On Gearbest, you get the Hystou FMP03 micro PC for about £125.03. Choose "EU Plug".
Next price: ~£150
4k is supported, Wifi is onboard (b/g/n). Cheapest i3 Mini PC I have seen so far. Just a small SSD and at least 4GB RAM (and of course an OS, either Windows or Linux) is missing.
Main Features:
● Processor chipset: Intel HM96 Express.
● Sealed construction with fanless operation.
● Support Intel core i3 and maximum speed can be up to 2.0GHz.
● Support Giga LAN, 4 USB 3.0 and 2 USB 2.0 ports.
● Onboard 2 DDR3L memory slot support up to 16GB RAM.
● Onboard mSATA and SATA port support SSD + HDD dual storage.
● Low power 12V power supply.
● Support Windows 7, 8, 10 and all kind of Linux OS.
● Intel Core-i3-5005U (2.0GHz)
How it works?
● Work as normal mini desktop computer, only need connecting to monitor, keyboard and mouse to make a full computing system.
● Work as HTPC, using HDMI cable connecting to HDTV, support remote air mouse and keyboard controller.
Top comments
charleaward81 to cantonbean
17 May 163#12
Just be aware you may have to pay Import Duties and VAT as sending item insured is normally through DHL.
I fell foul of this not so long back on a tablet, bought 2 identical tablets a week apart, one shipped free no costs when delivered, paid for insurance and express shipping on other and had to pay £25.20 to DHL
what good configurations do you have in mind? I am looking for a mini pc. I am not playing games just for browsing and watching movies. 4k ones. thanks
Ruffuz to TuShae
17 May 161#6
this will probably do 4k @ 30hz only. Worth checking.
cantonbean
17 May 16#7
paid a bit more for insured shipping and UK plug but still only £142 so pretty good. Annoyingly I've just seen the 8% off code on this thread too! Ah well!
charleaward81 to cantonbean
17 May 163#12
Just be aware you may have to pay Import Duties and VAT as sending item insured is normally through DHL.
I fell foul of this not so long back on a tablet, bought 2 identical tablets a week apart, one shipped free no costs when delivered, paid for insurance and express shipping on other and had to pay £25.20 to DHL
Just a heads up as its being shipped from China
cantonbean
17 May 16#8
just ordered one but can't see how a normal 2.5 drive will be held in place on any of the photos can find on the net...any ideas?
Found out there are screws in the case for it.. Jobs a good un!
skykid3
17 May 161#11
lol, using the 8% discount code GB0419 gives me $201.92!!
rmg
17 May 16#13
yea your going to get spanked on Duty :disappointed:
Gearbest stuff is great but I woul never buy something worth over £20 from them. Returns are a nightmare.
PCie
18 May 161#14
Just bought the i5 version off amazon ("Eggsnow") a few days ago for £225. Really impressed by it so far, it's replacing an Intel NUC. Main draw was the silence as there is no fan (whole case acts as heatsink).
Ordered Sunday evening, arrived Friday afternoon, no duty to be paid although I'm sure this could go either way.
Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try my best to answer them!
PCie
18 May 16#15
Looking at the page, it seems I have a newer version (ports are slightly different and it's a 5th gen i5), but they will probably be similar enough.
cantonbean
18 May 16#16
Cheers. I'll know for next time. Just used a calculator for import and worst case is will cost me £27 VAT. Annoying but still £20 cheaper then via Amazon. Lesson learned!
mikerr
18 May 16#17
I'm in if its totally silent!
cantonbean
18 May 16#18
No import duty on this item according to the calculator I used too
plewis00
18 May 161#19
Looks like a great find! Proper i3 processor (as opposed to Atoms, which aren't bad just not fast enough for some), aluminium chassis, fanless and VESA mountable - sounds like a great micro-PC option.
jaydeeuk1
18 May 16#20
Fanless i3, interesting. Would be interested to see how throttled it gets under continuous load. I'm sure theres a review, but TBH I can't be arsed to search.
gtd65
18 May 16#21
For the folks thinking this might be "ready to go" it still needs HDD and RAM before anything useful takes place...
octopus
18 May 161#22
Great find, although from Gearbest so will give it a miss!
gtd65
18 May 161#23
I hear you on that aspect. I made an order from the EU warehouse on the 7th - it's still nowhere to be seen but just showed up in "Greenford Mail Centre" this morning.
Ordered an ELM327 OBD scanner for a mate on Aliexpress from China last week and he got it on Saturday!
I just hope my order is fine - I've had issues with almost all of my recent purchases, eventually resolved after mind numbing responses...
wpj
18 May 162#24
Yes, Gearbest UK is getting worse. I ordered on 23rd April and goods arrived Saturday after a lot of fighting. Again they lied by sending an email that it had shipped when I told them to cancel. It did not ship until 4 days later (Greenford again- Royal Mail tracking but delivered by Yodel which I don't understand).
cantonbean
18 May 16#25
I did a bit of reading an it is one of the reasons I went with the newer i3 instead of the i5. Less powerful but less throttling due to newer chip.
dealster216
18 May 16#26
Hi, I think 2.5 hdd will be fixed to the top cover.
Even if you add 8GB of RAM and 128GB SSD it’s still under 200£.
Great for streaming services and small enough to hide behind TV
GAVINLEWISHUKD
18 May 16#27
This one looks pretty good for £200. 4gb Ram, 64gb SSD (not sure if it using the 2.5" bay or mSATA slot). All aluminium fanless case, dual LAN, Dual HDMI.
4xUSB 3.0 if you want to add lots of external storage.
zebrum
18 May 16#28
If this came with RAM and a SSD I might have bought it
zebrum
18 May 16#29
That's a PC inside of a heat sync! Unbelievable :sunglasses:
captainjon
18 May 16#30
Would be great if they ran osx.
ranjithster
18 May 16#31
Heat!!!
tchau
18 May 16#32
I've ordered one, thanks OP. I vaguely remember there was a deal here to get cheap Win 7 / 8 keys. Anyone know where I can get a legit key for a small sum? Thanks. Also I just want to use it for films and videos, and some emulators, is 4GB ram enough or shall I go for 8GB? Thanks
Nexusfifth
18 May 16#33
Which Nuc, most of them have option to turn off/spin down the fan.
I have set mine up to turn on only when it reaches 60 degrees and I rarely ever hear it does so...
Anyway a decent price for that i3 mini pc. But not as far of from standard UK pricing as it may seem, I picked up the Brix i3-5010U for 150£ on Amazon a month or so ago and there and then you can pick them up for about these prices.
Nexusfifth
18 May 161#34
4GB is plenty. If you are just going to watch movies and stuff, you might simply install Linux? Which is free and there are versions which are very similar to Windows. (you can even put kodi on Linux and never see it...)
You can find cheap keys on reddit, eBay or by searching this site, most are semi legit anyway, but it is definitely not worth buying at full price.
nige182
18 May 161#35
As Nexusfifth said you have multiple options, but if you want Windows I would say go on eBay and find one of the sellers that actually post you the COA sticker, they are £9.99 and some of the sellers let you select which branding you want (eg. Dell, HP, Asus).
gtd65
18 May 16#36
I have exactly the same tracking issues but in my case it days it's been shipped out via Hermes... The number shows up @tracking17.com as Royal Mail...
gtd65
18 May 16#37
I do all of that with android TV boxes at a fraction of the cost. just add a decent wireless keyboard (Logitech K400) and a decent Bluetooth joystick (Xiaomi Gamepad) and bobs your uncle?
tchau
18 May 16#38
Yeah I have an oldish Android box, but its a bit clumsy. I actually need a new PC as my one is about to pack up.
cantonbean
18 May 16#39
Funny that. I was just looking into if anyone had done a hackintosh on one this morning. One person has asked but the only reply was buy a NUC!
PCie
18 May 16#40
It's completely silent!
gtd65
18 May 16#41
I see, two birds with one stone and all that. Another option could be a windows tablet with HDMI?
cantonbean
19 May 16#42
that is pretty amazing if didn't already had HDD and RAM due to upgrades on Macs
bilaldude33
19 May 16#43
Would this run esxi? Anyone tried? A dive been considering buying Intel nuc
reddit
19 May 16#44
If you are buying one as a media player then this will do the trick perfectly.
Just curious as to why you want to do that? I've got it on my HP Mini Server but can't see why want on this!
cantonbean
20 May 16#46
In answer to your question though. yes. In this setup either run it from a USB drive or get a very small mSATA SSD for about £15 and then a large 1-2TB 2.5 HDD or SSD and run ESXi from the mSATA and setup your VMs on the HDD. Of course this doesn't give you and backup up. I'm not so bothered as I'm more using VMs to learn then anything serious (was setting up Hadoop on my HP Server using ESXi a while ago)
What can this do that an amazon stick or 4k android box can't in terms of media/tv. I get the power and maybe pc gaming, but what use cases are there to buy one or a project use case?
cantonbean
23 May 16#50
In order to provide an answer you first need to ask the right question :-)
cantonbean
23 May 16#51
On a serious note I've got a 1TB HDD and 8GB of RAM for this machine already. I am going to put Linux on it and use it to run VMs at work when installed 16GB. I'll only be running one Mac OS X or Windows 7 at a time so the i3 will be fine. I think you need to look at it more like this is a full fanless PC with a fair bit or grunt and upgradeability, then this is a replacement for a Fire TV stick.
Did you bother clicking on my link? It's $171.20 or £124.98, but might change daily as markets appear to be getting '£ jitters', must be all the spin and bs regarding Brexit :wink:
cantonbean
1 Jun 16#55
Yeah I saw the $ price. At the time we ordered these it was more expensive direct even in $ by a fair bit. If they allow you to pay in dollars and ship to UK then it might be better. They might not allow this also though. If can then you are indeed better doing it that way. I think the thing people like buying from Gearbeast is you can pay via paypal and if the goods aren't up to standard or don't arrive you have that protection.
cantonbean
2 Jun 16#56
anyone got their orders yet? Mine was sent on the 30th but seems in limbo between China and Yodel in terms of the package!
tchau
4 Jun 16#57
same, but mine is with Hermes. No update on the tracking since 30th
GAVINLEWISHUKD
4 Jun 16#58
This one is on offer at £163 at the moment.
Jupiter Obscure
7 Jun 161#59
Yes, mine's just turned up (via Yodel I think).
It's a lot smaller than I was expecting. which is good.
cantonbean
7 Jun 16#60
Same here. Yodel left it in a secure place behind a plant pot by my house on a busy street...good job! At least it wasn't raining!
cantonbean
7 Jun 16#61
Got mine up and running with lubuntu. Loving it. I've got 16GB RAM in it, 120GB mSATA SSD and a 1TB HDD for VM images. This thing flies and the footprint is only just bigger then my Mac Mini! BTW don't do what i did and not read the connections on the MB. I couldn't work out why my PC wasn't booting with HDD but fine without it. Turns out I was connection it to the redundant CPU fan and not the HDD as that was hiding under another cable! It really is nearly silent too (bear in mind I have a HDD in it)
Pokemon_Nr_0815
7 Jun 16#62
Did u have to pay taxes?
tchau
7 Jun 162#63
got mine today too despite the tracking not updating at all for a week, got win 7 working on mine with 4gb ram and 240gb ssd. Can finally retire my ancient core duo which has been slowly dying. I also did what cantonbean did and connected in the wrong place, thought i got a dud!!
cantonbean
7 Jun 16#64
no...i saw on invoice they had said it cost £20 :-)
NeoTrix
13 Jun 162#65
Use code GB03 and the price drops to £121.89 now :smiley: Will add to title!
benheryet
14 Jun 16#66
Seeing as Intel NUC units (WITH a fan) running i3's can occasionally throttle, I would say almost certianly these will throttle the same or worse. Expect to be able to web surf and watch videos. No games or intense apps.
LsKs
14 Jun 161#67
I've managed to get it to £103.90 by first applying code GB0419 and then GB03.
nige182
14 Jun 16#68
I think that is just code GB03 on the UK plug variant that is giving that price.
Etadeu
14 Jun 16#69
I got the i7 version on Amazon about six months ago. It's been good so far, but the case gets quite hot at times, which is a bit of a worry. I'll be watching streams of the Le Mans 24 hour race this weekend, so it's going to get very hot and I'm just seeing if I can improve the cooling by using aluminium strips to extend the height of the fins on the top. I could use a desk fan to help cool it, but then there's not much point in having a fanless PC.
geowars2
14 Jun 16#70
The case is designed to get hot; I wouldn't worry too much.
Check the maximum rated temperature for that CPU and use a program like realtemp/speedfan and make sure it's below that.
EOSTSI
24 Jun 16#71
Just bought one thanks for the codes . What type of memory is suitable? Thanks.
Wrong port it seems to work with the sata one port only.
Everything running smooth so far with the above setup. Looking forward to doubling memory to 6gb for another 22-23 pounds.
Does anybody know if these can be run clustered 24/7? What's the consumption compared to the HP microservers? Seems the same price range with HP cashback.
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Opening post
On Gearbest, you get the Hystou FMP03 micro PC for about £125.03. Choose "EU Plug".
Next price: ~£150
4k is supported, Wifi is onboard (b/g/n). Cheapest i3 Mini PC I have seen so far. Just a small SSD and at least 4GB RAM (and of course an OS, either Windows or Linux) is missing.
Main Features:
● Processor chipset: Intel HM96 Express.
● Sealed construction with fanless operation.
● Support Intel core i3 and maximum speed can be up to 2.0GHz.
● Support Giga LAN, 4 USB 3.0 and 2 USB 2.0 ports.
● Onboard 2 DDR3L memory slot support up to 16GB RAM.
● Onboard mSATA and SATA port support SSD + HDD dual storage.
● Low power 12V power supply.
● Support Windows 7, 8, 10 and all kind of Linux OS.
● Intel Core-i3-5005U (2.0GHz)
How it works?
● Work as normal mini desktop computer, only need connecting to monitor, keyboard and mouse to make a full computing system.
● Work as HTPC, using HDMI cable connecting to HDTV, support remote air mouse and keyboard controller.
Top comments
I fell foul of this not so long back on a tablet, bought 2 identical tablets a week apart, one shipped free no costs when delivered, paid for insurance and express shipping on other and had to pay £25.20 to DHL
Just a heads up as its being shipped from China
All comments (75)
video (other configuration):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gVFpHLaIKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxvzbl_UaNA
more info:
http://www.hystou.com/products/fanless-mini-pc/5th-gen-core-i3-mini-pc/mini-computer-itx-htpc-fanless-pc-i3-with-intel-broadwell-5005u-20ghz-vga-dual-display-2251.html
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4200U+%40+1.60GHz
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-5005U+%40+2.00GHz
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=2575&gid2=1794&compare=intel-hd-graphics-5500-mobile-vs-intel-hd-graphics-4400-mobile
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eggsnow-Aluminum-Fanless-Desktop-Computer/dp/B00VUTOFO2
I fell foul of this not so long back on a tablet, bought 2 identical tablets a week apart, one shipped free no costs when delivered, paid for insurance and express shipping on other and had to pay £25.20 to DHL
Just a heads up as its being shipped from China
https://youtu.be/5gVFpHLaIKs?t=110
About the 1:50 mark
Gearbest stuff is great but I woul never buy something worth over £20 from them. Returns are a nightmare.
Ordered Sunday evening, arrived Friday afternoon, no duty to be paid although I'm sure this could go either way.
Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try my best to answer them!
Ordered an ELM327 OBD scanner for a mate on Aliexpress from China last week and he got it on Saturday!
I just hope my order is fine - I've had issues with almost all of my recent purchases, eventually resolved after mind numbing responses...
Even if you add 8GB of RAM and 128GB SSD it’s still under 200£.
Great for streaming services and small enough to hide behind TV
4xUSB 3.0 if you want to add lots of external storage.
I have set mine up to turn on only when it reaches 60 degrees and I rarely ever hear it does so...
Anyway a decent price for that i3 mini pc. But not as far of from standard UK pricing as it may seem, I picked up the Brix i3-5010U for 150£ on Amazon a month or so ago and there and then you can pick them up for about these prices.
You can find cheap keys on reddit, eBay or by searching this site, most are semi legit anyway, but it is definitely not worth buying at full price.
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=231955
http://www.shaunchng.com/blogs/2016/05/17/hystou-fanless-intel-mini-pc-review-and-benchmarks-intel-broadwell-i3-5010u
http://www.hystou.com/products/fanless-mini-pc/5th-gen-core-i3-mini-pc/mini-pc-fanless-pc-computer-x86-barebone-computer-with-broadwell-intel-core-i3-5005u-cpu-2215.html
It's a lot smaller than I was expecting. which is good.
Check the maximum rated temperature for that CPU and use a program like realtemp/speedfan and make sure it's below that.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micron-Technology-8GB-1x8GB-Memory-DDR3-L-1600MHz-PC3-12800-SO-DIMM-Laptop-New-/111957746990?hash=item1a1133a52e:g:YEAAAOSwys5WUwRq
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-samsung-8GB-DDR3L-PC3-12800-1600MHZ-204Pin-PC3L-12800-1-35V-laptop-memory-/152112998933?hash=item236aa42a15:g:xi0AAOSwqBJXUEKS
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SSD-Drives/Integral/Integral-120GB-P-Series-4-SATA-III-2.5INCH-SSD-Drive
But it doesn't look like it is found by the windows installer. Does anybody know if it is NOT compatible by any chance?
PS: Fyi, I have bought this and it works okay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111957746990?clk_rvr_id=1054679446563&rmvSB=true
Wrong port it seems to work with the sata one port only.
Everything running smooth so far with the above setup. Looking forward to doubling memory to 6gb for another 22-23 pounds.
Does anybody know if these can be run clustered 24/7? What's the consumption compared to the HP microservers? Seems the same price range with HP cashback.