Fanless and silent small desktop "CHUWI HeroBox"

Celeron N4100 equipped with excellent cost performance

The Celeron N4100 is a processor known by the codename Gemini Lake. Originally based on the architecture of the Atom series, it is characterized by low power consumption and low heat generation, making it relatively easy to create a fan even in a small form factor. This product utilizes the features of the Celeron N4100 to achieve a fanless design despite its small form factor.

This machine is based on this Celeron N4100, with 8GB of memory, an Intel 180GB SSD for storage, and Windows 10 for the OS. Since the memory/storage capacity, which is common in inexpensive PCs, has not been reduced, it is finished with highly practical specifications that allow you to launch and use multiple applications at the same time and feel safe even when a large update of Windows 10 comes. It can be said that

By the way, ECS's "LIVA Z2" series can be mentioned as a small desktop that similarly uses the Celeron N4100. As an example of this, the actual selling price of "LIVAZ2-4/64-W10 (N4100) S" with Windows 10 Home S mode on 4 GB of memory / 64 GB of storage / OS is 28,980 yen. HeroBox is cheaper than this and has higher specs, so it can be said that the cost performance is quite high (However, LIVA Z2 is a barebones that can expand the memory).

Now, let's take a look at the actual product. The box is in a simple brown box without any decorations, which is typical of CHUWI. In addition to the main unit, accessories are an AC adapter, a VESA mounter, 8 screws (2 types x 4), and a manual. By the way, the sample that came to the editorial department was an AC adapter without the PSE mark due to the shipping warehouse, and the plug was a C type, but the AC adapter for sale on Amazon Japan has the PSE mark. Plug is type A.

　The main body has a gaming-like design using polygons. Power button on the front, USB 3.0 x 3 (one of which is Type-C), microSD card slot, reset button on the back, DC input, mini D-Sub 15 pin, HDMI output, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0 x 2, It has a 3.5mm headphone output. The purpose of preparing a mini D-Sub15 pin in this day and age may be to consider the replacement of old PCs (although it would be a minority).

　The chassis is made of plastic, but there is a frame that seems to be made of metal around it, giving it a fairly high-class feel. There is a notch between the chassis and the frame, and it looks like a heat sink at first glance, but it doesn't have that function because it's made of plastic. Instead, although it is not conspicuous, the recessed part is a hole, and it seems to be a mechanism that allows the air inside to escape by natural convection generated by heat.

　The attached AC adapter was slightly large with 12V/2A output. Since this machine adopts a power-saving design, it is said that the power consumption is kept to less than 10W. Therefore, an AC adapter that can output 24W is clearly overspec. I don't think it would be better to run it with a 5V/2.4A Micro USB or a 5V/3A USB Type-C power supply, but there may have been a balance with the cost. unknown.