$175 Bben MN17A Celeron N3450 Apollo Lake Mini PC Comes with an mSATA SSD Slot

The first Apollo Lake mini PC available from China was Voyo V1 VMac Mini with a Celeron N3450 or Pentium N4200 processor, but there’s now a new model with Bben MN17A with Celeron N3450, 4GB RAM, and 32GB eMMC flash, and the ability to add your own storage via an SSD bay.

Bben MN17A mini PC specifications:

  • SoC – Intel Celeron N3450 quad core processor @ 1.1 GHz / 2.2 GHz and 12 EU Intel HD graphics 500 @ 200 MHz / 700 MHz; 6W TDP
  • System Memory – 4GB DDR3L (up to 8GB)
  • Storage – 32GB eMMC flash (Options for 16, 64 or 128 GB) + mSATA SSD bay + micro SD slot up to 128 GB
  • Video Output – HDMI 1.4b port up to 4K @ 30 Hz
  • Audio – HDMI + 3.5mm audio jack
  • Connectivity – Fast Ethernet, dual band 802.11 b/g/n/ac WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.2 (Intel 3165 wireless card)
  • USB – 1x USB 3.0 port, 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) type C port, 2x USB 2.0 ports
  • Misc – Reset and power buttons, power LED
  • Power Supply – 12V/1.5A via power barrel or USB type C port
  • Dimensions – 145 x 70 x 17.35 cm

The device comes with a fan, so we’ve yet to get an fanless Apollo Lake mini PC coming out of China. The specifications are fairly similar to the ones of Voyo VMac Mini, except for the slower Fast Ethernet port, a full HDMI port replacing a mini HDMI port, and better wireless connectivity with 802.11 ac and BLE 4.2. The SATA bay is a small advantage over Voyo VMac Mini which can also be upgraded but needs a teardown. The product page does not mention whether it’s an mSATA or M.2 interface, but after a chat with Bben, they confirmed it was a mSATA interface.

You can get the computer with 4GB RAM and 32GB for as low as $175 shipped, as long as you select an unlicensed version of Windows 10. If you want an activated version of Windows 10, it will cost you $14.50 extra. You may also consider purchasing from BBen official Aliexpress store instead with pricing starting at $167.50 + shipping. For reference, Voyo V1 Vmac Mini mini PC with Celeron N3450, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC flash, and Windows 10 Home activated sells for $159 including shipping.

Via AndroidPC.es

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tkaiser
tkaiser
7 years ago

@Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft): When copying over product specs please take care that you remove the ‘USB 3.1’ BS. The USB Type-C connector is version agnostic and the SoC is only capable of USB 3.1 Gen1 which is the same as USB3.0 from a consumer point of view (since consumers don’t care about details but associate USB 3.1 with 10Gbps and USB 3.0 with half the speed and USB 3.1 Gen1 is only that: 5Gpbs with inefficient/traditional 8b10b encoding so it’s even less than half the speed since the 10Gbps variant uses the way more efficient 128b/132b encoding). In other words:… Read more »

tkaiser
tkaiser
7 years ago

BTW: This here is a rather short explanation on all this recent USB confusion: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/usb-31-usb-type-c-refresher,29933.html

Those version number terminology was never intended to be used for marketing purposes but instead ‘SuperSpeed USB’ and ‘SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps’ should have been used. But of course this ignores that consumers prefer data (plain numbers) over information and so manufacturers/OEMs are happy to sell stuff as USB3.1 capable which is only SuperSpeed compliant.

tkaiser
tkaiser
7 years ago


What about https://ark.intel.com/products/95596/ ? Intel seems to be honest and calls ‘USB3.1 Gen1’ still USB3.0 unlike all those OEMs/manufacturers that love to use USB version number scheme to fool customers.

BTW: By looking at SoC specs I realized that this one doesn’t have integrated Ethernet. Are there really Fast Ethernet controllers out there with PCIe interface or is this even USB Ethernet here?

tkaiser
tkaiser
7 years ago

@Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) Well, USB marketing terms were pretty clear but unfortunately also somewhat stupid: FullSpeed being slower than HighSpeed while SuperSpeed really great as abbreviation especially in Europe and stuff like ‘SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps’ simply to long to be used. So it was obvious that technical version/generation numbers were also used on the market to differentiate but now with USB3.1 Gen1 being more or less the same as USB3.0 while every consumer expecting twice the performance when reading 3.1 consumers start to get a problem — technical committees like USB IF should maybe get more in touch with… Read more »

Chris
Chris
7 years ago

I doubt you’ll see many fanless Apollo Lake systems since the lowest power version is 6w, Willow Trail the 2w version wasn’t released.

wookdong
wookdong
6 years ago

hi,
os supported linux??

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