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Value For Money
Customers have mixed opinions on the HeroBox's value for money with some expressing satisfaction over its affordability and functionality while others acknowledge its limitations such as slower processing speed, outdated components, and average storage performance. Despite these concerns, many are pleased with its quiet operation, plug-and-play setup, and pre-installed Windows 10.
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Ports Availability
Customers have mixed opinions on the ports availability of the CHUWI HeroBox Mini PC. While most are satisfied with the HDMI, VGA, USB, Type-C, and Micro SD ports, some have encountered issues with the Ethernet port not performing at Gigabit speed and the HDMI port stopping to work. Overall, customers find the device suitable for productivity and light entertainment purposes.
Build Quality
Customers have mixed opinions regarding the build quality of the CHUWI HeroBox Mini PC. While some are pleased with its expandability and solid construction, others have reported issues with WiFi connectivity and the device breaking down after a few months.
Cooling System
Customers have mixed opinions regarding the cooling system of the CHUWI HeroBox Mini PC. While some are satisfied with its performance and appreciate the inclusion of a solid state hard drive, others find the fan noise to be a significant drawback. Some customers were under the impression that the device was fanless but discovered otherwise upon receiving it. The fan runs continuously, which can be problematic for those seeking a quiet computing experience.
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Quality
It is decently built, has a lot of usb ports, quiet and for office tasks it runs cool.
My original two chuwi hombeboxes are still working great with no problems and i love them.
0 usb, type c usb, micro sd slot for quick expansion, shut it down every night (no fan) run it five to eight hours a day.
B) the wired network adapter does reach the expected speed, testing method was plugging it to a 900/600 fiber connection and ru... Read More
Price
It simple does not get any better for the money, this is a product of excellent value.
For those that need a small formfactor desktop for productivity and basic entertainment at a very low price point this is an ab... Read More
It didn't cost a fortune and i will chock it up to " you get what you pay for".
I simply bought three identical monitors and a keyboard mouse set, and had an envious computer for less than $500.
Shipping
After all my troubles, they sent me a new replacement homebox by expedited, overnight delivery.
Delivery was very late like a month late!
If mine breaks before 1year i will come here, take off some starts and update my review.
Competitiveness
The reason for the 4 star rating that it is a bit noisy compared to my nuc.
I installed a wifi repeater in the house midway between this and the router and that solved the problem, but better quality wif... Read More
It plays 4k video flawlessly, and works very well as a plex server, but still working out some kinks.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 1,019 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 22 2025.
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I see several reviews that say the ethernet port doesnt really work at gigabit speed
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I thought i might have the same issue at first but turned out to be the ethernet switch it was connected to
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I contacted the manufacturer through amazon and they confirmed that it should although after careful review of the amazon listing it claims only gigabit bluetooth not specifically gigabit ethernet but it does both
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I dont do gaming so i cant speak to that
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I assume gamers would use bigger boxes
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These are 34small34 cpus designed to use less power so you could have a very quiet if not completely silent pc in a very small factor
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But even they have a very low 34base34 cpu speed they can still overclock themself when needed for short period of times otherwise they will overheat since they dont have big and noisy fans its called burst speed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So for example the one i have n4100 has a basic clock speed of 1
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