Recommendations on fanless Micro PC

[DocGreen]

One of my clients runs a mechanic shop and is looking for a new PC for the shop floor. As with any shop, it's a very dusty environment, and not very PC-friendly. Because they're so far from my office, I'm leaning toward setting them up with a fanless micro-pc that won't need to be cleaned out as frequently. The requirements aren't very extreme... internet access and possibly an application or two, with the potential for RDP/RemoteApp in the future, and I'd prefer something that would accept a 2.5" SSD as opposed to an SD card. (VESA mounting would be a plus, but not required)

I'm seeing a ton of off-brand intel-based machines that look promising, but nothing that I feel very confident with. Do you guys have any suggestions? I'm aiming for around $300-350 for the PC/HDD/RAM.

 

[frostbyte5014]

Have you looked at the Intel NUC? Comes with VESA mount. Great little systems.

 

[DocGreen]

I'd seen the NUC's, but couldn't tell if they were fanless or not. The one I was looking at specifically says "Low-accoustics active cooling design" on the Intel site, which translates to me as "quiet fan."

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

All of the NUC's I have seen do have fan's, but other than that I would think it would be a great fit. Maybe you could come up with some sort of filter, but that's a whole other mess.

 

[frostbyte5014]

I have used the barebone cases by Habey for a long time to build custom firewalls. They are fanless and very reliable. I used to get them from Newegg but they have kinda dried up and are hard to get. Here's one of my favorite that I found on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-small-...414373?hash=item3d150156e5:g:9x0AAOSw~gRV7S6g

 

[DocGreen]

Thoughts on this box?
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GB-B...&qid=1460173376&sr=1-2&keywords=asrock+beebox

I have used the barebone cases by Habey for a long time to build custom firewalls. They are fanless and very reliable. I used to get them from Newegg but they have kinda dried up and are hard to get. Here's one of my favorite that I found on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-small-...414373?hash=item3d150156e5:g:9x0AAOSw~gRV7S6g

Good to know! I'd seen quite a few of those Qotom Mini PC's on Amazon... but the lack of reviews and shipping from China was a little unnerving.

 

[frostbyte5014]

Thoughts on this box?
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GB-B...&qid=1460173376&sr=1-2&keywords=asrock+beebox



Good to know! I'd seen quite a few of those Qotom Mini PC's on Amazon... but the lack of reviews and shipping from China was a little unnerving.

Newegg has more in stock now since I last checked http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...r=BESTMATCH&Description=habey&N=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[TurricanII]

My 4th gen i5 Intel NUC at work has no fan. But not aure if there is a current version without fan. Mine is the shallow case version with no room for 2.5" drive but the tiny 250gb m.sata or ngff m.2 ssd is every bit as good

Check out Diggs' recent thread on cheap fanless ssd based machines

https://www.technibble.com/forums/threads/appliance-pcs.69528/

 

[glennd]

I'm quite fond of my Shuttle

http://global.shuttle.com/products/productsDetail?productId=1765

 

[Markverhyden]

www.mini-box.com has a variety of pico atx stuff, including fanless.

 

[RexPowell]

I read some articles about this i wonder if this thing would last or how many months or years would it be working. Have anyone tried or brought

 

[Frick]

I have used these with great success:

http://mitxpc.com/proddetail.php?prod=JBC375F3AW-2930-B

You might find them cheaper elsewhere, but this is a quality seller.

They are not overly powerful, but fit everything asked for (except VESA but is wall mountable). They also have dust covers for every port.