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Intel Corp. BOXSTCK1A8LFC Compute Stick STCK1A8LFC

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CPU Speed 1.33 GHz
Wattage 4 watts

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  • Boxed Intel Compute Stick STCK1A8LFC- Processor Intel Atom Quad-Core Processor Z3735F
  • This is NOT compatible with any Windows Operating System
  • Pre-Installed Operating System Ubuntu 14.04*
  • Made in China

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    Get all your favorite movies,TV shows and LIVE sport events on your TV.

    Access VOD content from your most favorite platform - Amazon*, iTunes*, YouTube*, Twitch* or Netflix* in Full HD, there are no limits! Watch your favorite sport teams play LIVE on popular stream services.

    Play casual games or stream most demanding titles from PC or Xbox*.

    With Intel Compute Stick you can play casual games in your living room. You can also stream more performance demanding game titles from your PC or Xbox*.

    Get stats on your favorite player, check the latest news or find reviews for your next movie all from the comfort of your couch.

    Take advantage of the full Windows computer to browse to any site on the internet with none of the restrictions found on smart TVs or streaming devices. And do it while your streaming latest movie or sporting event.

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    Product Description

    Intel Computer Stick with Ubuntu OS. 8GB Computer Stick, 1GB Ram. This is NOT compatible with any Windows Operating System.

    Customer reviews

    3.7 out of 5 stars
    3.7 out of 5
    254 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers are disappointed with the storage space and speed of the computer processor. For example, they mention that it has only about 400 MB of storage and that the SD card slot is very slow. That said, opinions are mixed on performance, quality, value, and size.

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    46 customers mention21 positive25 negative

    Customers are mixed about the performance of the computer processor. Some mention that it works well enough, while others say that it just didn't seem to work. The linux drivers do not work well with this Intel Atom processor, and it requires work to use fully. Some customers also mention that the model has very limited capabilities.

    "...Well - OK, but it seems that the password worked for logging in but failed when I wanted to remove some unused software...." Read more

    "...For my application (web browser on a smart TV) it works very well...." Read more

    "Doesnt work right Out Of the Box, and might have unwanted stuff on it. Chome wont start, and other weird issues...." Read more

    "...When it came up, the GUI works fine, and I logged in. I got three popups for errors that it wants to report. No problems...." Read more

    30 customers mention14 positive16 negative

    Customers are mixed about the quality of the computer processor. Some mention it's a great product, a good little PC, and a single purpose computer, while others say that it completely froze, the video frogged up, and the system locked up. They also say that they have problems with everything and that the computer has weird issues.

    "...But after a while things started to go downhill. video froze, mouse started skipping etc. It just kept deteriorating until it completely froze...." Read more

    "...I doubt it could play modern games, but it is fine for light duty emulators and others." Read more

    "...Chome wont start, and other weird issues...." Read more

    "It's a nice little cheap computer, the only issue I have with it is that it really should have had at least 2 gigabytes of RAM to get the most out..." Read more

    27 customers mention13 positive14 negative

    Customers are mixed about the value of the computer processor. Some mention that it offers great value in terms of humble processing, while others say that it's a complete waste of money.

    "...3, at $39 you can quickly figure out that his compute stick offers great value in terms of humble processing power (according to geek bench anyway)..." Read more

    "...To everyone else it's just a cheap outdated internet browse and your phone will do a better job...." Read more

    "PROS:* Wireless, USB, CPU, fan, recovery partition* Low cost* Supports high capacity TF/Micro-SD*..." Read more

    "...This thing is totally useless out of the box...." Read more

    10 customers mention5 positive5 negative

    Customers are mixed about the size of the computer processor. Some mention that it's small, fits anywhere, and fast enough to run a GUI-less server machine in a very tiny package. However, others say that it has problems with the screen size and storage.

    "...This is a great developing and server machine in a very tiny package for a great price.==============..." Read more

    "...plugged it to an hdmi port on my TV. Screensize wasn't right but figured I could fix that later.b) had to put in a user name and password...." Read more

    "...PROS: - Small, fits anywhere - Fast enough to run a GUI-less server - Runs in headless mode (with a BIOS update) - Runs..." Read more

    "...zram should help it behave, though overall, it is a very small system. It would have been awesome 10 years ago, and I plan to run without any GUI...." Read more

    17 customers mention0 positive17 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the storage space of the computer processor. They mention that after security updates, only about 400 MB of storage is available. Some customers also report that the solid state storage ran out before the upgrade could complete, causing it to fail. They also mention that the RAM and memory are low.

    "...I found that configuration pretty well worthless due to a lack of storage space even after removing the LibreOffice suite...." Read more

    "...It booted fine, but I IMMEDIATELY started getting disk space warnings (under 200mb left) as well as updates that demanded to run but couldnt..." Read more

    "...Space is still a tad tight, with only about 1.5gb of remaining space, so I treat the stick like I do a Chromebook - that is, I use a micro-sd card..." Read more

    "...There isn't enough memory to run most of the other 'buntus. It took a lot of effort to get the screen resolution set up to work with my television...." Read more

    11 customers mention0 positive11 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the computer processor's speed. They mention that it is very slow, and takes a long time to open anything on the internet. The SD card slot is also very slow and can't boot from USB. Some customers are also unhappy that the processor runs slower and slower until it froze. Overall, some customers are disappointed with the performance of the product.

    "...No wired/PoE option* SD card slot is very slowWARNING:Some people are upset this is not Windows, but the specs say Ubuntu 14...." Read more

    "...Only 1 USB port makes connecting anything a pain. It is not fast enough to run windows 7 or windows 10. It even struggles to play 1080p video...." Read more

    "...This Ubuntu is super slow and the kids actually prefer the old PC's over these Ubuntu sticks. :-..." Read more

    "...full of problems with everything, space, intermittent Wi-Fi, extremely low performance, this product sold at $ 10 is still expensive...." Read more

    9 customers mention0 positive9 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the driver. They mention that the WiFi never connects, the Bluetooth receiver has issues, and the built-in update broke WiFi.

    "...well with this intel atom processor meaning no HDMI sound, and no wi-fi driver. Only 1 USB port makes connecting anything a pain...." Read more

    "...Some people were complaining that the drivers don't work for WiFi, but I had not issues with that. WiFi worked out of the box...." Read more

    "...But there are what I see as huge problems. First, I cannot connect to the Internet in a useful way...." Read more

    "...in 2019 to get to be something resembling useful - and the built-in update broke WiFi (the ONLY network connection) so it became an Adventure...." Read more

    7 customers mention0 positive7 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the sound quality of the computer processor. They mention that it has sound problems, loses HDMI sound, and has a geeky audio driver issue. Some say that the sound stops working after an update.

    "...1: If you update the Ubuntu you could lose audio due to a geeky audio driver issue. So don't.RP#2: Small drive...." Read more

    "...drivers do not work well with this intel atom processor meaning no HDMI sound, and no wi-fi driver. Only 1 USB port makes connecting anything a pain...." Read more

    "...I had a ton of issues getting it updated and there were issues with the HDMI audio driver...." Read more

    "...Almost no updated software support. If you update the board the sound stops working. Expect to load a different OS on an SD card," Read more

    Nice little server
    4 Stars
    Nice little server
    I bought this stick, eventually an Edimax wireless N USB chicklet, and a 128MB Samsung Evo MicroSD card to work as a fileshare between networked computers. I eventually bought the wireless chicklet because I could not find any linux distro that recognized the internal wireless card. I stripped the Ubuntu and installed Bodhi Linux, then shut off the GUI ( sudo service lightdm stop) and installed webmin. I downloaded the most up to date samba package through webmin, and now have a 120GB file share, which is enough for the small publishing business that it serves. It is on 24/7 and consumes at a max 9 watts, but usually less than six. I might add more packages to it to expand it's capabilities, but for now it works great for what it does. Instant file sharing between up to date windows 10 and apple computers for under 80 dollars.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars at $39 you can quickly figure out that his compute stick offers great value in terms of humble processing power (according to ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2017
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    14/01/18 :
    It is possible to upgrade the Ubuntu installation to a flavor of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,17.04, or 17.10 using the isorespin script from Linuxium to create a custom USB installer (The recovery partition needs to be erased first for this to work ). I decided to do this for a few reasons: *) I wanted a more up to date system to install snaps like Plex and docker for home-assistant,nginx, node etc . *) The latest linux kernel +4.12 hwe provides much better driver support for the stick, only the firmware for wifi/BT is necessary where the installation of a simple Debian package will suffice . *) Save storage space: You can use a modern file system like btrfs with compression lzo enabled, this way you can have +3.5GB of free space available with a full installation and better IO performance.*) Enabling RAM compression with zswap will squeeze a few more drops from the stick. *) Add a micro SD card for storage for even more space . With the latests BIOS update a display emulator is not necessary, it will run headless just fine.

    After doing this I feel very satisfied with the results. This is a great developing and server machine in a very tiny package for a great price.

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    Compared to the Raspberry Pi 3, at $39 you can quickly figure out that his compute stick offers great value in terms of humble processing power (according to geek bench anyway), casing , power supply and built-in storage . If you already have a keyboard and mouse combo with unifying dongle then you don't need a powered USB hub to start using it.

    My intention right now is to use it as a headless server for home-assistant and Plex . I already have a $8 CompuLab Display Emulator dongle so all I needed is a cheap $3 Amazon HDMI coupler to make it work headless . With a lighting deal I also quickly got a $8 Sabrent powered USB hub to make most out of it. With the powered hub + flash drive you can upgrade Ubuntu using the linuxium scripts, attach an external USB drive and make it a nice NAS, install retro game emulators, git server, plug a sound card with speakers to have a nice wireless audio system, use any cheap tablet to mage your web interfaces (octoprint?) etc. It is up to your imagination. For even more tinkering and prototyping the raspberry is probably better. Also, the great thing about this stick is the X86(_64) platform since there's a lot of software and drivers for it.

    I doubt this thing would work well as a desktop since there's only 1GB RAM, too little even for Ubuntu but I already have a far more powerful mini PC for that purpose.
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    Robert Ramey
    1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't meet expectations
    Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2016
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    I so much wanted this to work. I really needed this. I still need it. I sent it back.

    a) plugged it to an hdmi port on my TV. Screensize wasn't right but figured I could fix that later.
    b) had to put in a user name and password. Well - OK, but it seems that the password worked for logging in but failed when I wanted to remove some unused software. Hmmm - another thing to fix.
    c) brought up the browser - a little clunky - but looked usable for my purposes. Let run a youtube video - P-51 mustang in ww II - Got of to a good start. But after a while things started to go downhill. video froze, mouse started skipping etc. It just kept deteriorating until it completely froze. Just switched the TV away from that hdmi input and came back later. Things were working again but again had the same problem after a few minutes usage. I little intuition and web search let me to check the stick - and it was nice a hot! - generally not a good sign. This was consistent with the behavior I was seeing. Looks like when the unit it used - at least for watching video - it gets too hot and shuts down.
    d) In trying to address it, I wanted to remove some software to make room for a little more - but no luck - it wouldn't take the password - the same one I use to log on.

    At this point I way exceed my time budget for this. Sorry, I had to send it back.

    I remain baffled though. How it is possible that a company as prestigious as Intel can ship such a product?
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    Retired EE
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars -- Not for what it is, but what it can become.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2018
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    If you don't know Ubuntu (or don't want to learn) this is not the device for you! I had very little prior experience with Ubuntu, but did want to learn. For my application (web browser on a smart TV) it works very well. I'm using it in conjunction with a Logitech K400 wireless keyboard/pointing device.

    As received, this $35 Stick comes with Ubuntu 14.04 and the Chromium browser. I found that configuration pretty well worthless due to a lack of storage space even after removing the LibreOffice suite. The installation that comes on the Stick has a recovery partition. This makes it easy to return the Stick to its original software configuration after a horrible crash (which happened several times while I was attempting to configure everything to my liking), but it also means there's very little (~250 MB) free storage space after doing all the updates. And, although the Chromium browser is probably fine, I'm familiar with Firefox and that's what I wanted to use.

    Eventually, I gave up and loaded Lubuntu (Lightweight Ubuntu) 18.04 and am fairly satisfied. Lubuntu 18.04 comes with Firefox as standard and I have nearly 2 GB free. There's still a couple things I'd like to change (but need to learn how first). My biggest complaint is that I'd like to configure a custom display resolution so I can easily read the web browser from across the room. The TV's native resolution is 1920 x 1080. Selecting 1280 x 720 is a huge improvement, but something more like 854 x 480, or maybe 1024 x 576, is needed for really comfortable viewing.

    Overall, it's been a great learning experience and I can even see migrating to Ubuntu on other computers once Win7 is no longer supported (which was part of my motivation for this experiment).

    8/28/2018: I updated the Stick's BIOS from version 0024 to 0038 with no noticeable change in behavior. I also got an Air Mouse MX3 with backlit keys to try. The MX3 and K400 both have pluses and minuses, but I was quite surprised that they may be used simultaneously via a 4-port USB hub.
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    Kurtis
    2.0 out of 5 stars but for the price I paid I feel like getting a Asus Chromebit for a few bucks less ...
    Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2018
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    Not saying that the device didn't work, but for the price I paid I feel like getting a Asus Chromebit for a few bucks less is the better buy. The device ran out of storage immediately for me by just trying to update the OS, and the performance it provided was less than my raspberry PI, with less IO to boot.
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    Fer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Funciona... sólo si conoces linux.
    Reviewed in Mexico on July 17, 2017
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    Funciona, lo uso para Netflix, prime video y YouTube, aunque a veces falla y su capacidad es muy limitada. Tiene sistema operativo Linux Ubuntu y hay que configurarlo para que sea realmente funcional, su capacidad de almacenamiento apenas es suficiente para el sistema operativo.
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    Sirenangel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cheapest PC
    Reviewed in Japan on July 20, 2020
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    - Cheap and small, save enegy, hot and cooling fan just for decoration
    - After update BIOS, i can run smooth Windows 8.1 x86 (with 800MB virtual ram - internal SSD)
    - Can play some game like halo 1, warcraft 3, AoE...
    - Can run any software not require hight ram memory
    - Can play Video very smooth at full HD and 2k resolusion, but 4k video not stable
    (2020/12/19): It can use USB on projector to provide power, amazing!
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    Sirenangel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cheapest PC
    Reviewed in Japan on July 20, 2020
    - Cheap and small, save enegy, hot and cooling fan just for decoration
    - After update BIOS, i can run smooth Windows 8.1 x86 (with 800MB virtual ram - internal SSD)
    - Can play some game like halo 1, warcraft 3, AoE...
    - Can run any software not require hight ram memory
    - Can play Video very smooth at full HD and 2k resolusion, but 4k video not stable
    (2020/12/19): It can use USB on projector to provide power, amazing!
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    Alfred K.
    3.0 out of 5 stars Leider etwas "Schwach auf der Brust"
    Reviewed in Germany on February 19, 2017
    Verified Purchase
    Voller Eifer habe ich den Stick erhalten, voller ungedult Angeschlossen und Installiert. Für mich kein Problem da ich sonst auch Ubuntu zur vollsten Zufriedenheit nutze, ist aber auch für Windows Nutzer absulut kein Problem. Leider habe ich im Eifer die SD-Karte nicht eingeschoben und das zu allem Überfluss auch noch vergessen. Ergo Fehlermeldung bei der Installation: / temp... konnte nicht Installiert werden. Trotzdem bei OK gedrückt fertig Installiert. Leider ist jetzt das System nicht grösser als der Speicherplatz des Sticks, auch habe ich es nicht geschaft hier die scheinbar fehlenden Dateien nach zu Installieren. 3 Sterne gab es nur weil die CPU trotz allem etwas gar schwach ist.
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    Rodrigo González Rodríguez
    1.0 out of 5 stars Nunca llego
    Reviewed in Mexico on March 7, 2018
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    Nunca me llegó el producto, muy decepcionado, después de 4 días de estar hablando diario me dicen que se perdió muy muy decepcionado
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