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ASUS PN51-S1 Home & Business Mini Desktop Black (AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4-Core, AMD Radeon, WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI, USB 3.1, Display Port) Barebone Unit with Hub. Just received my order (03/02/23) for the Asus PN51-S1 and mine did only have one RJ-45 port. The ports are as shown in the picture, so Amazon's listing is in error when it lists 2 RJ-45 ports. I know several people had a question about the ports.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-PN51-...B0BPTQGFS2
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At IDLE the power usage of an AMD 5300U system is ~6w while the 8700k system is ~35w. That goes to 30w and 130w respectively when kept under load. At idle in my relatively low power cost area where we pay just $0.16 per kW/h that's $0.70 a month vs $4.03 a month, but under constant load it bumps up to ~$15 vs ~$3.50. In a place like California where power costs more than $0.30 per kW/h you're looking at that 8700k system using nearly $30 in power at load vs the 5300U system using just $6.50 worth. Between power costs and the purchase of out of warranty, used hardware vs warrantied new hardware this is a far better choice than those old and abused off-lease sff systems.
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The benefit to this PC is that it can be placed in a fanless case like an akasa. Granted that's a pretty niche use case, but it's what I did with mine and it works pretty well for streaming media from my home server just fine
Pretty easy to score about any OS you want for free or $5
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They forgot the "Linux" part.
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Linux is free.
I hear that online bidding site with an E has Windows 11 codes
No OS is not a problem, no RAM or Storage for $199 is more of a problem
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You don't need to do all that. Just find an old windows 7 pro code and it'll activate
Yeah 5$ lol pretty easy to find gray market keys on Google just use PayPal to protect your card info