ASUS ExpertCenter PN64 (- BB3012MD)

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ExpertCenter PN64 series come with different cpu/ram/connectors editions.
This one is i3-1220P Alder Lake barebone variant equipped with:
32 GB DDR5, m.2 NVMe PCIe gen4, 2x HDMI, 1x DP

10 cores: 2 P-cores (up to 4.4GHz), 8 E-cores (up to 3.3GHz)

Tested all internal peripherals (audio, wifi, LAN 2.5Gb, usb, …).
Tested triple monitors connection (HDMI + HDMI + DP) ( ← works great )
Tested on linux kernels:

  • 6.6.77-1.fc37
  • 6.12.11-1.fc37
  • 6.13.6-1.fc37
  • 6.13.7-1.fc37

Please update to latest UEFI/BIOS from Asus site (Feb 2025, v 3.04.00).

Nothing needs to be changed in the UEFI/BIOS, except values you prefer (i.e. more VRAM, disable unneeded peripherals etc…)

Feel free to experiment with CPU core pinning (between E and P cores). Great thread for that matter starts here ( copyright @renehoj et. al.: )

My favorite layout is:
Dom0 (& sys-*): pinned to 8 e-cores, other cubes to all P and E cores…

Qubes release 4.2.4

Brand: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Model: ExpertCenter PN64 MINIPC
BIOS: 3.04.00

Xen: 4.17.5
Kernel: 6.13.6-1

RAM: 30378 Mb

CPU:
12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i3-1220P
Chipset:
Intel Corporation Device [8086:4601] (rev 04)
VGA:
Intel Corporation Alder Lake-UP3 GT1 [UHD Graphics] [8086:46b3] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Net:
Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V [8086:15f3] (rev 03)

SCSI:

HVM: Active
I/O MMU: Active
HAP/SLAT: Yes
TPM: Device present (TPM 2.0)
Remapping: yes
Certified: no

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Mini PC'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
model: |
  MINIPC PN64
bios: |
  3.04.00
cpu: |
  12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1220P
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:4601] (rev 04)
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Alder Lake-UP3 GT1 [UHD Graphics] [8086:46b3] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V [8086:15f3] (rev 03)
memory: |
  30378
scsi: |

usb: |
  2
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
    qubes: |
      R4.2.4
    xen: |
      4.17.5
    kernel: |
      6.13.6-1
    remark: |
      n/a
    credit: |
      @mapo
    link: |https://www.asus.com/displays-desktops/mini-pcs/pn-series/asus-expertcenter-pn64/

Overall … Great price/performance for a miniPC… We use them as daily workhorse mainly for coding & sysadmin for external clients.
Also exellent for fast office work, streaming, with quite good integrated Iris graphics.

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