Radxa really has a run. Got me the Rock 5C as a RPi replacement, then found the X2L and now the X4. I redesigned my projects to make them fit the Radxa boards.
I was looking at this. Wish the CPU was on the top due to heat. I like the lattepanda mu with lite carrier over this one. Better chip orientation, and I/O.
I'm a newbie to this world. I'm wanting to build an arcade setup and was looking for a bit of advice. Anyway I might could email you some questions to get me started
@kiodiekin Ok, just a few questions. Was wondering which board might be best in terms of the best emulation? Raspberry pi 5 or orange which I just learned about watching your video. Is the ipac 2 is the better option when setting up the joysticks and buttons? For my first project, I have a arcade1up mortal Kombat shell to work with. What would be a good list of items I would need? Where can I get these awesome supremeteam images?
@@kiodiekin So I'm 48, I'm mostly trying to go with the older arcade titles, neo geo, snk, Midway, Capcom stuff. Not so much consoles, but that would be a bonus. That's for the info on ipacs, money saved. Any recommendations on a good set maybe on Amazon or any vendor where I would get zero lag?
@ I mean pretty much with a lot of the basic retro games any single Board computer will be fine if you’re trying to emulate a little bit more than a raspberry pie five or orange pie five would be best if you want to run some of the more obscure games like your NFL blitz Killer instinct then I will suggest getting something with the next 86 like the xone in the X4 that I’ve showcase here on the channel
@@gedgicat2063 that typically happens with arm because its also relies on the os. and if the os isn't up to par or optimized then that's what happens. the only true developed os for arm based boards is android.
@@kiodiekin yeah, I've seen with lack of power, poor ram choices and interface speeds, even on another n100 machine.. Fingers crossed they get all that right.
Why get a N100 Mini PC when a N97 beats it? But, we digress as this is a Cheap N100 intel SBC however with GPIO pins and we could see some great projects and addons for this and we both know it will crush a Pi 5 for Emulation.
I'll get one of these if someone makes an image for it and posts it on Arcade Punks. Can you put heat sinks on these things? If this thing can run TMNT on here thats crazy.... I cant even get the ps3 version to run on my steamdeck.
One reason why this is not the true Raspberry Pi alternative is cooling. The general I/O layout of the board is identical to the Raspberry Pi 4 so physically it should fit in just about any Pi 4 enclosure. But that N100 generates way more heat which means you can't just drop it into any Pi project if it won't be able to account for the additional cooling. That's made even more complicated by the fact that for some odd reason Radxa decided to put the CPU on the bottom of the board which means that many if not most Pi 4 projects which have been built for cooling the top of the board won't be compatible. The necessary cooling is going to add a minimum 3/4" additional height to the bottom of the board not including a healthy amount of breathing room that will also be needed between your cooling solution and any other surfaces. If your projects use the boards open air freestanding or in places where there is plenty of space it could be a great alternative though.
The placement of the chip and cooler is always gonna be unique I actually Like it this way. As far as projects it’s the same form factor with a lot more power and support.
Doesn't work with PI projects found on internet so is not a suitable replacement for Rasp Pi. There is more to a Pi than its hardware. If you are buying these to use as desktops please stop and just go buy an actual desktop. Its also not exactly the same form factor as it has a bulge on the GPIO side. Is nice for some uses a similar form factor with 4 more USB ports would have some uses for me. If all you are doing is building a NAS or an emulation station why are you buying these small computers in the first place? Second hand real PC hardware has always done it better.
It’s a raspi alternative nobody mentioned it as a replacement as the pi has its own functions with programs. This has 3 usb 3.0 ports a uart connection so u can add more if u want. A second hand pc is more expensive pulling down more power. This is perfect for emulation
Radxa really has a run. Got me the Rock 5C as a RPi replacement, then found the X2L and now the X4. I redesigned my projects to make them fit the Radxa boards.
@@karstentopp sweet
I was looking at this. Wish the CPU was on the top due to heat. I like the lattepanda mu with lite carrier over this one. Better chip orientation, and I/O.
I’ll test the heat variations
Thank you for your video. I just ordered the Radxa X4 😁 and I was considering getting a Pi5 or a micro PC.
@@jenovaizquierdo good choice
Thank you! I subscribed to your channel to stay updated on small form PC news. Your content is really interesting.
thanks
@@kiodiekin is a pleasure 👏👍😁
No Android = FAIL. Arduino only on the RP2040 = FAIL.
Android x86 should work.
Android is made for arm based devices not x86
This board looks promising
I'm a newbie to this world. I'm wanting to build an arcade setup and was looking for a bit of advice. Anyway I might could email you some questions to get me started
just post them here better that way. email is for business inquiries
@kiodiekin
Ok, just a few questions. Was wondering which board might be best in terms of the best emulation? Raspberry pi 5 or orange which I just learned about watching your video. Is the ipac 2 is the better option when setting up the joysticks and buttons? For my first project, I have a arcade1up mortal Kombat shell to work with. What would be a good list of items I would need? Where can I get these awesome supremeteam images?
@@adude8764 what games r u trying to run on either device. also avoid ipacs for use with sbc's they arent too reliant
@@kiodiekin
So I'm 48, I'm mostly trying to go with the older arcade titles, neo geo, snk, Midway, Capcom stuff. Not so much consoles, but that would be a bonus. That's for the info on ipacs, money saved. Any recommendations on a good set maybe on Amazon or any vendor where I would get zero lag?
@ I mean pretty much with a lot of the basic retro games any single Board computer will be fine if you’re trying to emulate a little bit more than a raspberry pie five or orange pie five would be best if you want to run some of the more obscure games like your NFL blitz Killer instinct then I will suggest getting something with the next 86 like the xone in the X4 that I’ve showcase here on the channel
It's a shame they just missed the RP2350 chip release, and they stuck with the RP2040.
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The voice volume is too low, I needed to crank up the volume level to hear and enabled the subtitle in order to understand the content.
Will be grabbing one
Great choice
Best of the best always on top of it man
The usb-c port is PD 12V/2.5A, 30W so it is not a bottleneck.
@@erk_0483 👍
@@erk_0483 I have an 45 watt for the pi5 to use
Would think the temp range just means the environmental temp this is meant to be used in, nothing as such to do with the chip max temp.
Is the max temp is 105
Proof will be in the testing of the final product, interested to see a follow up video
I’m sure it will be there.
@@kiodiekin let's hope so, I hate products which have great base specifications only to be bottle necked by some poor design decision
@@gedgicat2063 that typically happens with arm because its also relies on the os. and if the os isn't up to par or optimized then that's what happens. the only true developed os for arm based boards is android.
@@kiodiekin yeah, I've seen with lack of power, poor ram choices and interface speeds, even on another n100 machine.. Fingers crossed they get all that right.
All great, except you can't get 'em anywhere.
@@mikemcgonegal1616 gotta jump on it when we announce these things. 👍
Can't buy them local and the other options are sold out but about the same price
@@TPUSILL gotta move fast on these things. I recommend a few and they always get sold out fast
@@kiodiekin I was about to get an order in. Looks like by Aug 20th I should have it
Because it X86 you can running any OS that ix X86 on it, even Windows.
That’s right
Why not get a N100 mini PC instead? Those are the real RPi5 killers.
They don’t have gpio pins it’s a mini pc and not an Sbc. Big difference and this is cheaper and same performance
Why get a N100 Mini PC when a N97 beats it? But, we digress as this is a Cheap N100 intel SBC however with GPIO pins and we could see some great projects and addons for this and we both know it will crush a Pi 5 for Emulation.
A n100 pc can’t be compared to a single board computer plus this is cheaper. Why would you wanna pay more for the same performance ?
@@PiManiac yup the N97 destroys the N100
The biggest difference is this is the new chip set
God I wish they paid attention to passive cooling case design along with release of this.
We’ll see what else they have available for it after release
I'll get one of these if someone makes an image for it and posts it on Arcade Punks. Can you put heat sinks on these things? If this thing can run TMNT on here thats crazy.... I cant even get the ps3 version to run on my steamdeck.
@@mutechannel13 there’s already images for it. Just use a pc made image
@@mutechannel13 did u watch the video
One reason why this is not the true Raspberry Pi alternative is cooling. The general I/O layout of the board is identical to the Raspberry Pi 4 so physically it should fit in just about any Pi 4 enclosure. But that N100 generates way more heat which means you can't just drop it into any Pi project if it won't be able to account for the additional cooling. That's made even more complicated by the fact that for some odd reason Radxa decided to put the CPU on the bottom of the board which means that many if not most Pi 4 projects which have been built for cooling the top of the board won't be compatible. The necessary cooling is going to add a minimum 3/4" additional height to the bottom of the board not including a healthy amount of breathing room that will also be needed between your cooling solution and any other surfaces. If your projects use the boards open air freestanding or in places where there is plenty of space it could be a great alternative though.
The placement of the chip and cooler is always gonna be unique I actually
Like it this way. As far as projects it’s the same form factor with a lot more power and support.
It also doesn't work with any of the projects you will find online for a RPi. RPi is more than just its hardware.
@@backgammonbacon r u saying it won’t work with Linux?
The GPIO part of the PCB sticks out. Will not be able to fit in a lot of pi cases.
@@JazzTechieit will fit many of the open cases like the one in my pi5 videos
Doesn't work with PI projects found on internet so is not a suitable replacement for Rasp Pi. There is more to a Pi than its hardware. If you are buying these to use as desktops please stop and just go buy an actual desktop. Its also not exactly the same form factor as it has a bulge on the GPIO side. Is nice for some uses a similar form factor with 4 more USB ports would have some uses for me. If all you are doing is building a NAS or an emulation station why are you buying these small computers in the first place? Second hand real PC hardware has always done it better.
It’s a raspi alternative nobody mentioned it as a replacement as the pi has its own functions with programs. This has 3 usb 3.0 ports a uart connection so u can add more if u want. A second hand pc is more expensive pulling down more power. This is perfect for emulation
@@backgammonbacon a reason to use SBCs is power consumption.
Actually, most used dell optiplexes have 4th Gen it's, which the n100 beats.