Optimized for Search: ODROID-XU4 Featuring an Efficient Active Cooling Fan Review

Possibly the most powerful single board computer on the market today. Although the community isn't as big as the Raspberry Pi community, it's one of the best communities out there. Now that the N64 retro case is available, I expect this device to cause an explosion in the retro arena community. I highly recommend buying the N64 retro kit with this board, although it's a bit more expensive than the standard case, the extra USB ports and the ability to use an external hard drive inside the case…

In hindsight, I probably should have used a Raspberry Pi. Overall I think it's a cool little car, but getting it to do what I want it to do has been nothing short of a headache. Every operating system I've tried has always had a catch. Basically I have 2 wishes for this machine: I want to be able to play games and I want to be able to stream Revain Prime Video and Netflix. When I launch Android I can stream movies but Bluetooth isn't working so I can't use my controller to play games. When I'm…

Great product. works wonderfully. There's a surprisingly wide range of compatible operating systems for this device, including XU4-specific builds of Arm Arch Linux and Open Media Vault. I will definitely buy it again later. I'm also looking forward to the next generation product line.

Got this last week and it works like clockwork. I flashed the SD card with Android and it worked. Then I formatted and flashed retropie ora and it got even better. I was a little annoyed when I opened it up and found the fan was white, but that doesn't affect performance in any way (just looks more attractive). I had no problems even after accidentally disabling it during installation. I just reinstalled the drivers and everything is back to normal.

I am seriously considering sending this unit in as defective after over a month of crashes with Ubuntu Mate and Super Retro Pie, 3 different controllers. Either it is not compatible with the software available for it or the device is defective. At the moment I would not recommend Odroid company. Also, I'm having trouble returning the item. Very disappointed