Review on NanoPi R1 Allwinner Ethernet Onboard by Brian Henley

CPU only 1.2GHz so you don't go crazy but it's ARM, no fan, runs on 5V, has 1GB RAM and 1GB onboard MMC HDD. It comes pre-assembled in a very nice metal case and is about the size of two stacked decks of cards. I reinstalled it with Ubuntu and it turned out to be a very functional little network device. The best thing about this board as a network device is that it has 2 Ethernet ports plus WiFi. I use it as a VPN bridge and it fits that role perfectly. 2 USB ports allow you to add storage and an extra device. It doesn't have an HDMI port, so it's not a common Pi board setup, but for networking applications this device is perfect.