My New Favorite! Chuwi Larkbox X Mini PC Review
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Күн бұрынToday we check out the budget Chuwi Larkbox X mini PC featuring Intel's N100 CPU. It comes with 12GB of DDR5 and 512GB SSD for $199USD. With a nice port selection and performance, this one gets most things right.
Edit: USB-C Power Delivery works. Check pinned comment.
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00:00 - We Like Good
00:40 - Check it Out
02:15 - A Look Inside
02:52 - Linux
03:04 - Benchmarks
04:00 - AV1 Video Test
04:27 - Games & Emulator Tests
06:33 - Power, Temps & Noise
@juliomelchiore245 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your reviews. You hit all the points I'm interested in. Keep up the good work!
@pedxing Жыл бұрын
this was a cool showing. I wouldn't have thought of the N100 this year but it looks pretty damn efficient with a nice price point.
@tonytschanz5642 10 ай бұрын
Great and comprehensive review. Thanks!
@chrisumali9841 Жыл бұрын
thanks for the demo and info, have a great day
@jrose25_ 11 ай бұрын
u helped me so much on makin this pick !
@bluetran1 2 ай бұрын
This review was exactly what I was searching for! The performance benchmarks, KZfaq FPS drop tests-it's the best. I just wish there was a throttling test using Cinebench because I'm curious about how long it can handle gaming.
@OmegaLaser-xy4ip 7 ай бұрын
10 times better than a raspberry pi
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
Just an amendment to the Chuwi Larkbox X review. A viewer informed me to try USB-PD (power delivery via USB-C) and it does indeed work. I tested under load without issue. Not sure why it says in the spec it's not supported.
@JakubChalupnik 8 ай бұрын
Do you mean the box can be powered by USB-C, or the USB-C on the box can charge phones? Thanks!
@silent_agony 4 ай бұрын
Uhhm how do you deliver power to it with a USBC cord exactly? I plugged it in and hooked it to a socket with a phone charger box and nothing
@s737500 9 ай бұрын
Just bought mine from the EU store. Fantastic mini PC. Much better than I expected. Forget running "real" games, but for everything else its realy impressive.
@RandomNamedNPC 6 ай бұрын
Does this support 1080p 144hz?
@OffNight914 8 ай бұрын
Great advice, funny jokes, new sub
@peterboy209 Ай бұрын
I like it. Good Specs, nice looks
@dave_r Жыл бұрын
Rob, it's nice to see enthusiasm for a low-end unit , and I agree that it's handsome, though that round black fan input grill does point out the small fan (which I assume is roughly the size most of them use). I'm glad it's a good WiFi/BT card, slightly regret soldered RAM and no expansion (other than to replace the SATA stick with a larger one and those are getting a bit hard to find), but at least 12GB will hold up better than 8GB. Also, I may be wrong about this, but I don't remember another brand that used Win 11 Home rather than Pro. For most people that may not make a difference, but I really do like being able to RDP into the minis I have. Fun review to watch.
@john__west Жыл бұрын
Dave out here on the frontlines putting work in for the algo ❤
@dave_r Жыл бұрын
@@john__west One does what one can.
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
And John is helping again 🥰. Yeah, this one is the first one with Home that I remember coming across.
@Annoye 8 ай бұрын
@@dave_ryou can if you can if you spend a bit of time and money upgrade up to 32 lpddr5
@edrd6257 7 ай бұрын
@dave_r Sorry to disappoint you. The fan used for this 2023 model is actually wayyy smaller than that small round black grill. But the good thing is, it's not the whining type.
@indiekiduk 11 ай бұрын
Great info about the network ports, that isn’t even on their spec
@jabonorte 11 ай бұрын
Mine came with a VESA bracket. Happy with mine, though the MoreFine looks more 'premium'/less like a big smoke alarm. Using it as a daily driver in the office and can report that it's dealing with Office 365 and cloud solutions quite happily, which I could never say about Intel's earlier budget processors.
@Robtech 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the update. Good to hear its included.
@israelramirez1617 Жыл бұрын
Excellent review pal... I was very curious about the new Chuwi N100
@Timmyboy007 5 күн бұрын
Just bought one for a 128 dollars. Can't wait to get it
@AgentZeroNine1 Жыл бұрын
I wish there was an inexpensive PC handheld with this chip for emulation and light weight PC gaming.
@lebelame 5 ай бұрын
any review on watching LIVE sports events on browsers ?
@johannesr.6143 11 ай бұрын
First thanks for the grat review! How do you feel about the Chuwi Larkbox X compared to the N100 competitors Beelink Mini S12 / Trigkey G4 (both 16GB DDR4 RAM, 500GB SSD, WiFi6, BT5.2)? What would you buy given all of them cost 200€, like in my case? Any difference in support? Thanks in advance! 🙂
@Robtech 11 ай бұрын
It would just be price and features in this category. Here's my top 5 based on the price at the time in the US kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ac56Y9GZrMqzm4U.html
@thomasmccormack4796 Жыл бұрын
I am seriously tempted to buy this just for work. The most demanding thing I do is teach classes online and use Office. It is so cheap, I dont feel I have much to lose. I am tired of turning on my huge massively engergy draining tower everyday. I just want to turn my tower into an emulation arcade machine.
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
It checks many boxes of what I'm looking for (SATA/NVMe support, USB type C alternate mode for DisplayPort, proper DisplayPort too, Power Delivery compatible, etc.), but what makes me somewhat reticent of getting one is servicing. Not only on the physical side, getting to the upper part (i.e., properly disassembling the unit) seems to be impossible, or at least I have yet to see anyone document how it would be done (and with that vent up above I wonder if the insides won't be getting dust easily), but also on the software / firmware side: no website with BIOS updates, limited, kinder garden-like BIOS setup, ... Did you end up getting one? How is it doing?
@thomasmccormack4796 8 ай бұрын
@@jrussellmoore I ended up buying this one. No regrets so far. It was inexpensive. MINISFORUM Venus Series UM560 XT Mini PC AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Windows 11 Pro Micro PC
@Hostilenemy Жыл бұрын
I really wish you showed a side by side comparison of some of those gaming tests with other N100 NUCs. The LPDDR5 memory should have a chunky bandwidth lead over the regular DDR4 SO-DIMM sticks which would result in higher GPU performance. Probably not by a whole lot but enough to justify its non upgradable memory.
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
I've done it before. Didn't make a difference. N95 and N100 aren't bandwidth limited. Might be because of the lack of EUs.
@Hostilenemy Жыл бұрын
@@Robtech Shame, let down by iGPU.
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
N200 has more EUs. Looking forward to trying it once its released.
@israelramirez1617 8 ай бұрын
By the way.... CHUWI CoreBOX 5th review? It arrived to my home in MX yesterday... 5,200mhz RAM, 3,500MB SSD.... I look forward for your review 😁
@Robtech 8 ай бұрын
If they offer to send it to me, I'll review it.
@musicmaestrodj 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for thr great review. I have an old laptop with a intel i7 3770 and 16gb of ram and was wondering if that little box would put it to shame. What do you think? Thanks in advance! Bybtye way, i purchased a Chuwi laptop for my wife and she loves it. Looks like a decent build.
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
In single core the N100 (922) beats the 3770 (820). In multicore the 3770 has the lead (3650) over the N100 (2959). Couldn't find the graphics score, but the N100 is probably faster. Likely another budget generation and the 3770 will be beaten in all metrics.
@musicmaestrodj 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info. Here are the full specs. Sorry for not posting before. Lenovo IdeaPad P580 Laptop PC i7 -3520M 2.9GHz 15.6" 8GB 750GB HDMI BT NVIDIA GT 630M - upgraded to 16gb ram Planning on using it to run a DAW (Reaper) for music production. Want to make sure this would perform better. Other option would be a used i5 9th gen mini Lenovo with 16GB DDR4 RAM. @@Robtech
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
Oh, I was comparing the desktop 3770 (missed the laptop bit). In that case, the 3520M gets beaten pretty easily. www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-intel_core_i7_3520m. But the GT 630M graphics will come out on top. Since it's the CPU and not the graphics that's important for music production, the N100 should perform much better.
@user-hj3tn4kg2n 10 ай бұрын
Just got mine from EU store, unfortunately no VESA mount adapter was included 😞... But still, nice little thing!
@s737500 9 ай бұрын
just got mine from the EU store too. VESA bracket and 4 scres were included.
@jasonspratling 9 ай бұрын
Would something like this be good for coding being able to handle programming software running visual studio code programming in JavaScript and being able to build and launch applications ?
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
I suppose it would depend on the applications you want to be running, launching VS Code, learning or doing some programming, sure, compilers wouldn't have much of a problem; but building something like Chrome (for example), no, not advisable at all.
@jabonorte 11 ай бұрын
Tried it with a PCIE Gen 3 drive. I know it was never going to make a massive difference, but I was working from home, trapped in a room with a new Mini and a spare drive.... Anyway, it worked fine and CrystalDisk is giving me 841 MB/s, so that's a 50% speed increase. I'm only using it for work stuff, so it's not going to overheat. Pleased with the benchmark boost, but probably won't make any difference in performance. Back to work now ......
@Robtech 11 ай бұрын
Ah, so it works with NVME too. Nice. Didn't try as it said SATA only when I reviewed it 😅. At that speed, it's running at Gen 3 x1 speed like most of the other N100 minis.
@Wojtek-J 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! Do you know if NVME Gen 4 drive will also work with it?
@jabonorte 7 ай бұрын
@@Wojtek-J Haven't tested it with a Gen 4 but there's no reason why it shouldn't work - it's the same socket. You won't get any speed benefit though - it will still be a x1 connection. Worth doing if you already have a spare drive, but don't get too excited.
@Wojtek-J 7 ай бұрын
@jabonorte Thanks Jabonorte, I appreciate your quick response. I did some reading after asking the question and it became clear that it would work (Gen4 is backward compatible), but its purchase probably doesn't make sense because of the high price and, as you wrote, in this little Chuwi it won't make any difference. What's important is that I can take out the M.2 SATA and throw the M.2 NVME in there - not even by speed gains, but it's easier and cheaper to buy NVME 2 TB and easier to move it to another device in the future. Great that NVMEs in Chuwi work, that's good news, thanks for letting us know about it
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
A tad late for when the video was released, but I am only now considering getting one, I was wondering if you could tell us something about the BIOS of the machine: does it allow for auto power on on power failure? My scenario has it running 24/7, but if the power goes out I'd like it to go back to being powered on directly. Also, no news about the kind of support we're to expect from this in terms of BIOS/microcode/firmware upgrades, right? I looked for it, but to get newer revisions it seems we need to contact the company (insert Jackie Chan meme face here).
@Robtech 8 ай бұрын
I don't remember and I don't have it anymore unfortunately. You'll need to ask Chuwi. Pretty much all of these budget minis get no BIOS updates unless it's from the bigger vendors (ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte etc.)
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
Thank you nonetheless @@Robtech I appreciate it! Too bad about support though 😔
@animelinkup2529 8 ай бұрын
how caN i access to the BIOS? ive tried f10 but nothing...
@raffyhaji Жыл бұрын
That Morefine M9 Benchmark was really impressive since its the only N100 with DDR4 on that rankings 3:57 P.S. does that means DDR5 are'nt that gamechanging in Alder lake Mini PCs? Thanks Mr. Rob this is basically the better ZX01 Plus with more trusted brand on Chuwi
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
Yeah DDR5 makes practically no difference. Even the last N95 I tested had full speed GPU with a DDR4 stick running at 2400
@pedxing Жыл бұрын
I haven't somehow missed a review of the SimplyNuc device with the 7040 have I? The Moonstone r9.
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
No, I'll be reviewing that next month.
@pedxing Жыл бұрын
@@Robtech hot dang! =)
@craigprocter1232 11 ай бұрын
ordered a Chuwi Larkbox X 2023 today from aliexpress for $149 ($219 AUD) + $20 USD shipping. Should arrive in a couple of weeks with any luck.
@xtsplaash 2 ай бұрын
if i connect my hdd will it works?
@albertomendez7063 10 ай бұрын
Does this work well with batocera
@danibutt3564 4 ай бұрын
Hey rob, I would like to ask whether the type c port supports display option ? If yes, should i get a type c to hdmi cable and will it work then?
@Robtech 4 ай бұрын
Yep, it's a full featured USB-C port. That's right Type-C to HDMI will do the job.
@danibutt3564 4 ай бұрын
@@Robtech thank you for the reply brother
@dinosaurd7295 Жыл бұрын
I bet the follow up machine will be called Sticky :)
@333milos333 Жыл бұрын
Have you managed to test whether the USB-C port supports PD? Their Aliexpress listing has an image stating that it should support, while true that the text description says it doesn't. But moreover there are a few chinese youtube videos showing PD actually working with this mini PC.
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
You're right. I tested it and it works 😆. I'll pin a comment
@333milos333 Жыл бұрын
@@Robtech Thanks for testing and confirming! With that feature it really makes it even more compelling.
@wiktorbednarz229 9 ай бұрын
i wanna see the frames on a game like miecraft to see if its in the 100's or not
@homersez 22 күн бұрын
I just got mine in the last week and it appears that the ssd is n ow NVME.
@Boemtie 6 ай бұрын
just want to know how many browser tabs you can open before it slows down?
@MasterPandaBearChannel 6 ай бұрын
438
@xtsplaash 2 ай бұрын
what do you mean by there is no storage option, if i connect my hdd will it works?
@Robtech 2 ай бұрын
There's one slot on the board and it is occupied already. External drives will work fine.
@egorts.2356 Жыл бұрын
Dear all, could you please suggest one thing which confuses me a bit... What would be the difference between Intel N100 PCs and AMD Ryzen (5500 for example)? Why the author compares PCs with same CPUs but not between different CPUs - for example to find best mini PC under 300$? Seems AMD performs much much better and are same quiet as well.. What is the magic and what I should chose if I want quiet mini-PC for office needs?
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
5500U wasn't a budget tier CPU when it launched. I consider budget under $250USD. If you can find a 5500U around that price, great. But I can't keep up with and compare discounted pricing of older generation minis. If AMD starts releasing new gen budget CPUs, they'll be in the comparison chart, but they've exited this market, leaving Intel alone. Oh, also I haven't reviewed a 5500U 😅
@jairtzinioortiz8602 11 ай бұрын
I'm using mine to run a firewall on my network.
@RusselTheMuscle20 2 ай бұрын
I just got my Chuwi Larkbox X today. I noticed that the fans does not spin even though the CPU temp is at 54 degrees Celsius. Is that normal?
@Robtech 2 ай бұрын
54C is plenty cool. If the fan isn't running above 80C, then there's a problem.
@Stealthguy-rk4ed 5 ай бұрын
Is there any way to make the advance option appear in bios?
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
You can try CTRL + F1 in the BIOS.
@TheScepticalThinker 4 ай бұрын
How well would this run GTA v online? Or what similar spec laptop would run GTA v online smoothly enough?
@Robtech 4 ай бұрын
Here's how it runs on an N100 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lc6gYNN7nrXQops.htmlsi=U8MILpFkmiNCwmG9&t=435
@andrewrodrix85 Ай бұрын
This is still your favourite cheap?? I need one for oficce work and play movies!!!
@Robtech Ай бұрын
Still a good option. But price hasn't moved since this review. I have a new top 5 list here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ns6poMKI2LezYqs.html
@brooksb7 2 ай бұрын
Is it good for open world games like Skyrim and fallout?
@Robtech 2 ай бұрын
Look up "Skyrim N100" on KZfaq. Same with Fallout and you should get some examples.
@nedimpocket Ай бұрын
Waiting for windows on arm version in next 1-3 years
@petermerkus5175 10 ай бұрын
Can you boost up cpu? It must have 3,4 ghz but i only see 800 mhz
@s737500 8 ай бұрын
if you change the power plan in windows to performance mode, it boosts up there more.
@fredreed2001 5 ай бұрын
You can upgrade the memory Sticks with 16GB which will give you a total of 32GB RAM which is the most you can have In this. I can tell you that it can handle pretty much any even high end games without any problems according to other reviews.
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
This N100 unit comes with soldered memory and can't be upgraded. It handles older titles like Grand Theft Auto V at 720P (30FPS). It can't modern high end games at all.
@talk9415 3 ай бұрын
as always thank you for awesome content! it goes for 105 USD on aliexpress now, killer deal or its obsolete now? there is no official datasheet anywhere, I cannot figure out if I can swap the ssd, I heard it comes with SATA crappy noname china brand, and I do have a 512GB crucial ddr4 NVME. can the socket on the motherboard work with NVME SSD?
@Robtech 3 ай бұрын
N100 won't be superseeded for another year at least and then the price of the new chips will be higher anyway. I didn't test, but multiple reports of NVME working and some of the units come with an NVME drive
@talk9415 3 ай бұрын
@@Robtech thank you, just ordered one for 97 USD can you believe? Aliexpress and their sales...
@renji708 5 ай бұрын
Sorry to bother you but kind of new with this stuff and i was wondering the vram on mine is set to 128 megabytes i wanted to run ps2 games since i seen videos of it doing it but i don't know how to get the ram to work if i change the settings any help would be appreciated
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
PS2 works fine out of the box.
@renji708 5 ай бұрын
@@Robtech oh Thanks for the response sorry tried playing day of reckoning on game cube and the game ran like but so assumed i was doing something wrong honestly just wanted it for a emulator box
@renji708 5 ай бұрын
Also is there a way to get the ram to go more that 128 megabytes to get games to run better?
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
It's a setting you might be able to change in the BIOS. Unlikely to make a difference though. It's the CPU and iGPU performance holding it back.
@Nick-ep4rs 5 ай бұрын
Why am I struggling to find these mini pcs shipping with a UK plug :(
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
I use travel adapters most of the time as an AU plug is even rarer.
@Trusteft Жыл бұрын
I wonder how these machines handle video editing.
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
Simple 1080P should be okay. Any effects will slow it right down, and exporting will be test in patience.
@Trusteft Жыл бұрын
@@Robtech It sounds familiar. I have a i7 5960X with 64GB RAM and a GTX 1660 Super. Some times it can be rough. Thanks for the reply.
@johnnny9 5 ай бұрын
would this be good for a home server?
@Robtech 5 ай бұрын
Home servers benefit from lots of cores. You'd be better off with something like a Beelink SER5 5560U which is much more powerful and has 6 cores 12 threads compared to the 4 cores with this one.
@johnnny9 5 ай бұрын
@@Robtech thank you
@annualizard Жыл бұрын
does the ram run in dual channel?
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
Intel Alder Lake N CPUs only support single channel.
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
@@Robtech More or less! On paper (Intel's Ark) it states as much, but there is no such thing as a single channel DDR5, even when it's just one stick there are 2 channels in there ;)
@RandomNamedNPC 6 ай бұрын
Does this support 1080p 144hz ?
@Robtech 6 ай бұрын
Yes
@Kbecao86 11 ай бұрын
wake on lan available?
@Robtech 11 ай бұрын
Yes, enabled by default
@Kbecao86 11 ай бұрын
@@Robtech thank you, greetings from Brazil.
@cloudcitydigital 4 ай бұрын
Wish I could buy this bare metal, Im sure Windows adds $10 in cost
@iissuhayati6312 3 ай бұрын
Can play ps2 smoothly ?
@Robtech 3 ай бұрын
720P most games full speed
@iissuhayati6312 3 ай бұрын
@@Robtech thank's
@lushensuku4095 7 ай бұрын
Thnx for the 50 gifted
@THEG12EG 3 ай бұрын
Only 1 ssd is disappointing
@EViL3666 9 ай бұрын
Soldering RAM for the sake of saving a few dollars is shortsighted... oh well... NEXT!
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
Usually I'd say... it depends, here I kinda have to agree. The depends part is because on DDR4, for example, you could be able to run a tighter integrated system (more MT/s) on the soldered package vs. user replaceable one. The N100 caps at 4800 MT/s regardless, hence me agreeing, subtimings may be better still when it comes to soldered (which in turn "may" benefit things dependant on the graphics part), but meh.
@Annoye 7 ай бұрын
@@jrussellmoorelpddr5 is much more suitable than ddr5 for those mini pc tho
@smartcam1701 Жыл бұрын
PC was a meh! The T-shirt where its at!
@john2001plus Жыл бұрын
The CPU is so weak compared to other minis selling from $280 to $700. For $300 you can get a CPU that is 4 times more powerful.
@darongreene182 8 ай бұрын
Which one
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
I think you're 2x-ing the price at the very least with that bracket chief, there are mini PCs with more powerful CPUs, sure, especially at the prices you mention; but the appeal one of this things has (at least for me) is not only the bang for buck, but also their power efficiency.
@Annoye 6 ай бұрын
@@jrussellmooreYeah exactly and with Black Friday sales I got it for around 105usd before taxes..
@djashjones Жыл бұрын
Nope, you lost me at sata 🤣
@jrussellmoore 8 ай бұрын
The one that it ships with is SATA, the thing itself allows for NVMe as well. I am not sure of the lanes it has allocated to it though with all that external IO.
@kleefan8 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your excellent MiniPC reviews. Do you think the smaller brands like Beelink, Minisforum, etc. are reliable enough (hardware as well as BIOS issues) to use as a PC for a non-tech savvy user? I'm looking for a Ryzen MiniPC for a family member, and really want to buy one of these, but was thinking an ASUS PN would be a safer bet based on overall quality control and BIOS. What do you think? Also, have you heard when ASUS PN is going to introduce a Zen 4 processor as Beelink, Minisforum, GPD have already announced? Keep up the excellent work, mate!
@Robtech Жыл бұрын
Yeah, they're fine. If there's a tweak needed, it's in the review, but even then you'll still get a working mini that just might not be performing at its fastest. But this one didn't need any further changes. ASUS PN line only has a one year warranty (same as the ones you mentioned, except Minisforum which is 2 years) and often run hot, I don't think they're any more reliable. The king of reliability are Intel NUCs which are rated for 24/7 use and have 3 year warranties. For the Ryzen PC for the non-tech savvy user - If you're in the US, I'd just grab one of the AZW manufactured boxes like this one for $240 and you can return it if you're unhappy or it has any issues. amzn.to/43YGAQC
@RobinRamp 4 ай бұрын
Is wifi not working solved in Linux?
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