybe but they could also take off the arduino controller and GPIO connector (and deduct the cost from other options) to replace with a chipset and PCIE slot i wouldnt mind paying extra or something like this since i dont really use GPIO or arduino i use things like Pi for watching media in a low power ormat instead o switching on my main computer a PCIE slot would give it more expandability functionality
@@Spriggen1337 I see your point no doubt. Hence my comment on 'thinner audience'. The manufacturer has a razor blade narrow roadmap in order to avoid cheaper arm based SBCs and mainstream low cost x86 boards. They search for a magic balance between differentiation and price target. It's a warfare level tough market.
It is 64 bit -- Intel CPU specs here: ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/128989/intel-celeron-j4105-processor-4m-cache-up-to-2-50-ghz.html Looking at the case on the website, I think that it works with the power button already on the board. But if you made your own enclosure -- or fitted it in a robot or soemthing like that -- they you could connect a power button on leads to the header as required.
It's a dang shame you have to pay for the emmc version with Windows to get the fan/heatsink included, and for me that's a big turnoff. I'd gladly pay an extra $10 to get the fan/heatsink included, and not pay for windows.
Another great video. Thank you. I learn so much from you and this channel. Single board computers are so cool! This single board computer looks awesome! Price range for everything is reasonable. Thanks again good sir for another cool informative display of new tech and your knowledge covering it.
not possible due to the GPU. It is cheaper to buy an elitebook from ebay for less than 100 and install catalina www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/ftdbfq/mac_os_catalina_success_on_hp_elitebook_8570p/
I was impressed with seeed recomputer. so I have see other video but I can't understand the review, its better to see yours Mr. Barnatt, thank you again, and I will wait for free NAS videos, cheers
Chris, did you upload the video 1 hour early today? I was so prepared to comment first and win the gold medal but the video has been already up for an hour.
"Install windows 10 home instead". *Hold on there buddy.* Ever hear of UWF? Unified Write Filter protects against mass storage corruption due to unplanned loss of power (or tampering if used as kiosk). Please take a look at how to enable UWF from the Microsoft website. You typically configure the computer with installs and whatnot. Then go enable the protection and reboot. UWF will also help with not saving all the temp and log files to eMMC, prolonging its service life.
Thanks for the video, Christopher. I might buy one of these for my parents as a simple desktop computer. As long as the USB works for a printer and a display for quilting sites, light youtube, this should suit them fine!
Dear Sir, I'm a teacher in physic on a high school. The computer at my workplace is horrible. The chroombooks already has been bricked twice.... At home I'm looking at the moment for a alternitive for my desktop-computer (12 years old with little to no problems) Laptops I'm using now freezes up when I open up multiple browserscreens and streaming options (reading: multytasking is not possible) My question is: Is a single board computer, like this odyssey, a serious Windows alternative for my desktop (with a videocard) at home and at the same time a workable pc for at work? Thank you for reading and consindering an anwser
The Odyssey is probably more powerful than most 12 year old desktops (it just depends what the spec of the desktop is). You can use the Odyssey for a lot of computing tasks today -- web browsing, watching videos, e-mail word processing, etc. But it is not an idea machine for heavier tasks like video editing.
600k subs! And I know if Christopher sees this he will pin it... Because he has always been and will always be interactive with the viewers here. long live this channel. I hereby award the Golden Mr. Scissors award for 600k!
Award gratefully accepted. :)
This channel pride computer chronicles tv show
@- While I accept that we as a community probably outgrew Computer Chronicles I still miss the show and Stewart Cheifet. I tried watching some old shows that I found but they were so out of date that it wasn't as interesting anymore.
@@blamb42 I was a devoted Computer Chronicles watcher. It was part of my youth as I was not outgoing and it made me feel connected to the world. I still remember the day when Gary Kildall died, it was like I lost someone close and couldn't help crying.
Great video as usual. I didn't even skip the ad at the end.
I just wish they'd put 4 SATA ports and then make a box worth hot swap trays. It's already got dual hard line, so pf sense on it would be ideal, plus ftp would make it a great box.
I have been following this channel for years, and honestly all I see is passion, patience, determination, rigour and humility. I really appreciate Christopher Barnatt, he's a College professor I would of wanted to have, listening him talk is almost soothing, clear, detailed and straight to the point.
Thanks for your kind feedback. Very much appreciated.
He has a higher calling (than college professor) - being an educator to the entire world thanks to YT video publishing platform
Agree! Only just found him today
reminds me of my electronics teacher at college. you never forget a great teacher.
I've seriously no need for one of these, but this video has made me want one :)
For me, it falls into a gap. I have a mini-ITX, Ryzen Linux machine for my desktop, numerous Rasperry Pis (Linux) machines and some Arduinos. Even if I replaced Windows with Linux, it would be too limited for a desktop and too power hungry and bloated for a mobile app. Maybe as a DIY laptop alternative?
Plex server right here saw someone else do that with this and seems like the perfect use case
@@immortalsofar5314 No main thing is the raspberry connector and co processor. Lot of DIY things are possible, not just laptop. Just using the board as pc is probably not the purpose of this thing, although perfectly doable.
@@snehanshourya3850 You got me wondering and I think I've got it. If I were building an embedded vision recognition system requiring complex functionality, this is probably what I would use. The Pi zero works fine for a backup/security camera but if the latency/framerate became a problem (say, in a self-driving system) then this would be the next step.
I believe this board will work out nicely for my Land Cruiser track vehicle project that I’m putting together for the 2021 Robotics project competition. It has all the features I need and it’s for more expandable and at a lower cost then my Alpha that I picked up a year ago.
It’s getting exciting to see all the new SBC’s being designed for the maker community. Just think it was a only a few years ago that all we had was the Raspberry!
Your review today covered a lot of Territory. Can’t wait to see this unit setup in its case. Thanks for today’s overview and I look forward to next Sunday video.
Your videos are SO SAME when I watched them back in 2014 when I was young! LOVE this kind of videos! Congrats on the 600K subs
Something that Christopher didn't mention was Seeed Studio's excellent reputation. While they offer a wide range of other manufacturer's products, they have their own line that is generally leading edge. They have a product wiki that is kept up to date, and they respond to customer inquiries. I've purchased dozens of their products over the years. They were one of the first to offer the Raspberry Pi 4 to the general public. And, before one of the usual annoying trolls makes a rude remark, no, I am not connected with them, other than being a satisfied customer.
This is very true -- and Seeed also have excellent support for the Odyssey board. See the links in the video description.
At around 2 a.m. one often looks at the watch for the expectation, the highlight of Sunday (EC) is about to come.
You are very kind.
Chris, IMO you are RUclips’s best authority for SBC’s. Thanks!
You sir -- i appreciate your enthusiasm and explanations. i'm a systems and network administrator yet i still love watching your videos, having learned more than a few things from them. Thank you for your work!
Thanks for your kind feedback Kathryn, appreciated. :)
This would be perfect as a PfSense or FreeNAS low powered box....
I'm a FreeBSD only user, so looking forward to your FreeNAS video.
Thank you for this Christopher....
When he confirmed that they were both Intel NICs pfSense was my first thought. I was half expecting one to me Intel and the other Realtek. Would still make it suitable for something like Untangle though.
Same thoughts lads. I got wind of those nic and cpu and went PFsense in a heart best.
That CPU support AES-NI. Although 2.5 will no longer require it, having hardware encryption helps.
@@MrNeocortex I've been using Untangle for three years now. Using a protectli like mini PC with four Intel NICs.
Yeah, but I think the $200 range is a bit much even if it is for a nice router, I personally like the ~$100 atom PCs/SBCs using vlans.
ruclips.net/video/z59_MWWPL-Q/видео.html
It's quite a bit of extra setup but instead of a managed switch you can find old routers for about $20, install dd-wrt or openwrt, most support vlans so you can use it as a managed switch, plus it also gives you an additional wireless AP without having to set one up in pfsense.
Bravo, with all of the stuff happening around the world this little work horse was a breath of fresh air. Yesterday, SPACE X and NASA FALCON 9 and today a nice Sunday Lesson. Thank you.
The price is impressive for a Windows based PC. Looking forward to seeing the case. It does have a lot of features. Looking forward to your next video!
Greetings Perry.
ExplainingComputers Always wonderful to be greeted by you! May Stanley the Knife and Mr. Scissors keep you safe from that pesky Coronavirus!
I have been following this channel. I appreciate Christopher Barnatt, for the fact that he is, clear by slow talking, detailed and straight to the point. Thanks Christopher, and please continue to bring us the news and projects of the computing world.
We are getting closer to the day when an sbc can replace a standard desktop computer. Still not quite there yet, gaming on this thing would be a nightmare. But we are getting closer and closer all the time. I'd like to see one with at least a low end gpu integrated so you can play older games with good graphics. Or one with a pcie slot so you can plug a separate gpu in. But that's probably a few generations away still.
This board has a USB type-c port, so I wonder if it could utilize an external GPU? I don't see why not, but almost any modern GPU would cause a CPU bottleneck with the quad-core this thing uses. A full x16 PCIe slot would make for a mighty sizeable SBC (plus, it technically wouldn't be an SBC anymore with a discrete GPU installed, but that's just me being nitpicky).
@@cgraham6 I'm pretty sure that connector only has power, usb 3.1, and Dp 1.2
you are unable to utilise an eGPU if the USB C connector itself don't have at least Thunderbolt 2.0
@@cgraham6 you can actually connect a GPU to the NVME slot, since it's pci-e 4x. It's not a full 16x slot, but unless you've got a top of the line GPU, that many lanes are unnecessary and, in fact, the CPU would probably bottleneck before the 4x slot does. So you could hook like a 1050 or something to it with an adapter
I mean we're pretty much already there, since most people generally speaking just use a PC for watching videos/social media/email/documents that sort of thing, then this is plenty good enough to do those sorts of things, for high-end activities like gaming, 3D modeling, video production, etc... I highly doubt an SBC will ever replace a full-blown desktop, good cooling alone can be larger than some of these boards.
@@cgraham6 ATTENTION!: INTEL J4105 have only 6 (six)PCI-e LANES GEN 2 and 4(four) of these are used from NVM-e (Gen2X4).the other 2(two) lanes are used for SATA , USB and LAN conectors.So,i think that there is no way to conect any graphics card on this SBC, exept if You use a NVM-e to PCI-e andaptor (from mining hardwear) but again you will have very poor results because of Gen2X4 LANES!
Thanks for showing the current x86 side of SBC market - Love the variety and content on your channel - Congrats on 600k!
Keep up the great content. You’re nearly at 600k!
Thanks -- and the subs are so close to 600K. To be precise, 27 to go! :)
Hey Chris, great video series on SBCs! I've recently purchased an Odyssey X86J4125 (with the blue case, very snazzy!) and am very impressed with its capability. I'm using WD Black NVMe sticks for the main storage with great performance. I chose to get two NVMe sticks, one for Windows 10 Pro and one for Linux (specifically Ubuntu Studio). So far I'm very please with this platform. Thanks for introducing me to SBCs and Seeed. I watch every new video as a regular Sunday event.
Great to hear Brad, the Odyssey is indeed a great board.
X86. Dual nic. Nvme. That has some PFsense potential. Thanks Chris!!!!
Great informative video, as always. I need a SBC in my life, and after looking at this, and your review of 8 SBC X86 video, I decided that the Seeed Odyssey was the one for me. Thank you very much.
The Odyssey is a great board -- one of the best SBCs I have ever used. It just works!
@@ExplainingComputers Indeed. I look forward to receiving it :) I’ve also ordered a 1TB WD M.2 PCIe card, but I’m stuck on the M.2 cellular module card as I do not know any of the brands that come up in searches. Do you know of the best one? Like yourself, I am in the UK. Any advise would be gratefully received on this one and then I’ll leave you in peace! Thanks.
Sir Christopher, A warm greeting to you this beautiful Sunday from my almost wilderness home “in the city”. I have 100 hectares to my left and 75 hectares to the front of property. Many wild animals visit daily. I sit on front porch to greet them as they start their day forging for their breakfast.
Then I watch your video.
Nothing like a cup of “JOE” watching animals AND CATCHING YOUR VIDEO! Excellent video! I am impressed with pricing provided the few key items are included such as power cord, WiFi antenna and data wires!
Other SBC companies cost starts lower but once you buy the core requirements that adds $75.00 average!
I will trek to their site this morning , EAGERLY to check it out!
FOR EVERY FOLLOWER AND YOU, STAY SAFE FROM VIRUS AND ENJOY YOUR WEEK AT HOME WITH FAMILY!
Thanks for this -- and it sounds like are in a good location right now.
I honestly need a DONATION to buy feed for the wild animals to keep them coming to my place.squirrels and chipmunks and deer eat the bird feed. I have bag of corn for deer and salt block. Squirrels have corn on Cobb dried, raccoons are in everything. I cannot afford full summer feeding . Perhaps I set up web cam and ask for donations for animals to be viewed around the world.
I have made a wild black bear a friend years ago. I earn their trust easily.
Care to ask viewers if they will be interested in nature and donate small amount for food?
I have paypal account.
Thanks for an excellent video on the Odyssey x86 SBC. I am looking forward to your video using the board as a NAS using Free NAS. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Of course your channel is watched in Germany as well. I´ve seen lots and lots of your videos not only on SBCs but also on other topics. Its great fun to listen to you and I enjoy it very, very much. Your humor and dedication is fabulous. Thank you for this juwel box .
Thanks for watching! :)
Nevermind the graphics performance, but my gosh. This thing would be a node server BEAST.
I'm always looking for a great SBC that can run Windows 10. This has been on my radar so thanks for the review.
Skip the eMMC storage, attach a SATA HDD for access to 10+ TB storage, use the 2 SSD slots for faster boots and what not. Now you've got access to your music, movies, games, and favorite fractal software. Yay :)
With a PC this small it could take the place of my WD TV Live Hub when it stops working. That fan was barely audible. This could be used as a media kiosk, for printing .PDFs on demand such as cross stitch e-books, regular books, magazines, etc. For selecting video and audio entertainment for display on a larger 4K UHD+ monitor or video projector / video wall array. Lots of cool uses for a small form factor PC. Useful in craft stores, libraries, schools, night clubs, resorts, at home, in lobbies or waiting rooms, senior living communities, on-demand movie theaters, etc.
You clearly appreciate the potential! :)
True Ive made a NAS on the internal storage. One powerloss and i could reformst my entire OS vecause of corrupted boot drive. Use an external drive for good reasons!
This channel is one of the best on RUclips! Thanks for all your hard work Chris
Thanks.
Woah there, that was definitely a job for Mr Scissors or Stanley the Knife! Poor fellas were denied screen time.
They will return. In fact, they were very close to being on camera. While making this, I was also shooting a "behind the scenes" video -- in which they appear -- for my 300th episode in a few weeks time. So you will get to see that they were in waiting! :)
They're probably self-isolating.
Not to worry... Their agent got them contracts that include monetary compensation for being referenced in the video.
I guess they aren't essential workers. :(
@@ExplainingComputers Excellent! I'm looking forward to seeing what goes on with my favorite RUclips utility-workers on the other side of the camera.
I liked this review of the Odyssey. I did buy one of these a couple months ago (the activated version). It was very responsive and I was pretty happy with it for a while. Unfortunately it failed in my stress tests (it no longer boots). The failure was the eMMC flash drive, as I was able to get into bios to confirm. I have not attempted to use the other bootable drives, but that is one of the strengths of this computer. The various boot options give you redundancy, which is not offered in the standard off-the-shelf, low-cost laptops. Even with this failure, this is a very good option for an SBC.
The instant I read the title I started thinking of all sorts of projects I could use this for (since unfortunately we haven’t reached the point where x86 and ARM software could be considered cross compatible)
When will the SBC board builders get that X86 ISA has become outdated by ARM and RISC-V
It is great to see new product reviews like these, thank you. In the future, could you include information about power consumption? That is rather interesting for small devices.
You can change the blurr effect in the Settings, Personalisation, Colours, under transparency effects set to Off.
Your channel made me pass my A+ certification for its clear explanation of tech
Great to hear. :)
Amazing SBC!
Truly impressive!
I’m thinking to get one... 🤔
Hello Chris 👋🏻
Excellent video! Excellent SBC!
Looking forward for FreeNAS!
Stay safe and well!
Greetings Elvira. I hope that you are keeping well. This really is a very nice board -- probably the best x86 SBC I've ever looked at. Everything just works as it should.
Elvira Elora Milosic I really think you need one. Honestly you do and you know it 🤪
Rob M
It is excellent SBC to experiment. Maybe for my third NAS.
Elvira Elora Milosic I’m thinking cnc controller, paired with some MESA hardware via Ethernet.
But what to do with the existing pc running the Mill atm ?
Rob M
Indeed,
It is to great SBC to be just a NAS. 👍🏻
Your reviews are quite enjoyable, detailed and lighthearted. Thank you good sir.
Glad you like them!
Someone had their head straight when designing this one. I would be more interested with 16GB of RAM. I think it would run better.
I agree -- the design is very solid.
True, a bit more memory would probably be useful, especially for Windows 10, but I believe that 8GB is the max the J4105 can address.
@@Ts6451 the odroid H2 can have up to 32gb of ram, same CPU used.
It really needs dual channel. Low speed CPUs usually win the most of it. I doubt it is affordable though - it usually rises expenses.
@@andyshtroymish4997 the odroid H2 uses same intel chip, it is cheaper and takes two ddr4 sodimm ram slots.
This is a very well put video and everything is explained with precision. THANKS A LOT FOR THIS!
I'm really surprised by this board, for the performance and the connectivity, it's reasonably priced
can't wait for the future of x86 SBCs
A Really thorough and well done review. Finally! You know, this is the first video I've watched on this little computer where the NIC manufacturers were mentioned (Intel). Thanks so much. It helped me decide that it is a contender for a firewall project. And you also explained when you get the heat sink and when you don't Very, very clear. The manufacturer should be offering you funding, to be honest, as you are helping people decide if this is a "fit" for what they want to do.
I'd love a version with a 10 watt quad core, 8 thread Zen 2 processor. They just need to release something with a lower voltage, 2ghz base and 3ghz boost clock, and we will be in a new era of mini computers.
Is it really still an SBC,if it's the physical size of two separate boards & take as much juice to chooch as such ? lol
Love this program,the simple way things are explained ,you can take it on board, having little knowledge on computer and components I’ve learned the basics.thank you Chris 👍
Glad you enjoy it!
Thanks for the info, I would get the one less windows and just download the Home version and save the $40 dollars. A few months back I purchased a Beelink X45 mini computer with the same XJ4105 processor and 256 gig of storage for around the same price. I know it doesn't have the performance capability of the Odyssey but I'm very happy with it. Looking forward to seeing the video with the case.
I have a Beelink x45, it works very well, very quiet little thing, mine was £135, a great value item.
This is very nice, I'm looking forward to your next post about this product. Thank you for sharing. 👍
OK - I don't need one of these and I'm trying to talk myself out of buying one!
Great video Christopher, thank you. 🙃
Looks like a really fine addition among SBC boards on which to run MAME emulator - retro computing, of course, being the optimal use of such new hardware. Yeah, nothing more satisfying than running ancient software on late model hardware. Get the attractive case and retro compute in very nice style!
Very cool, looks like my waiting for a near perfect SBC is paying off..The Odyssey X86 is almost there, but my trusty old laptop is still faster with a duo 1.5ghz cpu. Nevertheless, I'm keeping a close eye on SBC progress. If I buy one, I'll go for the board only, since WinX is NOT an option for me. Great video as usual, thanks Chris, keep it safe there in the UK. 👍 🆒
Celeron is not an option for me, and I only run Linux so anything to do with Windows is a total waste of time and energy.
Congratulations Christopher for one more cool video, I really really like your videos because I love the computer science area!!! Congratulations one more time!!!
Thank you very much!
Very cool SBC! I would love to see you start to include power usage stats in your evaluations of these SBCs, Christopher. This board looks to be an awesome choice for something like an underwater UAV, but that means you'd likely need to power the thing via an umbilical...simply because (I suspect) the power requirements are significant. I'll have to research it. Great video though!
Well, I just ordered one of the 64gb eMMC versions...without Windows. I also ordered the case, but their site indicated it will take a bit longer to get, which is fine. But I'll evaluate the power use requirements and report back here once I do. I guess there's a possibility that this SBC could be powered by battery, but with this CPU and a cooling fan, it would seem that the battery life wouldn't be terribly long. That said though, and for something like an underwater UAV, this likely wouldn't be a problem--as the thruster motors would probably require power greater than that feasible for a battery pack. So in other words, as long as you're using a an umbilical tether for powering your thruster motors anyway, then using it to also power the SBC seems like a freebie.
So Seeed Studio should be happy with you CB...you sold one of these SBCs for them!
Got my board two days ago, and it seems pretty nice. However the implementation of the on-board Arduino doesn't seem quite correct. For instance, you must use the SerialUSB object (not "Serial") as the default serial port object. That's the one that will show you output on the Arduino IDE's serial monitor. So do it like this:
SerialUSB.println("foo");
The other serial port is on pins 1 & 3 of the 28-pin header, but it is Serial1...and not Serial1USB or SerialUSB1. But there are two other UART pins, on a 4-pin header next to the Arduino's 28-pin header. I have NO idea what these do. There's a thread about this on the Seeed Studios forum, and I've posted some screen shots I took of using a Logic Analyzer to probe that bus. There's a weird (mostly) synchronous clock-like signal on the Tx line from that pin, but no matter what I try I cannot get any sort of output to appear on that line. And there's apparently no documentation available to tell us what that 4-pin header is for--and the Seeed Studios folks participating in thread on their forum, haven't really given us any information as to how to use those pins.
So all-in-all, although the board is pretty nice on paper, there are some things that aren't quite right just yet. Hopefully it will get fixed however, because the board has a TON of potential.
It turns out that the instructions on the Seeed Studios wiki page were out-of-date for this product. The pin-out diagram was also incorrect for the little 4-pin header next to the 28-pin SAMD21 "Arduino" header. Myself and another US user of this board have been working with one of the Seeed developers, and these things have improved significantly. The pin-out diagram has been fixed, and the instructions updated for loading the correct support library into the Arduino IDE...so things are working much better now. I've even been able to start working with the i2c buses on both the 40- and 28-pin headers.
Thus far I can say that although the documentation issue(s) has been a bit frustrating, things are definitely improving. Seeed Studios has been fairly receptive to critique on the documentation--and has made changes as needed to their on-line "Getting Started" wiki. There still needs to be more documentation, but the forum threads are starting to grow in number--and the incredible potential of this board should make it extremely attractive for people doing ROV or robotics projects.
This could on my bucket list very soon.
I love the "Compatible with Linux" label. That's like saying this creature is compatible with oxygen.
you're being delusional. For example Linux is not compatible with some CPUs.
and oxygen is toxic if you don't now
can't stand stupidity
@Max Raider yeah that's exactly what I wanted ever since I found out pfsense didnt have an ARM version. I wanted to put it on the Pi but I'll look into this instead.
@@SmileyJack. Really? Which CPUs cannot run Linux? Is this applicable to all Linux distros, or just a few? Of course, you cannot run a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit CPU! But AFAIK, Linux can be run on just about _anything,_ including Macs.
I personally, was able to run a 64-bit Linux kernel (Kubuntu 14.04) on my old iMac 5,1 (although it ran in emulated-BIOS/CSM-mode, not EFI).
Ironically, this iMac model could only run a 32-bit OS X kernel (i.e., up to _Lion_ ), _even though it had a 64-bit CPU,_ because it only had a *32-bit EFI.* That design is just _one example_ of how Apple *screws* their customers! I'm glad I didn't purchase it new.
Definitely a great video to watch this Monday while working from home
"The state of the World being what it is..."
LoL, Chris - Thanks for the breath of fresh air!
Very impressive board, and I’m pleasantly surprised at the price point! Also, big congratulations on your well-deserved 600k subscriber milestone!
Thanks Chris. :) Stay well.
I've been using FreeNAS for a few years now and love it. I'm thinking that this SBC would make a great firewall running PFSense, OpnSense or Untangle.
I agree.. get snort running on it too
This SBC sounds like a winner alright. I'd like to see tests of both the Arduino and RPi functionality on this board to make sure they work as expected. If those do work, this board is indeed worth the price to say the least (and the possibilities as a Nuc, video streamer, NAS, ... Wow! ). Thanks for another great video Chris.
It’s Sunday Love EC!!!!
:)
Congratulations Chris!! You the man!! 🙋🎂🎉
Thanks!!
Your "terrible" Internet connection is still better than what mine has been for more than a decade... 7/1 Mb/s over here.
mine was a quarter megabit per second, I can barely stream videos in 144p
🛰 Starlink coming soon...I hope. 🤞
A new Explaining Computers video means two things now. First there’s the usual 20 min or so of interesting stuff and second the realization that we’re another week through lockdown.
He explanes clean plane and even the product manufacturers can't do
He certainly does. 😀 It's an easy mistake to make, but just to let you know it's "explains" and "plain", whereas "plane" is, for example, an aircraft (aeroplane) or a type of woodworking tool. 👍
Why are you repeating this funny comment ?? You should take ENGLISH GRAMMAR tution!!!! LOL 😂😂🤣🤣
Hi Christopher! Great video and looking forward to your FreeNAS video! Hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy.
great idea this board, but the price is high, really high. An ITX board with a basic CPU do more and it's cheaper....i cannot find the use to this
It does not compete on this level.
An ITX Board with a basic CPU probably consumes more power and takes up more space.
Standard Mainboards do not have GPIO pins and most of them do not include Wifi or two Gigabit LAN ports.
So this board is just not made for the average PC User. And for the given features I think it is not too expensive.
Would I personally buy it? No - but that is my answer to most IT products on the market.
I agree. Sure it has a small footprint, but is that going to be reason enough to spend that kind of cash? Not for me. I think it would fill some needs, like if I wanted to condense my CNC controller to one unit rather than having a separate desktop. But I have the room, and it works for me so no need to fork out the money. Maybe at like $75, but no higher. At least for me.
It's a nicer rig than Intel NUCs
Hey Jose', I Think You're Kind Of Missing The Point, For Me It's Kind Of Like A Boner, I Don't "Need" One But I Just Know That I Want One!
This is an excellent video! What a fine demonstration of this beautiful, well designed x86 SBC. The presentation is so superbly nformative that I really can't say enough about how tmuch of a pleasure this has been for me to watch. Really so well done with great enthusiasm, care and attenton to detail. You sold me on it. Thank you so very much!
Prices for this SBC are ridiculous :( Recently I bought Chuwi HeroBox (N4100/8GB/180GB SSD/Win10) for $180. It works perfectly well in dual monitor setup. I have test/teardown on my channel.
Another great sunday with EC new video! Grettings from Mexico City!
Greetings from the UK. :)
Off Topic:
Please be safe and do not take any chances...
I just lost my brother in Seattle to Covid-19.... He was 58 and had COPD
I can't even go out there... Quarantined :(
I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. I hope that everybody here stays safe and follows whatever lockdown or other social distancing measures are in place in your country to prevent the spread. These are dark times.
@@ExplainingComputers Thank you! I appreciate you saying that...
In one word: wow! I do agree with every comparison and conclusion you've made about this SBC. It seems to be so versatile, I'd wish to own multiple for different purposes. Thanks for the effort Explaining another (SB)Computer !
im surprised these bigger sbc boards dont come equipped with a PCIE slot 8/16x or atleast an option to swap the GPIO and arduino for a PCIE slot
I think it would require another Intel bridge chip, is that correct? If so, the manufacturer had to cut corners in order to target a thinner audience, struggling to pull out some profit, whilst providing a considerable lower price tag in this tier.
The Celeron J4105 only has 6 PCIe v2 lanes, so it can't really drive 16x or 8x
@@brunesi maybe but they could also take off the arduino controller and GPIO connector (and deduct the cost from other options) to replace with a chipset and PCIE slot i wouldnt mind paying extra or something like this since i dont really use GPIO or arduino i use things like Pi for watching media in a low power ormat instead o switching on my main computer a PCIE slot would give it more expandability functionality
@@Ts6451 didnt think of that! but isnt there some mobile ryzen chips that can do it?
@@Spriggen1337 I see your point no doubt. Hence my comment on 'thinner audience'. The manufacturer has a razor blade narrow roadmap in order to avoid cheaper arm based SBCs and mainstream low cost x86 boards. They search for a magic balance between differentiation and price target. It's a warfare level tough market.
Another interesting EC day. Congratulations on crossing 600k.
Thanks.
Normal PC, smaller package. Still CPU seems to be a bit weak, comparing to, for example, very old Thinkpad T400. Nice video though. Thanks.
Right! I use a small ThinkPad X201 with an i5 for projects which cost me all of $33 USD. No USB3.0 but does have expresscard slot so can be added.
Another gem. Thank you sir. My bank balance is being depleted rapidly. Very much looking forward to the FreeNAS video !!!
Thanks. That video is now in production. It runs well on this board.
Why there are 3 sata power supply ports, but only 1 sata data port?
I was confused by that too but I thought it was just me missing something.
you can add 2 more sata ports with one of the m.2 slots
X86J4105 is such a catchy name too, it just rolls off the tongue!
I have to agree. I personally would not have included the CPU model in the name. "Odyssey X86" would be clearer.
So do you need to install a power button if so do they cone with the cases. Is is fully 64 bit.
It is 64 bit -- Intel CPU specs here: ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/128989/intel-celeron-j4105-processor-4m-cache-up-to-2-50-ghz.html Looking at the case on the website, I think that it works with the power button already on the board. But if you made your own enclosure -- or fitted it in a robot or soemthing like that -- they you could connect a power button on leads to the header as required.
Very enjoyable, thanks, and congratulations on the 600k subs. Wow! I think I began watching at 1253 mark and therefore, surely, significantly wiser?
Thanks for watching all these years. :)
Hello Chris how are you coping in quarantine
I am remaining fairly sane.
As am I
@@ExplainingComputers so no change then
@@kwacker45 :)
Informative Review, as Always... Thanks Christopher
No! 18 minutes late!
But here now -- that's what counts.
I love all your videos really good job
Same CPU in odroid H2, how does it compare.
The Odroid has an extra SATA port (2 rather than 1), but only one M.2 slot, and you have to add you own RAM (which is both a plus and a minus).
@@ExplainingComputers sodimm ddr4 ram slots are a cheaper than they were, I bought two 4gb 2600 for £16, that was at cex.
the H2 has been out of stock so much, maybe now it will be in stock. hopefully this will be in stock too
They have made a comparison table www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2020/04/29/odyssey-x86-and-odriod-h2-comparison/
I love SBCs, they always make me think "wow imagine all the cool applications of this"
It's a dang shame you have to pay for the emmc version with Windows to get the fan/heatsink included, and for me that's a big turnoff. I'd gladly pay an extra $10 to get the fan/heatsink included, and not pay for windows.
I was looking on mouser & a 64 GB eMMC with a quantity of one starts at $30.48. So to me adding $30 for eMMC & a heat sink with fan seams reasonable.
Another great video. Thank you. I learn so much from you and this channel. Single board computers are so cool! This single board computer looks awesome! Price range for everything is reasonable. Thanks again good sir for another cool informative display of new tech and your knowledge covering it.
I'm thinking this could make for a very compact Hackintosh. I wonder how's the support tho
May well be possible given an Intel CPU, graphics and controllers.
not possible due to the GPU. It is cheaper to buy an elitebook from ebay for less than 100 and install catalina www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/ftdbfq/mac_os_catalina_success_on_hp_elitebook_8570p/
@@mohamadyusoff9091 prob more efficient too, power and performance wise?
I was impressed with seeed recomputer. so I have see other video but I can't understand the review, its better to see yours Mr. Barnatt, thank you again, and I will wait for free NAS videos, cheers
Is there any SMC whit AMD Ryzen?
Yes, the UDOO Bolt (well, almost an SBC, the RAM is socketed): ruclips.net/video/8DINmS5YBD4/видео.html
Thanks Chris for this great video! Stay well!
Chris, did you upload the video 1 hour early today? I was so prepared to comment first and win the gold medal but the video has been already up for an hour.
I think this has to do with daylight saving clock changes. Here in the UK we moved to British Summer Time (GMT +1) last weekend.
@@ExplainingComputers Nevermind, I will try again next week.
excellent video as per usual. Some great videos in the past month.
Thanks for your kind feedback. Appreciated.
No anti-static bag on the board? Would this not cause an issue?
No, no antistatic bag. A little surprising as you suggest. But Raspberry Pis come without them too now.
Maybe the black packing paper has antistatic properties?
Congratulations to reaching 600000 subscribers. (Only noticed it b/c the number looks so uncommonly uniform)
Thank you very much!
"Install windows 10 home instead". *Hold on there buddy.* Ever hear of UWF? Unified Write Filter protects against mass storage corruption due to unplanned loss of power (or tampering if used as kiosk).
Please take a look at how to enable UWF from the Microsoft website. You typically configure the computer with installs and whatnot. Then go enable the protection and reboot.
UWF will also help with not saving all the temp and log files to eMMC, prolonging its service life.
What you say is true and good advice. :)
Thanks for the video, Christopher. I might buy one of these for my parents as a simple desktop computer. As long as the USB works for a printer and a display for quilting sites, light youtube, this should suit them fine!
Top awesome ...
The Odyssey really is an excellent board -- probably the best x86 SBC I've ever used.
Many thanks for the video, Christopher! Stay safe!
A great thing to do would be spending a week with this sbc and comparing it to the latte panda and the raspberry pi
Now my Sunday is complete!
32 bit or 64 bit architecture? I'm confussed
64 bit.
Thank you for making and sharing this video. I enjoyed it
Dear Sir,
I'm a teacher in physic on a high school. The computer at my workplace is horrible. The chroombooks already has been bricked twice....
At home I'm looking at the moment for a alternitive for my desktop-computer (12 years old with little to no problems)
Laptops I'm using now freezes up when I open up multiple browserscreens and streaming options (reading: multytasking is not possible)
My question is: Is a single board computer, like this odyssey, a serious Windows alternative for my desktop (with a videocard) at home and at the same time a workable pc for at work?
Thank you for reading and consindering an anwser
The Odyssey is probably more powerful than most 12 year old desktops (it just depends what the spec of the desktop is). You can use the Odyssey for a lot of computing tasks today -- web browsing, watching videos, e-mail word processing, etc. But it is not an idea machine for heavier tasks like video editing.
Very good! Waiting for the FreeNAS video!