The ZimaBlade is here!! kinda...

[__aceofspades]

I have zero need for this, but want it.

[bella_ciao]

I’ve been hoping for something like this for a while, just for a Pi-style board with a solid x86 processor and PCIE connectivity. I hope we get a Zen based board in a similar form factor at some point. I’ve also really wanted to see similarly scaled down components like GPUs that are more suited to a little x4 slot or something.

[ckykenken]

I hoped for an Intel N100 variant for this. Now it is just 'helping' Intel to clear stock of old CPUs

[zadekeys]

Pity they dropped the 2nd NIC, I feel that it's the single game change / appeal on a SBC.

[donh]

You have to 3d print a housing for the card. And with no power connector its can only deliver 75W per bus spec for pcie. (That is if the internals and powerpack can handle that)

[paulb]

It looks fun until you realize that the cpu is from 2016, uses ddr3 RAM and that you can achieve everthing and more with any recent N100 NUC or mITX board.

[glics]

I really wonder how would one of these perform along with an HBA as low power storage server, though you still need an external power supply for the drives

[_Nay_Nay]

This sounds perfect for a home router build.

[eljefejon]

And they run proxmox with minimal CLI changes!

[LampJustin]

J3400? Uff. I hope they'll release sth with the n100/200.... they're at least 2x faster

[henryd]

65 dollars? It starts at 135€ here in Europe, that's $153 USD. Bunch of thieves...

[heavybladevideo]

I love the idea of a 4090 hooked up to that little ass board lmao

[bitshift]

3 annoying designs flaws:
- USB-C port doesn't fully support PD, it requests exactly and only 12V, so it won't work with most USB-C PD 2.0/3.X chargers that provide the standard (5V, 9V, 15V, 20V) voltages (probably can work with those supporting PD 3.0 PPS)
- USB 3.0 port is upside down 🙃
- Ethernet port lacking status LEDs

[CosmosDev]

expandable memory slot is cool. The dual ethernet port was the whole reason for wanting a Zima in the first place though

[nickarmani]

No dual Nic is a no-go for me. Dual 2.5g Nic would have been awesome at the minimum. I didn't wanna use the pcie to just add another Nic at any speed!!!

[pistolk]

is that the love death and robots logo

[MirorRflction]

I want to love these Zima devices, but I just cant justify adding ARM devices to my existing Proxmox/Docker setup

[dtagkalis]

could this be used as a NAS? does it need extra attachments?

[PumpkinKingXXIII]

Can the pci be bifurcated? Cause a 4x4x4x4 so I can plug in a sas raid card would make it more interesting to me

[jortsaldenproductions]

Can it run a minecraft server? Asking for a friend hahaha