Intense PC2

I first had a fit-PC as router, then a fit-PC2 as home server, then a Raspberry Pi as HTPC and now an Intense PC2 as router/server/HTPC.

Like fit-PC, fit-PC2, fit-PC3, fit-PC4 and Intense PC, Intense PC2 is a fanless mini PC from Compulab. Intense PC 2 is their latest and most powerful mini PC:

• Intel Haswell i3/i5/i7
• Intel HD Graphics 4400
• 2 × Gigabit ethernet
• Wi-Fi 802.11ac
• 4 × USB3
• 2 × USB2
• 2 × HDMI
• Display port
• Power consumption: 6 - 24 W

I measured its power consumption:

• 0.4 W when switched off
• 15.1 W while inside the bios configuration
• 7 W on KDE login screen
• 7.8 W in KDE
• 10.6 W while updating debian
• ≈ 15 W while watching a Full HD movie in XBMC (video decoded in software)

So far I'm quite happy about the power consumption, I was expecting more.

On the downside I tried XBMC with hardware video decoding through VAAPI but the video quality was very bad. Need to test that more later.

Next step: making it a Wi-Fi access point.