**A First Impressions of the Hackboard 1**

The author of this article has recently had the opportunity to get hands-on with the Hackboard 1, a Linux-based single-board computer. As soon as they started using it, they noticed that it was smooth and responsive, despite its relatively old Intel HD 500 GPU. The author decided to test some 1080p video playback to see how the device would perform, and was pleased to find that it handled it well, with only a few drop frames.

**Video Playback Performance**

The Hackboard 1's ability to play videos smoothly was put to the test with both Plex and Minecraft. The author loaded up their Plex setup, which included some 1080p 60fps video content, and found that it played great, without any significant lag or dropouts. They also tried playing Minecraft in the Windows Store version, using settings that reduced graphics quality, but still managed to get around 32 frames per second. The author notes that this is a relatively simple game, and doesn't take much processing power from the Intel CPU.

**Light Emulation Performance**

The author decided to test some light emulation on their Hackboard 1, starting with the N64 emulator. Using RetroArch with the Mupen 64++ plus plugin, they were able to run Donkey Kong Racing without any issues. The author was pleased to find that this relatively simple game ran smoothly, despite the device's older CPU. Next, they tried running Marvel vs Capcom 2 using the Redream Dreamcast emulator at stock resolution, and found that it worked pretty well, with only a few instances of the performance dropping below 57 frames per second. The author notes that this is not a particularly demanding game for the device.

**Conclusion**

The author's experience with the Hackboard 1 has been largely positive, despite its relatively old CPU. They are pleased to find that it can handle everyday tasks and some light emulation without any significant issues. However, they also note that it is unlikely to be able to run more demanding applications or games in their current form. The author's main concern is that the device will not be able to handle 4K video playback, which may limit its usefulness for certain applications.

**Future Plans**

The author expresses their excitement about the potential of the Hackboard 2, a newer model with an improved Intel CPU. They are looking forward to getting their hands on one and testing its performance in more demanding scenarios. The author notes that the Hackboard 1 will not be upgraded or supported further, and is unlikely to see significant improvements.

**Pricing and Availability**

The author has some mixed feelings about the price of the Hackboard 1, which is listed at $99 for Linux and $139 for Windows 10 Pro pre-installed and activated. They feel that this is a fair price for what you get, especially considering that it includes a full installation of Linux or Windows 10 Pro.

**Final Thoughts**

The author concludes by thanking the audience for watching their review of the Hackboard 1. They note that while the device has its limitations, it is still a viable option for those looking for a cheap and capable single-board computer. The author looks forward to testing the Hackboard 2 in more detail once it becomes available, and to continuing to provide updates and reviews on this channel.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on guys cta prime back here again today we're going to be taking a look at a new upcoming x86 single board computer known as the hack board now this video is going to be a little odd because the unit that i have in my possession is known as the hackboard 1 which won't even see the light of day instead they're going to be releasing the hackboard 2 which has a higher end cpu better wi-fi better ram and 2 m.2 slots instead of a single one on this hackboard one that i have here but unfortunately there's no hackboard two units out in the wild yet for review so they sent over the hackboard one and this is what we're going to be taking a look at in this video now the version one that we're going to be taking a look at in this video has the same form factor as the version 2 but there will be a few key differences but since i couldn't get my hands on the hackboard 2 we're taking a look at the version 1 here so overall i mean yeah it's definitely a single board computer three usb 3.0 ports we can see that exposed cpu it does come with a heatsink that we can throw on top of this thing we'll do a comparison of the specs in just a little bit but first up let's go ahead and get everything out of the box so along with the hackboard itself you'll receive some stickers and a user manual we also have our wi-fi and bluetooth antennas plus our power supply i believe it's 12 volts at 3 amps and it does come with a ton of adapters so no matter where you are in the world you'll be able to plug this into the wall yeah it's 12 volts 3 amps and here's the outlet adapters and finally inside the box we get our heatsink now this just uses double-sided sticky tape this is the heatsink that comes with the board itself but they do offer a full aluminum heatsink case with a fan built in for nine dollars on their website so real quick i just wanted to give you a size comparison between the hackboard and the raspberry pi 4. as you can see the hackboard is coming in a bit larger but if we do have better performance out of this intel cpu that's not going to matter to me in the end it's still a very small single board computer and with this x86 cpu there's a ton of different operating systems that we can install from linux android x86 and even windows 10. so as you can see up front here we have three usb 3.0 ports if we move around back we have full size hdmi 2.0 gigabit ethernet and power in and most notable over here on this side we have 40 gpio pins and this does support the python ide soldered on intel ac wi-fi chip with bluetooth 4.2 and we also have this lcd display connector over here and a micro usb card reader now on the hackboard 2 they've actually removed the micro sd card reader and added another m.2 slot but on the hackboard 1 we have a single m.2 slot which is good for up to a 2 terabyte m.2 ssd now as specs go for the hackboard one for the cpu we have an intel n3350 this is a dual core cpu base clock of 1.1 gigahertz with a burst up to 2.4 built-in intel hd 500 graphics 4 gigabytes of lp ddr4 ram a soldered down 64 gigabyte emmc module plus that m.2 slot which is good up to a 2 terabyte ssd and it also has onboard 802.11 ac wi-fi and bluetooth 4.2 so the hackboard one is definitely rocking an older intel cpu but when it comes to the hackboard 2 specs that cpu has been upgraded to the intel n4020 it's still a dual core cpu base clock of 1.1 gigahertz with a burst up to 2.8 built-in intel uhd 600 graphics we still get four gigabytes of lp ddr4 ram and that 64 gigabyte emmc storage module but it comes with two m.2 slots so the hackboard 2 can support up to four terabytes of storage two two terabyte m.2s will fit in that unit and it also has an upgraded wi-fi and bluetooth module it'll do over a gig and a half and it comes with bluetooth 5.1 instead of 4.2 like the hackboard one now as for pricing on the hackboard we're talking about the hackboard 2 here with linux it's 99 with windows 10 pro pre-installed and activated it's 139 this is available right now for pre-order up on crowd supply i'll leave a link for that and their main website in the description in case you're interested in learning more now it's time to move over to some testing now remember we're on the hackboard one here i don't have a hackboard two to test so we're on that older apollo lake celeron n3350 1.1 gigahertz dual core with a burst up to 2.4 four gigs of lp ddr4 ram running at 2133 and the built-in intel hd 500 graphics it's not uhd here but i still want to see what this thing can do now as for 4k video playback on this chip here i know it's kind of hard pressed to do it so what we're going to be doing is tackling some 1080p video we're also going to test some web browsing and some lower end games so first thing we're going to do here is test out a little bit of web browsing i'll go ahead and launch microsoft edge does take a little longer to load than i'm used to on more higher end cpus given that this is an older dual core apollo lake but as soon as everything's loaded up it's actually pretty smooth let's go ahead and just head over to the hackboard website and there we are so yeah that did take a few seconds to get into there we'll go ahead and learn more but like i said once everything's loaded up i mean it's a pretty smooth experience here next thing i want to do is test some 1080p video playback remember this only has the intel hd 500 gpu so i'm not even going to stress this older cpu out with 4k but as soon as i get my hands on the hackboard 2 we will be doing some 4k video playback okay so here we are 1080p 60fps i've reset my frame counter up here we did get a few drop frames loading in but not bad at all at 1080p 60. so 720 1080 is going to be perfectly fine on the chip like this and we'll have to wait for that hackboard 2 to really test out 4k because when i went over to 4k we were dropping a ton of frames here this setup is just not made for 4k video playback next up i want to test plex and unfortunately most of the stuff that i have here is 4k i do have one 1080p 60 video 1080p 60 4.5 megabits per second i think we're gonna be able to handle this and that loaded up way quicker than i thought it would but then again we are at 1080p with a lower bitrate video but i mean 1080p is playing great like you see here here's minecraft this is the windows store version i do have fancy graphics on but i've set the chunks down to 10 and it is a bit laggy i mean we're probably getting an average of around 32. i do see it jump up to around 55 to 60 every once in a while but as soon as you get going it will drop down and i have seen it go as low as 22 and this really comes down to that older intel gpu i also wanted to go through and test a little bit of light emulation here we have n64 i'm using retroarch with the moo pin 64 plus next core diddy kong racing is running amazingly and i figured it would here i mean it really doesn't take that much from an intel cpu to run this n64 emulator and finally we have some dreamcast using the redream emulator at the stock resolution with no upscale it actually works pretty decently now this is an easier one to run marvel vs capcom 2. every once in a while i do see it dip down to around 57 but for the most part it is playable on this unit so i'm gonna take it up a notch to a harder to run game and that's gonna be crazy taxi too basically we have the same thing here performance is great at the native resolution of the dreamcast but if you try to upscale any it will fall on its face but i'd say a lot of these dreamcast games using the redream emulator will be playable on this celeron chip don't worry so i'm going to go ahead and say it i'm so glad that they're not going to be using this cpu that we saw running in this video in the hackboard 2. releasing something with that n3350 and 2020 would have been a big bummer but that n4000 or the n4020 is something that i'm really looking forward to i'm actually a big fan of the n4000 and it's actually a decent performer so i can't wait to get my hands on that i mean everything that we saw tested in this video on the hackboard one is gonna work so much better on the hackboard too and it's just a matter of time before i get my hands on one but like i mentioned at the beginning the only one that they could send over right now was the one that's not going to see the light of day and i'm kind of glad that it's not going to see the light of day because the cpu in the hackboard 1 is just way too underpowered but that's going to wrap it up for this video really appreciate you watching like i mentioned the hackboard 2 is going for 99 with linux and 139 with windows 10 pro pre-installed and activated and i personally do think it's worth 100 bucks with linux and that upgraded n4020 cpu so if you're interested in learning more or even putting in a pre-order i will leave links to their website in the description definitely keep an eye on the channel because i'm trying to get my hands on one as soon as possible for some more testing but like always thanks for watchinghey what's going on guys cta prime back here again today we're going to be taking a look at a new upcoming x86 single board computer known as the hack board now this video is going to be a little odd because the unit that i have in my possession is known as the hackboard 1 which won't even see the light of day instead they're going to be releasing the hackboard 2 which has a higher end cpu better wi-fi better ram and 2 m.2 slots instead of a single one on this hackboard one that i have here but unfortunately there's no hackboard two units out in the wild yet for review so they sent over the hackboard one and this is what we're going to be taking a look at in this video now the version one that we're going to be taking a look at in this video has the same form factor as the version 2 but there will be a few key differences but since i couldn't get my hands on the hackboard 2 we're taking a look at the version 1 here so overall i mean yeah it's definitely a single board computer three usb 3.0 ports we can see that exposed cpu it does come with a heatsink that we can throw on top of this thing we'll do a comparison of the specs in just a little bit but first up let's go ahead and get everything out of the box so along with the hackboard itself you'll receive some stickers and a user manual we also have our wi-fi and bluetooth antennas plus our power supply i believe it's 12 volts at 3 amps and it does come with a ton of adapters so no matter where you are in the world you'll be able to plug this into the wall yeah it's 12 volts 3 amps and here's the outlet adapters and finally inside the box we get our heatsink now this just uses double-sided sticky tape this is the heatsink that comes with the board itself but they do offer a full aluminum heatsink case with a fan built in for nine dollars on their website so real quick i just wanted to give you a size comparison between the hackboard and the raspberry pi 4. as you can see the hackboard is coming in a bit larger but if we do have better performance out of this intel cpu that's not going to matter to me in the end it's still a very small single board computer and with this x86 cpu there's a ton of different operating systems that we can install from linux android x86 and even windows 10. so as you can see up front here we have three usb 3.0 ports if we move around back we have full size hdmi 2.0 gigabit ethernet and power in and most notable over here on this side we have 40 gpio pins and this does support the python ide soldered on intel ac wi-fi chip with bluetooth 4.2 and we also have this lcd display connector over here and a micro usb card reader now on the hackboard 2 they've actually removed the micro sd card reader and added another m.2 slot but on the hackboard 1 we have a single m.2 slot which is good for up to a 2 terabyte m.2 ssd now as specs go for the hackboard one for the cpu we have an intel n3350 this is a dual core cpu base clock of 1.1 gigahertz with a burst up to 2.4 built-in intel hd 500 graphics 4 gigabytes of lp ddr4 ram a soldered down 64 gigabyte emmc module plus that m.2 slot which is good up to a 2 terabyte ssd and it also has onboard 802.11 ac wi-fi and bluetooth 4.2 so the hackboard one is definitely rocking an older intel cpu but when it comes to the hackboard 2 specs that cpu has been upgraded to the intel n4020 it's still a dual core cpu base clock of 1.1 gigahertz with a burst up to 2.8 built-in intel uhd 600 graphics we still get four gigabytes of lp ddr4 ram and that 64 gigabyte emmc storage module but it comes with two m.2 slots so the hackboard 2 can support up to four terabytes of storage two two terabyte m.2s will fit in that unit and it also has an upgraded wi-fi and bluetooth module it'll do over a gig and a half and it comes with bluetooth 5.1 instead of 4.2 like the hackboard one now as for pricing on the hackboard we're talking about the hackboard 2 here with linux it's 99 with windows 10 pro pre-installed and activated it's 139 this is available right now for pre-order up on crowd supply i'll leave a link for that and their main website in the description in case you're interested in learning more now it's time to move over to some testing now remember we're on the hackboard one here i don't have a hackboard two to test so we're on that older apollo lake celeron n3350 1.1 gigahertz dual core with a burst up to 2.4 four gigs of lp ddr4 ram running at 2133 and the built-in intel hd 500 graphics it's not uhd here but i still want to see what this thing can do now as for 4k video playback on this chip here i know it's kind of hard pressed to do it so what we're going to be doing is tackling some 1080p video we're also going to test some web browsing and some lower end games so first thing we're going to do here is test out a little bit of web browsing i'll go ahead and launch microsoft edge does take a little longer to load than i'm used to on more higher end cpus given that this is an older dual core apollo lake but as soon as everything's loaded up it's actually pretty smooth let's go ahead and just head over to the hackboard website and there we are so yeah that did take a few seconds to get into there we'll go ahead and learn more but like i said once everything's loaded up i mean it's a pretty smooth experience here next thing i want to do is test some 1080p video playback remember this only has the intel hd 500 gpu so i'm not even going to stress this older cpu out with 4k but as soon as i get my hands on the hackboard 2 we will be doing some 4k video playback okay so here we are 1080p 60fps i've reset my frame counter up here we did get a few drop frames loading in but not bad at all at 1080p 60. so 720 1080 is going to be perfectly fine on the chip like this and we'll have to wait for that hackboard 2 to really test out 4k because when i went over to 4k we were dropping a ton of frames here this setup is just not made for 4k video playback next up i want to test plex and unfortunately most of the stuff that i have here is 4k i do have one 1080p 60 video 1080p 60 4.5 megabits per second i think we're gonna be able to handle this and that loaded up way quicker than i thought it would but then again we are at 1080p with a lower bitrate video but i mean 1080p is playing great like you see here here's minecraft this is the windows store version i do have fancy graphics on but i've set the chunks down to 10 and it is a bit laggy i mean we're probably getting an average of around 32. i do see it jump up to around 55 to 60 every once in a while but as soon as you get going it will drop down and i have seen it go as low as 22 and this really comes down to that older intel gpu i also wanted to go through and test a little bit of light emulation here we have n64 i'm using retroarch with the moo pin 64 plus next core diddy kong racing is running amazingly and i figured it would here i mean it really doesn't take that much from an intel cpu to run this n64 emulator and finally we have some dreamcast using the redream emulator at the stock resolution with no upscale it actually works pretty decently now this is an easier one to run marvel vs capcom 2. every once in a while i do see it dip down to around 57 but for the most part it is playable on this unit so i'm gonna take it up a notch to a harder to run game and that's gonna be crazy taxi too basically we have the same thing here performance is great at the native resolution of the dreamcast but if you try to upscale any it will fall on its face but i'd say a lot of these dreamcast games using the redream emulator will be playable on this celeron chip don't worry so i'm going to go ahead and say it i'm so glad that they're not going to be using this cpu that we saw running in this video in the hackboard 2. releasing something with that n3350 and 2020 would have been a big bummer but that n4000 or the n4020 is something that i'm really looking forward to i'm actually a big fan of the n4000 and it's actually a decent performer so i can't wait to get my hands on that i mean everything that we saw tested in this video on the hackboard one is gonna work so much better on the hackboard too and it's just a matter of time before i get my hands on one but like i mentioned at the beginning the only one that they could send over right now was the one that's not going to see the light of day and i'm kind of glad that it's not going to see the light of day because the cpu in the hackboard 1 is just way too underpowered but that's going to wrap it up for this video really appreciate you watching like i mentioned the hackboard 2 is going for 99 with linux and 139 with windows 10 pro pre-installed and activated and i personally do think it's worth 100 bucks with linux and that upgraded n4020 cpu so if you're interested in learning more or even putting in a pre-order i will leave links to their website in the description definitely keep an eye on the channel because i'm trying to get my hands on one as soon as possible for some more testing but like always thanks for watching\n"