CWWK N150-K / N355 Mini-ITX NAS motherboard (6x SATA, 2x i226-V)

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CWWK N150-K / N355 Mini-ITX NAS motherboard (6x SATA, 2x i226-V)

Chips
Intel N100 / N95 or Intel N150 or Intel Core i3-N305 / Core 3 N355
Memory (RAM)
8 or 48 GB
Launch price
$288
Released
2024

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Configurations

Pick one to see which models it runs. More memory lets larger models fit; bandwidth sets how fast they answer.

Configuration Memory Usable for AI Bandwidth LLMs that run well Launch price
Intel N100 / N95 · Intel N100 / N95, ships without memory; with 8 GB fitted 8.0 GB 5.2 GB 38 GB/s 147 of 622 $288
Intel N150 · Intel N150, ships without memory; with 8 GB fitted 8.0 GB 5.2 GB 38 GB/s 147 of 622 —
Intel Core i3-N305 / Core 3 N355 · Intel Core i3-N305 / Core 3 N355, ships without memory; with 8 GB fitted 8.0 GB 5.2 GB 38 GB/s 147 of 622 —
Intel N100 / N95 · Intel N100 / N95, community-tested upgrade, above the maker's stated maximum 48.0 GB 40.3 GB 38 GB/s 204 of 622 —
Intel N150 · Intel N150, community-tested upgrade, above the maker's stated maximum 48.0 GB 40.3 GB 38 GB/s 204 of 622 —
Intel Core i3-N305 / Core 3 N355 · Intel Core i3-N305 / Core 3 N355, community-tested upgrade, above the maker's stated maximum 48.0 GB 40.3 GB 38 GB/s 204 of 622 —

Specifications 8.0 GB configuration

MakerCWWK
TypeNAS
ProcessorIntel N150 NAS (8 GB) · Intel N150, ships without memory; with 8 GB fitted
Memory (RAM)8.0 GB
Usable for AI models5.2 GB
Memory bandwidth38 GB/s
FP16 compute0.2 TFLOPS
Runs models onCPU cores
Drive bays6x SATA III (ASM1166) + 2x M.2 2280 NVMe (PCIe 3.0 x1)
NAS systemBare motherboard, no OS; any x86 NAS OS
Containers (Docker)Yes
Virtual machinesYes
Memory upgradeDDR5-4800 SO-DIMM · 1 slot · 48.0 GB reported working by owners · non-ECC
Graphics card optionsPCIe: 1x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot (review describes it for HBA / 10GbE cards; no GPU guidance from the maker).
NotesIntel N150 (cwwk.net N150-K); N100, Core i3-N305 and Core 3 N355 versions of the same layout are sold by Topton as…. CPU-only N150/N355 with one single-channel DIMM is slow; the PCIe 3.0 x4 slot could host a low-profile GPU but that is untested in sources read.
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Running AI on the CWWK N150-K / N355 Mini-ITX NAS motherboard (6x SATA, 2x i226-V)

It can, with limits: expect small models only, at modest speed. Models run on its CPU cores, and this configuration leaves about 5.2 GB for them after the NAS system and its storage services. The grades below assume the NAS isn’t busy with backups or media work at the same time. More memory is the upgrade that matters most: see the configurations.

Apps you can install to run models

AppHow it installs
Ollama In a container (Docker)
Open WebUI In a container (Docker)

Apps that run LLMs on a NAS, with their container images

Best LLMs for the CWWK N150-K / N355 Mini-ITX NAS motherboard (6x SATA, 2x i226-V) 8.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E2BGoogle Q4_K_M 4.2 GB 13.7 tok/s Runs well
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 74/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ling 3.0 Tiny (8B-A1.3B)Ant Group (inclusionAI) Q3_K_M 5.1 GB 28.4 tok/s Runs welltight fit
41Fair quality (C) · 41 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Unlimited OCR 2 (3B-A0.6B)Baidu Q4_K_M 3.6 GB 44.5 tok/s Runs great
57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4BNVIDIA Q3_K_M 3.4 GB 10.2 tok/s Runs well
38Basic quality (D) · 38 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Unlimited OCR (3B-A0.6B)Baidu Q4_K_M 3.6 GB 44.5 tok/s Runs great
57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM5 2BOpenBMB Q4_K_M 2.9 GB 12.5 tok/s Runs well
49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4BNVIDIA Q2_K 4.4 GB 11.5 tok/s Runs well
36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Granite 4.0 H Tiny (7B-A1B)IBM Q3_K_M 4.5 GB 35.9 tok/s Runs welltight fit
47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nanbeige4.2 3BBOSS Zhipin (Nanbeige) Q2_K 4.2 GB 12.4 tok/s Runs well
47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E4BGoogle Q2_K 4.4 GB 11.5 tok/s Runs well

Best Image models for the CWWK N150-K / N355 Mini-ITX NAS motherboard (6x SATA, 2x i226-V) 8.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs Q8 GGUF 4.3 GB 29.1 min Very slowCPU offload
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs Q4 GGUF 4.6 GB 4.3 min Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use
39Basic quality (D) · 39 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. SDXL TurboStability AI FP8 4.2 GB 28 s Runs well
82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi) FP8 4.4 GB 10.0 min Very slowCPU offload
81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. ERNIE-ImageBaidu Q4 GGUF 4.1 GB 2.0 h Very slowCPU offload
81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MOSS-Image SFTOpenMOSS Q8 GGUF 4.1 GB 71.4 min Very slowCPU offload

Best Video models for the CWWK N150-K / N355 Mini-ITX NAS motherboard (6x SATA, 2x i226-V) 8.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
35Basic quality (D) · 35 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5)Shanghai AI Lab FP16 4.7 GB 68.2 min Very slowtight fit
49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LTX-Video 2BLightricks FP8 4.0 GB 1.7 h Very slowCPU offload
44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 46/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI FP8 4.7 GB 4.0 h Very slowtight fit · CPU offload

Best Decision models for the CWWK N150-K / N355 Mini-ITX NAS motherboard (6x SATA, 2x i226-V) 8.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. OpenAI Privacy FilterOpenAI Q8_0 2.4 GB 197 ms Runs well
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Jina Reranker v3.5Jina AI Q8_0 1.9 GB 4.3 s Very slow
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3 Reranker 4BAlibaba Q5_K_M 4.2 GB 28.7 s Very slow
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Jina Reranker v3Jina AI Q8_0 1.9 GB 4.3 s Very slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLiNER2.5 DecideFastino Q8_0 1.2 GB 1.9 s Very slow
85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. zerank-2ZeroEntropy Q5_K_M 4.2 GB 28.7 s Very slow
85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Shieldstral 1.0 3BMistral AI Q6_K 4.4 GB 27.6 s Very slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FRIDA-DecisionsSber AI Q8_0 1.7 GB 3.2 s Very slow

Other products with the Intel N150 NAS (8 GB)

Spec sources

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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