Compulab evolves its Mini-PC fanless MintBox with the announcement of the Mintbox Mini 2. The program includes a smaller CPU and still fanless but performance revised upwards.
Based on the Fitlet 2 chassis style, this Mintbox Mini 2 is an Intel platform. It provides passive cooling. No fan is present, so its operation is silent. The trick is to use the chassis, the box, as a significant heat sink. That explains the presence of external fins. The machine is compact with 112 mm wide, 84 mm deep and 34 mm thick.
Mintbox Mini 2, details and a Pro version
To return to the configuration part, the primary storage does not evolve in capacity with the presence of a 64 GB SSD. The RAM part also remains the same compared to the Mintbox Mini with 4 GB. The processor is faster with a switch from an A4-Micro 6400T to a Celeron J3455. The GPU part is an Intel HD Graphics 500 solution while the Dual Gigabit wired network is part of it. A wireless module is also available with Dual-band 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2.
Finally, the machine is announced at the price of 299 dollars with a guarantee of 5 years. It comes with a Linux Mint operating system. The connector consists of two front USB 3.0 ports, two rear USB 2.0 ports, a MicroSDXC card reader and the perfect 3.5 mm headphone and microphone jack ports.
Note that for 349 €, a Pro version is also possible. It provides 120GB of storage and 8GB of RAM.