Onda M2 Mini PC w/ Intel Pentium J1900 4Gb DDR3 128Gb SSD

[Walter H.W.]

Hey guys,
 
was browsing on some Chinese store and found this Mini PC which is not that bad considering the price.

I don't know if it just came out or not, here are some images:



 
Specs:


More specs:

Operating System DOS (supports Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 installation)
CPU Pentium J1900 Quad Core
GPU Intel HD Graphics
RAM 4GB DDR3
ROM 128GB
Communication
Wifi Connectivity 802.11 B/G/N
Ethernet 10/100M RTL8168E
Sound Card Realtek ALC662 5.1
Media
Video Supported AVI/RM/RMVB/MKV/WMV/MOV/MP4/DAT(VCD format)/VOB(DVD format)/PMP/MPEG/MPG/FLV/ASF/TS/TP/3GP/MPG
Audio Supported FLAC/APE/WAV
Picture Supported JPG/BMP/PNG/GIF
Interfaces
HDMI Port Yes
Other Interfaces WiFi Antenna, USB3.0, HDMI, VGA, LAN, 3.5MM Audio, USB2.0

I was wondering if it'd be a good buy for my father, he's an old PC that is super slow and he bothers me every 5 mins with a new problem. How would this perform with MS Office and everything else?

Also I'm not sure if this is a proper PC or it was supposed to be a TV Box.

Lastly, is the Pentium J1900 any good?

[The Official Czex]

How much is it?

[Belgarathian]

Pretty much the specs my NAS is running. I would only be worried about the quality of the SSD... The J1900 is a Celeron chip with low TDP.... Should be fine for browsing the web and MS Office.

[ZetZet]

How much is it?

200

[The Official Czex]

200

 

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn! That's a pretty OK deal.

[Walter H.W.]

How much is it?

$199 on geek**ying, $189 with the coupon code: OndaM2.

 

 

 

Pretty much the specs my NAS is running. I would only be worried about the quality of the SSD... The J1900 is a Celeron chip with low TDP.... Should be fine for browsing the web and MS Office.

 

Yep, I was wondering about that too, is there any way of knowing which brand the SSD is?

PS: I guess I'll have to ask them, although I doubt that they even know it.

[Prysin]

seems like a neat media box... think it could be a tiny bit cheaper... but oh well

[simson0606]

Lastly, is the Pentium J1900 any good?

 

the j1900 is usable for basic tasks like webbrowsing and word processing. although 1080p youtube can get choppy

[dmegatool]

the j1900 is usable for basic tasks like webbrowsing and word processing. although 1080p youtube can get choppy

 

How's that ? Cheap 100$ PC stick can handle 1080p just fine. Is it missing a h264 decoder or whatever ?

 

Check out the Kangaroo if you're looking for something "good enough". The only downiside would be the 32GB of storage but you can plug something else if you need. Handles web browsing and office task resonably well.

Review : 

[zacRupnow]

Why the fuck does it have VGA and USB 2!

Edit: I realise VGA is still used, my point was it shouldn't be on new hardware, should have come with an adapter instead and had Displayport or another HDMI port.

[dmegatool]

I've a PC with a J1900 in the living room and plays 1080 60p video in windows 7 just fine

 

 That's what I thought. I was finding @simson0606 comment kinda strange. Thx for the post. 

[Walter H.W.]

How's that ? Cheap 100$ PC stick can handle 1080p just fine. Is it missing a h264 decoder or whatever ?

 

Check out the Kangaroo if you're looking for something "good enough". The only downiside would be the 32GB of storage but you can plug something else if you need. Handles web browsing and office task resonably well.

Review : 

 

I've seen those a while back but I think they're really not worth it, 2Gb of RAM is not enough, same for 32Gb if you install some programs, thanks for the idea though.

 

 

Why the fuck does it have VGA and USB 2!

 

Ehm.. if you buy a $189 PC you probably don't have a monitor with display-port, for example my father has a VGA monitor and he's fine with it, also there's still HDMI if you want to connect it to something better. 

Same for the USB 2 ports, you don't need that many USB 3.0 ports when you're most likely to connect only 1 USB 3.0 external Hard Drive, the other ports are for mouse, keyboard and flash drive (?). 

[Belgarathian]

$199 on geek**ying, $189 with the coupon code: OndaM2.

 

 

 

 

Yep, I was wondering about that too, is there any way of knowing which brand the SSD is?

PS: I guess I'll have to ask them, although I doubt that they even know it.

 

All assumptions here, but looking at the spec list it probably has a custom PCB, but all the components will be OEM... So the worst case scenario is that you have to buy a new M.2 SSD, or 2.5" SATA SSD.

[Walter H.W.]

All assumptions here, but looking at the spec list it probably has a custom PCB, but all the components will be OEM... So the worst case scenario is that you have to buy a new M.2 SSD, or 2.5" SATA SSD.

I suppose you're right, still haven't received an answer from them.

[dizmo]

I will never buy a computer again that has less than 8GB of RAM.

Nice price, but if that's not up-gradable then I wouldn't even consider it.

 

Why the fuck does it have VGA and USB 2!

I believe you have to pay an additional fee to have USB 3.0 ports, per port.

[Godlygamer23]

Not Tech News. Moved to General Discussion.

[awesomes8wc3]

Why the fuck does it have VGA and USB 2!

hmm yeah, that is quite strange (at least the usb2 part) as the J1900 supports quite a lot of usb3 ports.

[Swndlr]

Looks pretty, like a Mac Mini.

For $200 or less it seems neat.

[Belgarathian]

I don't get why so many people are concerned about USB3.0 ports... It's a J1900 processor, USB 2.0 would be more than adequate for the job.

[Belgarathian]

Why the fuck does it have VGA and USB 2!

 

VGA is incredibly common as a standard in 3rd and 2nd world countries that are using 2nd hand products, or older tech a lot of the time. Heck, my multi-billion dollar employer still uses VGA for a lot of their teleconferencing equipment and laptop connections & docking stations. And for the resolution that they're running, there is no reason not to. 

[Coaxialgamer]

Many people think celeron and pentium j and n series are good because they are quad cores. But in fact they are essentially atoms. And are weaker than dual core celerons

[cragger89]

8GB is barely enough for me when I'm actually multitasking.

[spaiduhz]

so many people comparing this xsff to their atx rigs. for youtube and 4 tabs in chrome, 8gb is fine. the cpu might have some difficulty crunching large excel spreadsheets, but ultimately it will be fine for word, powerpoint and outlook. h264 transcoding might be an issue, so i dont know whether VLC will be happy running on the CPU once you mix up video file types for playback. just treat it like any atom processor.

 

do be aware that you may need to spend a pretty penny getting a licensed copy of windows. would have been nice if the manufacturer included windows embedded, but i suppose it adds to the cost.

[GodSpoon]

Thats pretty sweet! Although a Q6600 system would perform better, but obviously would be far larger and would require effort and risk acquiring parts

[Walter H.W.]

VGA is incredibly common as a standard in 3rd and 2nd world countries that are using 2nd hand products, or older tech a lot of the time. Heck, my multi-billion dollar employer still uses VGA for a lot of their teleconferencing equipment and laptop connections & docking stations. And for the resolution that they're running, there is no reason not to. 

 

Totally agree, I'm not from 2nd or 3rd world but my father is (just kidding, lol), he's happy with his low-res VGA monitor and it's not even worth buying him a new one because he wouldn't care.

Also, who's going to game on this "PC"? And why would you need more than HDMI? It's not like this is marketed towards gamers..

 

so many people comparing this xsff to their atx rigs. for youtube and 4 tabs in chrome, 8gb is fine. the cpu might have some difficulty crunching large excel spreadsheets, but ultimately it will be fine for word, powerpoint and outlook. h264 transcoding might be an issue, so i dont know whether VLC will be happy running on the CPU once you mix up video file types for playback. just treat it like any atom processor.

 

do be aware that you may need to spend a pretty penny getting a licensed copy of windows. would have been nice if the manufacturer included windows embedded, but i suppose it adds to the cost.

Yeah it would have been nice, at least Windows 10 which could be for free anyway. I don't get why they compare this to their Gaming PC, I doubt their PC costed $189 total, the PC my father is currently using is my old one, 4Gb were enough and I was editing videos on that machine, sadly the HDD is so fkd up that it slows everything else, in fact buying an SSD is another option, although with this Mini PC we'd save a lot on the bill and it's a cooler present than an SSD, lol.