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Intel Compute Stick CS525 Computer with Intel Core m5 vPro processor and no OS (BLKSTK2mv64CC),Black

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Memory Storage Capacity 64 GB
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Model Name BLKSTK2MV64CC
Included Components Computestick, power adapter
CPU Model core_m
Color Black
Special Feature Microphone
CPU Manufacturer Intel

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  • Intel Core m5-6Y57 vPro processor
  • Intel HD graphics
  • 4 GB total DDR3 1866 MHz dual channel memory
  • 64 GB eMMC device built-in
  • Integrated Intel 802.11ac wireless (Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260)
  • One USB 3.0 on device and two USB 3.0 on power adapter & Bluetooth 4.2
  • Brown Box
  • Intel HD Audio3 via HDMI, supporting multi-channel digital audio
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  • Computestick, power adapter

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    Get Ready for amazing. The Intel Compute Stick is a tiny device the size of a pack of gum that can transform any HDMI display into a complete computer. But it is what's inside that is really incredible: an Intel CoreM vPro processor - with blazing fast speed that gives you performance you need to get the job done. The Intel Compute Stick combined with Intel Unite software lets you get right down to business collaborating whether you're in a conference room or looping in remote workers. Intel Compute Stick delivers everything you love about a full-sized computer in a device that fits in the palm of your hand.

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    3.8 out of 5 stars
    3.8 out of 5
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    Customers like the quality, compactness, power and ease of installation of the computer. For example, they mention it's a great product, very portable and an excellent alternative for a portable computer. That said, opinions are mixed on performance.

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    12 customers mention12 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the quality of the computer. For example, they say it's a great product, works great, and is portable and convenient. Some mention that it runs without problems and operates like a PC.

    "Works great. Plays 1080p video without a problem, can load office, k-lite codec pack, VPN, utorrent...." Read more

    "..."Use hardware acceleration when available" and it works on this super good playing a 1080 video would make the CPU go up about 100% but..." Read more

    "...one with no operating system, then installed my own Ubuntu and it works flawlessly...." Read more

    "...The internal fan does work pretty hard to keep it cool - no operational problems so far...." Read more

    6 customers mention6 positive0 negative

    Customers find the computer to be a portable and convenient device. They also mention that it's a great alternative for a laptop.

    "Compact, powerful. What more needs to be said? Maybe more USB ports but that's just me." Read more

    "Great portable PC. I bought a wireless bluetooth keyboard the one with a touch pad (image is provided)...." Read more

    "...I put viper security as worked flawlessly ever since I love it, very portable and convenient, great product" Read more

    "Small, powerful, but has major WIFI issue...." Read more

    4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the power of the computer. They mention that it has big power in a little stick.

    "Compact, powerful. What more needs to be said? Maybe more USB ports but that's just me." Read more

    "Small, powerful, but has major WIFI issue...." Read more

    "Convenient, powerful and easy to install and use...." Read more

    "Big power in a little stick....." Read more

    3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

    Customers find the installation process of the computer to be easy. They mention that it's convenient and easy to use, especially when plugged in to their home.

    "Well, it's up and running. Absolutely no problem installing Win 8.1 Pro from a bootable USB drive...." Read more

    "...So convenient especially when you at home, the Stick plugged in to your TV, you have the choice to keep it on and just switch between the channels..." Read more

    "...as worked flawlessly ever since I love it, very portable and convenient, great product" Read more

    9 customers mention6 positive3 negative

    Customers are mixed about the performance of the computer. Some mention that it is surprised how fast it runs, and has high performance, while others say that it doesn't work properly, has video issues, and is unreliable.

    "...Pros: It is fast for it's size and weight (65g). It is almost as fast as my Core i7-4500u laptop...." Read more

    "...Probably not good for games, but I'm not a gamer...." Read more

    "I am surprised how fast this runs. I installed WINDOWS 10 with no problem...." Read more

    "...it is pretty fast. about the same as my Surface Pro.only complaint is the USBC cable is huge and clunky to carry...." Read more

    3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the heat produced by the computer. They mention that it gets hot and needs a redesign.

    "...It does get a little warm, but you can still hold it in your hand when it's operating...." Read more

    "This thing gets hot. It has active cooling with a fan but it runs all the time even while idle...." Read more

    "...perhaps overheating, despite efforts to keep it cool." Read more

    3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

    Customers have issues with the wifi reception of the computer. They mention that it's a bit flaky, and the RFI seems to affect reception more than other devices the same size. Some customers also say that the USB port connections and no wireless coms.

    "...Cons:If either the USB3.0 or USB Type C port is used heavily, it jams WIFI. We have a couple cameras to the USB ports...." Read more

    "...The wifi reception is a bit flakey. It will do 5Ghz, and 2.4Ghz, but sometimes has trouble. Tested by accessing a NAS on the LAN wirelessly...." Read more

    "...- problems with freezing on new usb port connections, and no wireless coms...." Read more

    Convenient, powerful and easy to install and use.
    5 Stars
    Convenient, powerful and easy to install and use.
    Great portable PC. I bought a wireless bluetooth keyboard the one with a touch pad (image is provided). At the beginning I was confused about the single USB port in the Stick but then I saw two more on the power adapter, smart move Intel. I have the one with no operating system, then installed my own Ubuntu and it works flawlessly. So convenient especially when you at home, the Stick plugged in to your TV, you have the choice to keep it on and just switch between the channels and Stick. Mainly, I use it for online movies and TV channels, it's like casting to your TV, with a powerful PC.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Small, powerful, but has major WIFI issue.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2016
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    Bought three of them for use on robots. We run Ubuntu and ROS. Pretty happy with it despite some big issues.

    Pros: It is fast for it's size and weight (65g). It is almost as fast as my Core i7-4500u laptop. It is twice as fast the ODroid XU4 we previously used.

    Cons:
    If either the USB3.0 or USB Type C port is used heavily, it jams WIFI. We have a couple cameras to the USB ports. The packet loss is 40-60% when the compute stick is 10 feet from our access point. We tested with two compute sticks in several configurations. 1) USB devices plugged directly into USB3.0 port. 2) USB devices plugged into USB 3.0 port via USB 3.0 hub. 3) USB devices plugged into the power supply that comes with compute stick (power supply has a couple USB ports). In this third configuration, the USB devices were one meter away from the compute stick itself.

    We installed Ubuntu 14.04 and could not use the eMMC. Ended up having to put OS on flash drive. Ubuntu 16.xx works fine.
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    D. Aliprandi
    4.0 out of 5 stars Does everything I want it to do
    Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018
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    Works great. Plays 1080p video without a problem, can load office, k-lite codec pack, VPN, utorrent. I love the fact that you get 3 USB ports and a micro-SD slot. Contrary to other reviews, I did not notice mine getting really hot. Probably not good for games, but I'm not a gamer. Watching movies, mounting encrypted volumes, browsing, youtube, social media, spreadsheets and word documents ... this can all be done without a problem.

    Only three shortcomings that I could observe.

    The wifi reception is a bit flakey. It will do 5Ghz, and 2.4Ghz, but sometimes has trouble. Tested by accessing a NAS on the LAN wirelessly. Got some pretty slow throughput at times, especially with 5Ghz. RFI seems to affect wifi reception on this thing more than other devices the same size. For example, an amazon firestick connected to another HDMI port on the same TV had no problems. If you have a single wifi router serving your whole house, rather than an access point on each floor, you will notice this.

    The graphics adapter is pretty weak. You open an explorer window or a browser and the whole screen goes a bit dim. Also noticed some flickering. I have yet to try it on a 4k TV though.

    The USB ports will *not* power an external hard drive. You'll need a hard drive with it's own power supply
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    John Lloyd
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a real computer!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2016
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    Well, it's up and running. Absolutely no problem installing Win 8.1 Pro from a bootable USB drive. Because it was a generic Win 8.1 image, there were a number of drivers, etc. to install but they were all easily found on and installed from the Intel support website. You need a wired USB keyboard and wired USB mouse plugged into the 2 USB ports on the power supply for the initial Win 8.1 install. Chipset driver, WiFi networking, Bluetooth, 515 graphics drivers all working. After the initial install & driver updates, there was still 41 GB left of the internal 64GB SSD. It came one Rev down on the BIOS but it's working like a champ so I'll probably leave the BIOS alone for now. I had a problem setting up a SDXC card as a 2nd drive, but it turned out it was a defective SD card and after changing the card out that also went in clean using diskpart from a command line.

    The stick itself is too wide at the HDMI end to plug directly into my ViewSonic monitor but it came with a short USB dongle cable that took care of that. Wouldn't be a problem on some other monitors. The included USB C-C power cable is a big fat thing & I will replace it with a thinner, more flexible one. It does get a little warm, but you can still hold it in your hand when it's operating. If the fan is coming on I don't hear it but my hearing is getting a little weak these days.

    It's a peppy little dude! I had some reservations about only 4GB RAM, but I could happily use this as my daily machine. Gonna give it 5 stars on Amazon. My monitor is a 22" HD 1920x1080 & when I get a chance I will plug it into a UHD TV and test it out at the max resolution the 515 graphics chipset will do. Will run a few benchmarks soon, too.

    Follow up 6/27/16. After almost 3 weeks, there have been no problems with this computer. I ran some simple CPU and memory benchmarks against my Dell XPS 13 model 9333, which has a 1.7GHz Gen 4 i5. The m5 stick cpu tested out at about 88% of the 4G i5 and the m5 memory at about 112% of the 4G i5. Not bad running at 1.1 GHz against the 1.7GHz i5 and using only 4.5 watts in the process!

    I wanted a 2nd power supply for taking it on the road without having to unplug the factory OEM power supply, which is made by Asian Power Devices, a major supplier of power supplies for electronics. Unable to locate and buy a 2nd OEM power supply, I bought an iClever Model IC-UC01 wall wort, which has a single USB Type C output at 5V/3A ($20 on Amazon). Although Intel disavows the use of any other power supply than the OEM supply, the iClever PS is functioning perfectly, although with the smaller iClever you don't have the 2 USB 3 ports which the OEM supply has. (You still have the single USB 3 port on the stick itself, however).

    I am now questing for a backup battery supply with a USB Type C output at 3A or better, which will eliminate the need to plug the computer into a wall outlet altogether. Haven't yet found what I'm after.

    As a caution, I made a mistake I should have known not to make, which is not unique to the m5 Stick. On the road, I use only a Bluetooth mouse and Bluetooth compact keyboard. For whatever reason (duuhh!) I turned on airplane mode in Windows 8.1, which, of course, promptly turned off both WiFi and Bluetooth. Now I had no mouse, no keyboard, no way to communicate with the O/S and no way to turn Bluetooth back on again. I had to wait until I again had access to a wired USB keyboard and mouse to reactivate Bluetooth.
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    Eric O.
    2.0 out of 5 stars Gets hot, needs a redesign
    Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2020
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    This thing gets hot. It has active cooling with a fan but it runs all the time even while idle. Just the slightest amount of blockage to airways causes it to overheat and non graceful shutdown.

    This is a great concept but needs a revision. The power cable is USB-C and slightly moving it while attached to the compute stick causes it to lose power.

    A bit of a rant with USB-C connectors:
    The USB-C spec is actually awesome. There is a variant in the spec that has a connector with a hand screw attached to it. Much like the screws in DVI and VGA monitor cables. This variant would be a perfect fit for the compute stick, and MANY other devices out there like laptop docks. I’m baffled as to why OEMs don’t use that connector, especially in this case. It would solve so many problems!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great little unit
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2018
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    Great little unit, with plenty of CPU power; runs normal Windows applications well. It does run quite warm and definitely needs mounting so air can flow through the fan openings.
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    Ken Wahren
    1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING: fraud
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2018
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    We bought a number of these for a robotics project, including several spares. Were very surprised when one box turned out to contain plumbing parts, carefully weighted to mimic the genuine item. Unlike the other items we received, the fraudulent item was shrink wrapped, but otherwise very difficult to tell apart without opening.
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    1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING: fraud
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2018
    We bought a number of these for a robotics project, including several spares. Were very surprised when one box turned out to contain plumbing parts, carefully weighted to mimic the genuine item. Unlike the other items we received, the fraudulent item was shrink wrapped, but otherwise very difficult to tell apart without opening.
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