Shuttle XPC Nano Barebone NC01U Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2015-10-20

With the Celeron 3205U at its heart, the NC01U Nano Barebone can be used for office tasks, browsing and thanks to its very small footprint it is barely noticeable on the table; of course it can be also installed to the back side of the display thanks to the included VESA mount, which will also permit a cleaner cable management. The central processing unit is actively cooled by a blower-type ADDA fan while the fan profiles can be always adjusted from inside the BIOS. This is not all: besides the 7mm HDD/SSD we can mount on one of the PCB sides we also have the option to expand the storage via the available M.2 2242 slot. Shuttle has great plans for this little box since besides the fact that it is available with multiple CPUs (NC01U3 with Intel Core i3-5005U; NC01U5 with Intel Core i5-5200U; NC01U7 with Intel Core i7-5500U), it will provide expansion boxes for it which will fit inside the special connector on the back of the NUC (XVB01, XLB01 or XCB01).

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Product Specifications

Chassis

Barebone PC with a black plastic chassis

Dimensions: 141 x 141 x 29 mm (LWH) = 577 ml

Weight: 0.36 kg net, 1.26 kg gross

Hole for Kensington Lock

Includes vertical stand and 75/100mm VESA mount

 

Low Power Consumption

Power consumption in idle mode: 5.5 W, full load: 11.6 / 22.4 W (without/with graphics)

(measured with 4 GB DDR3L SO-DIMM, 64 GB 2.5" SSD, Windows 7)

 

Operation System

This barebone system comes without operating system.

It is compatible with:

- Windows 7 (including Embedded [4]), 32- and 64-bit

- Windows 8.1 (including Embedded [4]), 32- and 64-bit

- Windows 10, 32- and 64-bit

- Linux, 32- and 64-bit (e.g. Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora)

 

Processor

Model: Intel Celeron 3205U (ULV)

System-on-a-chip architecture (SoC): no chipset required

Code name: Broadwell (5th Generation Intel Core)

Cores / Threads: 2 / 2

Clock rate: 1.5 GHz

L1/L2/L3 Cache: 128 kB / 512 kB / 2048 kB

Memory controller: DDR3L-1600 Dual Channel (1.35V)

TDP wattage: 15 W maximum

Manufacturing process: 14 nm

Maximum Tjunction Temperature: 105°C

Integrated Intel HD graphics engine

Supports 64 Bit, VT-x, VT-d, Enhanced SpeedStep, NX bit, SSE 4.1/4.2

 

Integrated Graphics

Intel HD Graphics

Clock rate: 300~800 MHz

Maximum resolution: 2560 x 1600

Execution Units (EU): 12

Two digital audio/video ports: Mini-DisplayPort 1.2 [1] and HDMI 1.4a

Supports two independent screens

Supports DirectX 11.2, OpenCL 1.3/2.0, OpenGL 4.3

Supports full AVC/VC1/MPEG2 hardware decoding

Supports HD video plus multi-channel digital audio via a single cable

Dynamic, shared memory: up to 1632 MB

 

Mainboard / BIOS

Supports resume after power failure

Supports Wake on LAN (WOL)

Supports Power on by RTC Alarm

Supports booting from USB devices and SD card reader

AMI BIOS in 8 MByte EEPROM with SPI interface

Supports hardware monitoring and watch dog function (ITE 8528E)

Supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

 

Power Adapter

External 65 W power adapter (fanless)

Input: 100~240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, max. 1.6 A

Output: 19 V DC, max. 3.42 A, max. 65 W

DC Connector: 5.5/2.5mm (outer/inner diameter)

 

Memory support

2x 204-pin SO-DIMM slot

Supports DDR3L-1333/1600 (PC3-10600/12800) SDRAM at 1.35V

Supports Dual Channel mode

Supports a maximum of 8 GB per DIMM, maximum capacity: 16 GB

Supports two unbuffered DIMM modules (no ECC)

Caution: This mainboard does only support 1.35V DDR3L memory modules.

Note: DDR3L has a lower operation voltage as DDR3

 

Slot for M.2 SSD

M.2 slot: (NGFF) type 2242, key M

Supports M.2 SSD card, key B+M, dimensions 22 x 42 mm, Serial ATA interface

Caution: SSDs with PCIe interface (M key only) are not supported

 

Audio

Audio Realtek® ALC 269Q-VC3 High-Definition Audio Codec

3.5mm / 4-pole combo audio connector for headphones and microphone [2]

Digital multi-channel audio output: via HDMI and Mini-DisplayPort

 

Gigabit LAN

Intel i218LM PHY connected to the MAC of the processor

Supports 10 / 100 / 1.000 MBit/s operation (Gigabit)

Supports WAKE ON LAN (WOL)

Supports network boot by Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)

 

Wireless Network (WLAN)

WLAN expansion card (M.2- 2230-AE) with two internal antennas

Chip: Realtek RTL8821AE

Supports Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac 1T1R, 2,4 GHz or 5 GHz

Max. speed: 150 Mbps (2.4 GHz) or 433 Mbps (5 GHz)

Supports Bluetooth 4.0

 

2.5" Drive Bay

Supports one Serial ATA hard disk

or one SATA SSD drive in 6.35cm/2.5" format

Device height: 7 mm (max.)

Supports Serial-ATA III, 6 Gb/s (600 MB/s) bandwidth

Note: no Serial ATA cable is required

 

Card Reader

Integrated SD card reader

Supports SD, SDHC and SDXC memory flash cards

Genesys Logic GL823-OGY08 with USB interface

Supports booting from SD card

 

Front Panel connectors

2x USB 3.0 (both support 2.0 A charging)

SD card reader (supports SD, SDHC, SDXC)

Power button

Power LED (blue, blinking in suspend mode)

HDD LED (orange)

 

Back Panel connectors

Mini-DisplayPort 1.2 [1]

HDMI 1.4a

2x USB 2.0

Gigabit LAN (RJ45)

Audio Combo Port for headphones and microphone (3.5 mm jack, 4-pole) [2]

DC-input connector for external power adapter

 

Left Side connectors

Serial RS232 COM port (D-Sub, 9-pin)

 

Supplied Accessories

Multi-language user guide

Driver DVD for Windows

VESA mount set (made of steel, with screws)

Stand for vertical operation mode

Bracket for a 2.5" drive with screws

Power adapter with AC power cord

 

Optional Expansion Kits:

(available from Q1'16 on request)

1) Graphics: AMD R7 M370 "Litho XT"

2) I/O box: 1x Gigabit LAN, 2x USB 2.0, 1x 2.5" bay (SATA 6G)

3) I/O box: 3x RS232 COM port, 1x 2.5" bay (SATA 6G)

 

TPM (Optional)

Only available upon request:

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) supports TPM 1.2 or 2.0 specifications

 

Environmental Spec

Operating temperature range: 0~50°C [3]

Relative humidity range: 10~90% (non-condensing)

 

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