Might be of interest to those that want a mostly ready made MiniPC/NUC that seems to straddle both camps and has ultra low power usage.
Limited sale price at the moment.
Onda M2 Mini PC - SILVER
Intel Pentium J1900 Quad Core CPU
4GB RAM
128GB SATA 3 SSD
3 x USB 2
1 x USB 3
1 x HDMI
1 x VGA
100Mb LAN (RTL8168E)
Dual Band WiFi
Realtek ALC662 5.1 Sound
External WiFi antenna
Add your own OS
14x14x3cm, so very small form factor.
5v2a AC.
Aluminium shell
Top comments
VimesUK
12 Dec 154#4
^^^^ They challenged my poor review that I placed over at Trust Pilot to try and get it removed. I provided Trutpilot with all the saved communications and screenshots etc, as well as the PayPal dispute stuff, and the review got reinstated.
I am suspicious though of all the five star reviews that they have got there, lots of them posted by people with that as their only review.
I would never deal with this company again
Latest comments (25)
hussa1n
25 Dec 15#25
this does not have a Pentium processor as it claims it does
the J1900 clearly is a Celeron via Intel 's own website
That tells you the tech. is old.
usb3 is at least 8 years olds, it's like they have loads of old usb2 chips they buy cheap.
vga - bring back the 80's.
I'm sure if you spent 1000.00's on an Apple PC and iPhone you'll be buying this.
Cost 100.00 for an Apple usb cable.
itm2
12 Dec 15#19
Alot of complaints about Gearbest here, but surely if you purchase on a credit card then you'll always be able to get a chargeback if the retailer shafts you? (hassle, sure, but it the price is rock bottom.....)
carlpearce2000
12 Dec 15#17
I can't imagine it will come with a 128GB SSD for this price!
torquatus to carlpearce2000
12 Dec 15#18
it's a $50 tv box with RAM and SSD, it should do..
DevilD
12 Dec 15#16
Found them to be fine. Every item I have ordered has been delivered and worked.
BigsyBiggins
12 Dec 15#15
I echo the sentiments, gearbest is an awful company, they tried their very best to rip me off, thankfully paypal sorted it out.
Why are they not banned here? Please sort it out hukd!
FoxForce5
12 Dec 15#2
This is very good value imo, was looking at building one of these & to get all this for that price is ace.
As for the android/windows dual boot, I doubt many people buying these are interested, as they're mostly used for kodi, in which case you'll be running openelec on these which is free anyway.
Have some heat.
jasee to FoxForce5
12 Dec 15#14
Can't see the point of such a large SSD, if that's all your going to do. The only 'advantage' of a box like this is it's relatively small. Which has disadvantages anyway. It probably won't keep cool enough and you'll have reliability problems. And how good is transcoding? Without an independent graphics card. With resolutions getting higher, it's becoming an issue.
xthundercat1978
12 Dec 15#13
After purchasing a pipo x7s (had heating problems) and a Tronsmart Ara BJ19 ( had problems with the network card) I think I'll pass, I'm sure I will get something better at Christmas sales from a better company
retro65
12 Dec 15#12
Had no problems ordering from gearbest , does take a while tho, i have the baytrail processor and as a media device is brilliant, xbmc etc, even runs hyperspin, ps1.n64 etc
Daltone
12 Dec 15#5
Will it play Crysis?
dAAn11 to Daltone
12 Dec 15#6
It will probably play but only if you can receive ur item after paying for it. This is not a great company to deal with. Its been more than six weeks waiting for my fit band, still no signs of it. Please think before paying so much money on this website because even if you get ur item u are not gonna get any warranty or anything.
hardstylemw to Daltone
12 Dec 15#11
No it won't!
Captain Scarlet
12 Dec 15#10
Has anyone reported this site to the Mods? & what was there response?
Graham1979
12 Dec 151#9
LOW POWER CONSUMPTION BECAUSE IT WONT ARRIVE!
This site needs to ban gearbest, bang good et al.
repouk
12 Dec 152#8
Unfortunately this is common practice for Chinese/Hong Kong based companies. FocalPoint and DealExtreme do it as well. I've personally caught both of those doing it; e.g. 5 star reviews, all in the same poor English, for products that have just been added to the catalog but aren't available to ship yet!
There are also companies who will post blocks of reviews for iPhone/Android apps so you' shouldn't necessarily trust those either!
speculatrix
12 Dec 15#7
I've bought a couple of dashcams off them and was happy with service.. but not having had a problem means I can't say if their customer service is any good when you really need it.
This j1900 atom is quite good particularly for the power consumption. I'd prefer a j2900 though!
VimesUK
12 Dec 154#4
^^^^ They challenged my poor review that I placed over at Trust Pilot to try and get it removed. I provided Trutpilot with all the saved communications and screenshots etc, as well as the PayPal dispute stuff, and the review got reinstated.
I am suspicious though of all the five star reviews that they have got there, lots of them posted by people with that as their only review.
I would never deal with this company again
kalico
12 Dec 151#3
I implore you not to buy from this firm. Their support if something goes wrong is non existent. Fine if you've only risked a few quid but not at this price point.
If you don't believe me then order something cheap and try to return it.
jasee
12 Dec 15#1
I can't imagine they'd sell many of these at $477!
Not good value, I don't think, particularly as it doesn't mention dual booting with android or an unlicenced copy of Windows (which they usually do)
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Opening post
Limited sale price at the moment.
Onda M2 Mini PC - SILVER
Intel Pentium J1900 Quad Core CPU
4GB RAM
128GB SATA 3 SSD
3 x USB 2
1 x USB 3
1 x HDMI
1 x VGA
100Mb LAN (RTL8168E)
Dual Band WiFi
Realtek ALC662 5.1 Sound
External WiFi antenna
Add your own OS
14x14x3cm, so very small form factor.
5v2a AC.
Aluminium shell
Top comments
I am suspicious though of all the five star reviews that they have got there, lots of them posted by people with that as their only review.
I would never deal with this company again
Latest comments (25)
the J1900 clearly is a Celeron via Intel 's own website
the J2900 is the Pentium
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-revo-one-mini-pc-inc-remote-control-intel-celeron-2gb-60gb-ssd-2344074?p=26722621
That tells you the tech. is old.
usb3 is at least 8 years olds, it's like they have loads of old usb2 chips they buy cheap.
vga - bring back the 80's.
I'm sure if you spent 1000.00's on an Apple PC and iPhone you'll be buying this.
Cost 100.00 for an Apple usb cable.
Why are they not banned here? Please sort it out hukd!
As for the android/windows dual boot, I doubt many people buying these are interested, as they're mostly used for kodi, in which case you'll be running openelec on these which is free anyway.
Have some heat.
This site needs to ban gearbest, bang good et al.
There are also companies who will post blocks of reviews for iPhone/Android apps so you' shouldn't necessarily trust those either!
This j1900 atom is quite good particularly for the power consumption. I'd prefer a j2900 though!
I am suspicious though of all the five star reviews that they have got there, lots of them posted by people with that as their only review.
I would never deal with this company again
If you don't believe me then order something cheap and try to return it.
Not good value, I don't think, particularly as it doesn't mention dual booting with android or an unlicenced copy of Windows (which they usually do)