Currently, we’re seeing a slew of small techniques with with large processors (opens in new tab) appear, so we have been weren’t too shocked to see the Aaeon EPIC-TGH7 SBC (opens in new tab) reported within the pages of CNX Software program (opens in new tab). This four-inch (165 x 115mm) board has a listing of suitable processors that begins with the Intel Celeron 6600HE, however which makes its means via the i-numbers to the mighty Xeon W 11865MRE.Â
None of those processors would make our listing of the finest CPUs for gaming. Nonetheless, the config with the Xeon W 11865MRE guarantees workstation class energy on a motherboard that is considerably smaller than a mini ITX motherboard (170 x 170 mm), the smallest mainstream dimension.
The TGH7 seems to come back with the Tiger Lake H CPU+GPU combo soldered to the board; solely the i3 and i7 fashions are listed on Aaeon’s web site, they usually’re each out of inventory on the time of writing. However theoretically you possibly can get one with a Xeon W put in, and run ECC reminiscence with it too. This seems to be the one good thing about the workstation chip, which in each different means is similar to the i7 11850HE.
These two scorching chips (their temperature ranking tops out at 100°C or 212°F) each run to eight cores and 16 threads, with a prime enhance pace of 4.7 GHz, two reminiscence channels, and similar built-in graphics. They each draw the identical 45W, and do not seem to come back with any cooling options, although holes for a CPU fan are seen on the board.
Elsewhere on the board, you’ll discover a variety of ports crammed into the small house. There are two DisplayPorts and an HDMI port, 4 USB 3.2 Kind-A sockets, a pair of Ethernet ports – one gigabit, the opposite 2.5Gb – a pair of SATA ports, a PCIe 4.0 x8 slot supplying a most of 25W, and two M.2 slots, one in every of which might take NVMe storage, whereas the opposite is for non-obligatory modules resembling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, or a mobile modem.Â
Drivers for Home windows 10 can be found, elevating hopes it would work beneath Home windows 11 as properly, whereas a single ‘peripheral’ driver exists for Ubuntu 20.04.2.Â
Assuming availability picks up a bit, you must be capable of get the boards direct from Aaeon’s eshop, with pages on-line for the i3 ($812) (opens in new tab) and i7 ($1,167) (opens in new tab) boards.Â
