Small size, big heart - Tsinghua Tongfang M770 business computer review

For small and medium-sized enterprise users, the most important thing in IT equipment procurement is the purchase cost and the corresponding after-sales service of the product. On this basis, if the product is more cost-effective, it is undoubtedly the best choice.

Today, I was lucky enough to get a new business desktop computer from Tsinghua Tongfang - M770. As a "veteran" manufacturer in the Chinese desktop industry, Tsinghua Tongfang's products all have eye-catching selling points. The new model M770 released this year is even more eye-catching. It can still achieve satisfactory performance under the premise of small size. Now I will unveil the mystery of the protagonist of this article - Tsinghua Tongfang M770 desktop host.

First, let's take a look at the appearance of the M770. Tsinghua Tongfang M770 is a new product released in the first half of 2018. Its compact body and cost-effective "powerful configuration" have made this model popular as soon as it was launched. The "real stuff" compact body and 8L chassis of the M770 have a volume of 92mm (L) *95mm (W) *343 (H) and weigh only 6KG.

Tsinghua Tongfang M770 chassis is made of solid materials, using high-strength SGCC steel, with a steel plate thickness of up to 0.8MM. From the front, it is very simple and refreshing. The front panel of the chassis is designed with titanium silver gray and high-quality materials, full of technology, showing a high-end business atmosphere. The LOGO with hot silver technology in the lower right corner of the chassis is very stylish. Let's talk about the function keys and front interfaces. At the top of the key function area is a concave circular power button with an electroplated aperture, plus 4 USB front interfaces (2 USB 3.0 interfaces, 2 USB 3.1 interfaces), 1 headset interface, and 1 Type C interface, which are neat and functional.

Looking at the side and back of the M770, the M770 uses a hidden herringbone side air outlet design, which effectively improves the efficiency of the heat dissipation outlet and greatly ensures the stability of the machine's operation. The rear of the Tsinghua Tongfang M770 also reflects the slimness of this product. From the structural point of view, the Tsinghua Tongfang M770 provides interfaces for multiple video output formats. Looking closely, the graphics card equipped with the Tsinghua Tongfang M770 provides a standard DP interface, an HDMI interface and a VGA interface, which almost covers the currently commonly used video output interfaces. Here we can also see the power interface on the lower right. There are many rear interfaces on the motherboard. The top one is a 3.5mm audio interface, followed by a Gigabit Ethernet interface and four USB2.0 interfaces.

At the same time, in order to take care of some old users and improve the peripheral compatibility of M770, a PS/2 interface is also provided. The interface design of Tsinghua Tongfang M770 is very complete. All interfaces are almost on the same plane, and the rear part of the body is almost all mesh air inlets except for the area required for the opening interface. It can be seen that the designers of Tsinghua Tongfang have strengthened the heat dissipation capacity of the M770 host as much as possible while ensuring the compact body, striving to maximize the stable operation of the machine.

After looking at the body design of Tsinghua Tongfang M770, let's take a look at the hardware configuration and performance of this product. With the update of Intel's 8th generation Core processor, Tsinghua Tongfang has also upgraded the hardware of its PC equipment. The Tsinghua Tongfang M770 we are using this time is a cost-effective commercial PC equipped with Intel's 8th generation Core i3 8100 processor. The core frequency of the quad-core 3.6GHz is standard, and the memory of 8G DDR4 is standard, with a maximum memory capacity of 32G (2*16G). With 1TB hard disk storage, built-in Wi-Fi, pre-installed genuine Win10 and Office office software, it can be activated and used, fully meeting the daily office and home use, and both convenience and performance are not missed.

Let's talk about the CPU first. Tsinghua Tongfang M770 uses Intel's eighth-generation Core i3 8100 processor. Intel Core i3 8100 is the latest eighth-generation Core family desktop processor, designed with 14nm process technology, with Kaby Lake-S core architecture, main frequency of 3.6GHz, no turbo frequency technology, 6MB of L3 cache, and is a quad-core, four-thread processor.

Let's test this computer to see if it is suitable for office use. In the benchmark test, the i3-8100 of Tsinghua Tongfang M770 got a multi-threaded score of 560cb in Cinebench R15, which is more than enough for a commercial office computer to handle daily work, life and study tasks.

In terms of comprehensive performance, we used PCMark 10 basic mode to test it. Its common basic function score was 6579 points, productivity score was 5518 points, digital content creation score was 2404 points, and the comprehensive score was 3179 points, which can handle ordinary document and picture office work without any pressure.

In terms of memory, Tsinghua Tongfang M770 comes standard with an 8GB DDR4 memory. In the MemTest test, the overall speed performance of Tsinghua Tongfang M770 is satisfactory. In a desktop computer at this price, this memory stick makes Tsinghua Tongfang M770 even more powerful and its speed is amazing.

Let's take a look at the packing list of Tsinghua Tongfang M770: Machine: ×1 Power cord: ×1 Manual: ×1 Packing list ×1 Keyboard and mouse ×1

There is nothing new about it, it is a standard black set, but it feels very good, it doesn't feel like cheap plastic. Although it is a membrane keyboard, it feels quite good, the key travel is obvious, the rebound force is strong, the mouse follows the hand well, it is not easy to slip, and it is relatively comfortable to hold.

Taking out the new case and comparing it with other series of Tsinghua Tongfang, you can clearly feel the exquisiteness of this M770. From the visual point of view, the size is more than half smaller. Here we have to give a big thumbs up to the designers of Tsinghua Tongfang, because the almost "abnormal" reduction in the size of the case will cause the problem of insufficient internal heat dissipation space of the case, which puts relatively high requirements on heat dissipation. However, during use, the computer has never had any lag, which is the most obvious result of the designers' efforts in heat dissipation mentioned above.

Although Tsinghua Tongfang M770 is a computer host positioned for commercial office use, it uses a new generation of Core 8th generation CPU and DDR4 memory, which makes it very smooth during office work. It can also run some online games (such as Cross Fire) smoothly, which is rare for an office business machine. Moreover, in this price range, the M770 can demonstrate such capabilities, which is very satisfactory to me.

Experience summary

advantage:

It is small and exquisite, saves desktop space and is relatively light.

The heat dissipation design is reasonable and the effect is quite satisfactory.

The whole machine ran relatively stably during the experience, without any freezes or instability, and was very stable.

The front USB ports all use USB3.0 and USB3.1 ports, which is very considerate for office computers. It improves convenience while improving efficiency. After all, the reading and writing speed of USB3.0 is significantly improved compared to USB2.0, and it is backward compatible.

The rear PS/2 interface is retained. After all, many companies still use round interfaces for their keyboards and mice, which have a higher adaptability rate and are more considerate.

Deficiencies or suggestions:

Because the heat dissipation of the host is emphasized, long-term use of the host will cause the temperature near the host to rise locally, but it is within an acceptable range.

If the surrounding environment is relatively quiet, you can clearly hear the operating sound of the machine. Since the machine has not been disassembled, it is believed that the sound is made by the operation of the cooling fan. The sound is not very loud and does not affect daily use.

The rear ports are all USB2.0. Although the 4 front USB ports are enough, the fact that the rear ports are all USB2.0 still makes people feel a little disappointed. This may be due to cost control considerations, but I still hope that the rear USB port can also have a USB 3.0.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.