CompuLab's New Fanless Fit-PC's Packs AMD APUs
CompuLab's new Fit-PC4 machines pack AMD APUs and are passively cooled.
CompuLab has released its new Fit-PC's the Fit-PC4 Value and the Fit-PC4 Pro. Both of the units feature similar specifications, but have a couple of differences.
For starters, the Value labelled machine comes with an AMD A4-1250 APU. This unit carries a TDP of just 8 W. The Pro labelled machine carries AMD's GX-420CA SoC, which packs a 2 GHz quad-core CPU along with Radeon HD 8400E graphics, and has a TDP of 25 W. This is reflected in the design of the fanless enclosures.
Both of the units have support for up to 16 GB of DDR3-SODIMM memory through two slots, a single 2.5" HDD, a single full-size mPCIe or mSATA drive, a single half-height mPCIe device (populated by the wireless adapter), and they both have a Micro-SD card slot.
Connectivity is taken care of by two USB 3.0 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, two HDMI 1.4a ports, 7.1 channel SPDIF digital audio along with stereo analog audio, and dual Gigabit Ethernet. The Pro labelled machine carries wireless connectivity for up to 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, while the Value labelled machine will connect to networks up to the 802.11n WiFi standard, and has a Bluetooth 3.0 adapter.
Pricing is set at $299 for the Fit-PC4 Value, and $380 for the Fit-PC4 Pro, though the storage and memory banks arrive unpopulated at this price.
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Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.
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ram1009 Reply12809556 said:Somebody please tell me why anybody would prefer a touch screen on a desktop computer.
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