intel r dual band wireless ac 3165 showing as not charging

In idle the fan doesn't spin at all sometimes. This is not a mini PC you can leave running with heavy tasks in your bedroom at night. It gets to over 62 dB at full load and cannot be ignored. It would probably go higher with the supplied cooler before thermal throttling, but it won't because of a BIOS current limit, that cannot be overridden with the XTU software.Īs CONS I would consider first the fan noise, which is rather loud and annoying, much more so than a standard laptop fan. The most I was able to get out of this configuration, using a separate 3.4A charger (65W), was 3.3 Ghz sustained on all 4 cores, which is quite smaller than the 4.6 Ghz that this CPU is rated for. The charger can be easily replaced with any standard laptop charger of greater power. The included charger is rather weak 19V 2.1A (40W) and allows the CPU to sustain a maximum of about 3 Ghz on all 4 cores after changing the power settings. But this can be changed using Intel's XTU (installed with a workaround to skip the platform check error, google it). The power limit out of the box is set to 25W which allows the CPU to sustain continuously only about 2.4 Ghz on all 4 cores. But the VESA mount is not included, although the case has the necessary holes for it. Screws for the HDD, the case lid and the SSD are included in the box.

The build quality is also excellent, solid metal case except for the plastic sides for the wifi antennas. The size surprised me, I knew it was small, but I did not fully understand how small it was until I was holding it in my hand. It is not perfect, but it is value for money nevertheless. This is a great mini PC for the price of 260 USD that I paid for it (after applying a coupon).

Intel r dual band wireless ac 3165 showing as not charging