I have mine (N5105 with i226) with Proxmox and 3 LXCs stable at 27C, nvme at 31C. Just replaced the thermal paste, but my box is as slimmer as his but slightly different.
Like i said i assume his setup is not at idle(given the things he run on it) at any time. 27C even at idle for this CPU is very low. Replacing thermal paste is always a good idea on those premade boxes.
I have N6005 boxes idling at 29C, I think it depends on the quality of the chassis/copper block. 60C when idling is definitely wrong here.
Yeas at idle, that's fine. Again i don't think his setup is at idle with 60C. He posted a graph with cpu usage. It seems he is at very least at 40% CPU usage ALL the time. So 60C seems quite fine.
27C would be a very good number for forced air cooling. It's not realistic for a passively cooled chip under load, even a little N5105, assuming your ambient is anything 'room temperature' - you simply have to have deltaT to reject heat. You may want to see if you're somehow monitoring the wrong sensor.
Positive I got the right ones, like most other users in this forum with these temps:
root@pve:~# sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +32.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 0: +28.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +28.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2: +28.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 3: +28.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1: +33.0°C (crit = +119.0°C)
nvme-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite: +33.9°C (low = -5.2°C, high = +79.8°C)
(crit = +84.8°C)What is your room ambient temperature and do you have anything moving air over the case?
what is your average cpu load?
root@server:~# sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +40.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 0: +40.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +40.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2: +40.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 3: +40.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1: +27.8°C (crit = +119.0°C)
nvme-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite: +46.9°C (low = -0.1°C, high = +84.8°C)
(crit = +94.8°C)
Sensor 1: +46.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
Sensor 2: +51.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
Sensor 8: +46.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
root@server:~#
Maybe someone here already has one of these models and can help me out. I have the following questions:
I got that one with N5105, but not with the case in your link, and can't answer #2, fanless was is my 1st requirement for this box. Although, I got the weakest of the heatsink boxes so you shouldn't have any issues with any other. It could probably be OK without modifications, but if you find a way to apply pressure or test if a copper shim improves temps, it shouldn't throttle at all, mine doesn't, even with Prime95 running for a couple hours stays well below the throttle temp, I've done a few tests in the last few pages. They seem to have an improved design for mounting the board with the 6 port model though, which adds 2 screws to add pressure to the CPU.
Ignore this, I've now somehow managed to get it booted.Hey guys,
So I have the V1 version of this box with 32GB RAM and a 2TB NVME installed.
I've decided to install proxmox but I'm having issues botting the official Proxmox USB isntaller although I can boot pfSense fine.
Is there a special trick to do this or is there a hidden menu somewhere that I need to enable/disable to pickup my Promox USB stick?
I've tried searching this thread for this question so apologies if it's been answered already but it's 126 pages long at this point!
N100/200 won't be any faster or maybe by a small margin. N200 is roughly at level of i5-8250U performance wise when TDP limit is lifted. As it stands at 6W(and its not really a 6W) it will be slower.
I also have that model, it idles at about 40C and hits 50 when I push traffic through it. I'm running OpenWrt, so the load is much lower than with a VM host and all that entails. I did rework the cooling solution by disassembling it, removing 0.4mm from each mounting post after measuring things, and using real Arctic thermal paste for reassembly.
I have the 4 port version (RJ03L model) and to try and answer your fan question, the internal connector is a male pico connector and accepts a 1.25 pitch Dupont female 4 pin connector. I got my unit from HUNSN and they shipped 2 fans (80x10mm and 40x10mm) along with two cables that convert the 'standard' 4 pin fan to the pico connector. The fan header supports 12v fans PWM + tach. I made a post about this unit and fans here that may be helpful becasue it includes some photo's:
That's amazingly good.
The motherboard has two PWM fan headers. One on the processor side, the other on the back cover. But the BIOS displays the speed of only one fan, therefore, to use two, it is necessary to open the third contact from the ground on one of them. The 4010 fan was in the previous model. And in the new model, the cover allows you to install 8010, but without the possibility of attaching to the wall.