VORKE V2 Mini PC Intel Skylake Ubuntu1 6.04 8G DDR3L Samsung SSD 802.11AC WIFI Gigabit LAN USB 3.1 Type C

[trebor]

Geekbuying

[trebor]

Here we have demo of the V2 doing its thing

Geekbuying

[trebor]

Drivers for Vorke V2 WIN10, 8 and 7 have just been posted on the blog.geekbuying

Win10 x64 driver

Win7-8.1 x64 driver

Cheers

[RISCy Dude]

That was quick, seems serious. Nice touch. These things seldom precede the device.

[blinkone]

A few photos of the guts of the i5









Antutu

[RISCy Dude]

HS looks like copper, but wonder if it is anodized or plated. Either way looks good.

If only the AnTuTu score was a little higher.
Not used to seeing 6 figure scores. i5 taking care of business.

How's the heat?

[blinkone]

I'm pretty sure its copper Dude iv had a good scratch and all I can see is copper

The heat is not a problem the fan takes care of that,

The out side of the box has not gone above 29c so far,The max on the inside on the heat sink was just over 50c

[blinkone]

More info

VORKE V2 Ultra Compact PC Intel Skylake I5-6200U Ubuntu16.04 8G DDR3L 128G Samsung SSD 802.11AC WIFI Gigabit LAN HDMI USB 3.1 Type C







Hi Guys and Girls,
This time we have a real beauty of a device from the our friends at geekbuying the New Vorke V2


The device arrived in 10 working days snail mail with no tax's to pay





Lets start with a some highlights from geekbuying

Highlights

Ubuntu16.04 pre-installed
(Windows can be installed very easy but you will need to do this your self)

Intel Core i5-6200U
Intel Core i5-6200U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core SoC based on the Skylake architecture. In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.3 - 2.8 GHz (2 cores: max. 2.7 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 520 GPU and a dual-channel DDR4-2133/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The SoC is manufactured using a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Built in (Almost silent)temperature controlled Fan with a large what i think to be a copper heat sink

DDR3 8GB RAM, 128G SSD
It boasts DDR3 8GB RAM, 128G SSD (M.2 SSD), advantageous in performance, security and reliability, ascribing to the eMMC memory, ultimately delivering a richer end-user experience.

IEEE 802.11ac
IEEE 802.11ac, one of the wireless networking standards in 802.11 family, is developed in the IEEE Standards Association process for the purpose of high-throughput wireless local area networks (WLANs) on the 5 GHz band.

Gigabit LAN
Gigabit LAN provides a data rate of 1 billion bits per second.

Other Features
Ultra compact PC design at only 0.6L (39 x 124 x 129mm).
Supports 2.5" HDD/SSD, 7.0/9.5 mm thick (1 x 6 Gbps SATA 3).
Dual display with HDMI+USB-C(Buy adapter of USB-C to HDMI/DP).
VESA mounting Bracket (75 x 75mm + 100 x 100mm).

Applications
Office Work: Office, skype, yahoo, outlook and all other office requirement support and runs perfectly.
Design Work: Photoshop, CoreIDRAW, Dreamweaver, IIIustrator, Flash, Indesign and others.
Game Playing: Support most of the online games and PC games, like Warcraft, Counter-Strike (CS), support 3D games.
Entertainment: Support 4k video play, XBMC and others.

Device ports and locations

Its good to see a USB Type c port on the V2 that can be used as Dual display with HDMI+USB-C(You will need to Buy an adapter of USB-C to HDMI/DP).






2 x USB 3.0
1x USB-C 3.1 Gen 1
1 x Head phone & Mic Jack
1 x HDMI ™(1.4b)
2 x USB2.0
1 x RJ45
1 x DC-In
1 x Kensington lock slot


Internal Expansion Slots:
1 x M.2 SSD 2280 slot (Optional 128GB/256GB of flash storage)
1 x PCIe M.2 NGFF 2230 Key-E slot occupied by the Wi-Fi+BT card
1 x 2.5 in SATA 6.0Gb/s (7.0 / 9.5 mm thick)

On the front of the V2 you will find the two USB 3 Ports, 3.5mm Headphone jack,along with the USB 3.1 Type C connector.Both sides and bottom of the box also has plenty of vents in to help with the cooling,The V2 has a metal body with plastic top & bottom.





And on the rear you can find the Power port,2usb ports,HDMI port,RJ45 port,and the locking point.





The first thing i did after connecting it up to the tv was to boot in to Umbutu Thats pre-installed on the M.2 SSD,
The first boot took a bit longer but its now booting into Ubuntu between 15/20s.











Some internal photos
























After i had finished playing around with Ubuntu i fitted a 2.5" SSD AND installed windows 10 on it,Very easy to do if you have a copy of win 10 to hand.
That install went without issue,I then installed the drivers in the driver pack here Driver pack


I installed the drivers one by one rebooting after each one so all that took a while to compleate but again a very simple process.





And wow im impressed with everything.
The boot time on the v2 is very fast at around 15 seconds to complete & 3/4 seconds to shut down.

The in built temperature controlled fan is doing a great job of keeping the V2 cool the Fan does not run all the time it kicks in if and when it is needed at different speeds and in most cases its only one for a minuite or so,The fan is very quite indeed most of the time i did not even notice it was running.

To boot into the Bios you press f2

To boot into the boot Menu press f10

Antutu





Crystal disc





Disc Manager





Device Manager









CPU Z















Wifi





Some stress testing







Vorke Temperature's
Heat is not an issue on the Vorke v2 The Device has been running 5 hours with an one hour stress test

Outer caseing Temperature





Inside of the vorke v2, Temperature





This was the higest temperature recorded



Whats in the box

1*VORKE V2 Ultra Compact PC
1*HDMI Cable
1*Power adapter(a right power adapter will be sent according to your shipping country)
1*Manual
1*VESA:Bracket included and screws included
Supports 75 x 75 and 100 x 100 mm

Basic Unboxing video

[RISCy Dude]

Nice evaluation and write up blinkone.

Copper is first class, looks like a solid unit overall.

Thanks for the feedback ref temps and HS.

[trebor]

This Looks like the Place for another Vorke V2 look see..
What Fine piece of gear this is,
Switch on smooth and easy and we had Linux, as I have no current use for Linux,
20 or so minutes later Win10 Installed Latest 1607 all drivers, did not need Drive Pack.
Drivers If required

Drivers for Windows 10 64 bit OS:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/af8492t7dzdn305/MINI_PC_Win10_x64_Driver.zip

Drivers for Windows 7/Windows 8.1 64 Bit OS:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vavvr3375eyv88b/MINI_PC_Win7-8.1_x64_Driver.zip

As blinkone has stripped it down I can save my warranty and leave this together (thanks Blinky)







As we can see Vents and lots of them must have been a special this week

[blinkone]

VORKE V2 WINDOWS INSTALLATION GUIDE

http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php/2016/12/30/vorke-v2-windows-os-installation-guide

[clarkss12]

I want one.............................

[trebor]

Yep its a pretty fine piece of Kit, working well and not noisey.....
WiFi \ Ethernet good speeds....Like it.
Do it, treat yourself to a NYE Unit

[clarkss12]

Yep its a pretty fine piece of Kit, working well and not noisey.....
WiFi \ Ethernet good speeds....Like it.
Do it, treat yourself to a NYE Unit

You sure are easy with my $$$$ Also noticed they are including a free Bluetooth keyboard, but this PC does not have Bluetooth. Very strange.

[clarkss12]

Would the Beebox-S series with Kaby Lake be a better buy?

http://asrock.com/Nettop/Intel/Beebox-S%20Series%20(Kaby%20Lake)/index.asp#Specifications

Of course I don't really need one anyways, just looking and drooling.