8.24.2021

The CPU that refuses to die




Avoid Atom x5-Z8350 PCs at all costs. Cherry Trail is ancient (2016) and was designed as a tablet CPU. Years later it's still everywhere, although mostly powering no-name products like this LIVA Q-inspired mini PC. The Z8350 is indeed a quad-core processor, but a ridiculously weak one. With so little power, 4GB of memory and 64GB of eMMC storage, even Windows 10 is barely usable.