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Main strong point of those things is the absence of noise, as in fans. Silence is something I really appreciate. I'm totally willing to sacrifice raw computation power over silence, for a media center

Now I suspect this one might need a cooling fan... Which would be unfortunate

From that perspective I like the way the mint box mini 2 is designed https://pic8.co/sh/GGCt5D.jpeg

That giant block of metal as passive cooling is just the perfect alternative to cooling fans IMO, also it's a great pen carrier

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Atoms are pretty power friendly, I've used those in embedded projects. If you get a good heavy heatsink on it, you can have a low-speed fan to keep it cool. Basically, just enough to move air across the heatsink.