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NanoPC as the name suggests is an extremely compact PC having dimensions of 190x135x38 mm. Though it's not the smallest PC in market (that credit goes to Zotac's ZBOX Nano with dimensions of 127x127x45 mm), it is still 40% smaller than a standard PC. This compactness is achieved by using a ‘credit card’ sized motherboard and SO-DIMM. Besides size, the other ‘wow’ feature of the NanoPC is absence of any moving parts. There is no CPU cooling fan, but rather a passive cooling mechanism is used to dissipate the heat generated by CPU. An SSD is used instead of a standard hard disk drive.
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Price: Rs 17, 500 (excluding Memory and SSDs)
Key Features: 802.11n, LAN, 2 USB 3.0 and 4 USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, VGA, Card reader, inbuilt speakers.
Write to: pcquest@cybermedia.co.in with the name of the product in the subject line for more info.
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You can connect a USB keyboard and mouse to it. For the monitor, there's the standard VGA D-Sub connector as well as a HDMI port to connect a TV to it. We installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit OS to test it. Post the OS installation, we used USB drive that was bundled with it to install the drivers. Once everything is installed, then simply connecting it to a TV via the HDMI port turns your TV into a full-fledged PC. With compact size and neat looks, the NanoPC does not look odd with your TV and one can hook it to a LCD monitor and convert it into an AIO desktop instead.
We connected a wireless keyboard and mouse along with an inbuilt wireless adapter for Internet surfing. We tested this PC in several ways. One of course was our standard slew of PCMark and 3DMark benchmarks for testing graphics and overall system performance. Since the machine is based on an Intel Atom based CPU, its scores for these benchmarks were low, clocking just 433 3DMarks and 1766 PCMarks. That was expected, but what was impressive about the NanoPC was its ability to run HD videos smoothly. We ran a 1080p, 60 fps video on it and to our surprise
it ran very smoothly. It might be because the Atom CPU inside is a dual-core, 4 threads CPU running at 1.86 GHz with Intel GMA 3650 graphics.
Another great highlight of the NanoPC is its power consumption. It uses only about 15 Watts in normal condition and 24 Watts on load, both of which are very low as compared to the average 300-400 Watts consumed by traditional PCs.
Bottomline: With no moving parts and extremely small form factor, this PC can be used for special requirements like converting a LCD TV into a smart TV, display custom content streamed from central server over wireless network,
convert a LCD monitor into an AIO desktop, use it for digital signages, and much more. Cost is a little high considering that just the shell comes for 17K, while the SDD and memory cost extra.