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I've been considering mini pc's for nas' too. Here's what I've found:
- Most anything above a celeron processor is overkill for just a NAS.
- You'll have to add DAS (direct attached storage) to this if you want several platter drives
- The Intel N95 or N100 cpus are less expensive and can run JUST a NAS just fine.
- if you want emulation or graphics prowess you'll want AMD, preferably a version with the AVX512 instruction set that can handle up to PS3 emulation pretty well. Intel used to have AVX512 in their 11th Gen (alderlake) chips but removed the functionality.
- If you want plex transcoding of 4k streams, the Intel N100 can handle 2-3 4k transcoded streams because it has quicksync instructions that no AMD chip has. Even a J4125 chip can probably handle a couple of streams. Plex also only supports Intel hardware transcoding, and while modern Ryzen apus are strong enough, they're not officially supported, so it's hit or miss if Plex will actually use the horsepower they have for transcoding.
- Intel added Quicksync on 6th gen Intel chips, but imperfectly. The best quicksync chips are 8th gen and later, and like I said, the n100 is a beast for transcoding for how low power it is.
- I watched a video of an 11th Gen i3 that had avx512 enabled and it handled ps3 emulation pretty damn well without breaking a sweat, so future generations should be pretty damn great.
- AV1 decoding is a new function of what is likely the next big codec, and it's only available on the newest amd and intel chips, but don't currently remember which ones
**EDIT** Adding more info:
You probably can't have the overhead of running Windows as well. Having to burn in subtitles is apparently a herculean task, even for top of the line processors.
Here is what I read about the J4125, which is older than the N100:
AMR5's 5800U is faster with a passmark of 18,691 compared to the GMK's 11390H passmark of 10,485. The 5800U also runs cooler with a 15 watt rating compared to the 11390H at 35 watts. AMR5 has two NVME slots, GMK has one. AMR5 has 1 gigabit ethernet and GMK has 2.5 gigabit ethernet. The AMR5 won't ship until 07/25 or later due to a manufacturing defect they're having to fix, while the GMK also ships slowly.
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07-18-2023 at 06:49 PM.
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How does the GMK make compare to Acemagician?
AMR5's 5800U is faster with a passmark of 18,691 compared to the GMK's 11390H passmark of 10,485. The 5800U also runs cooler with a 15 watt rating compared to the 11390H at 35 watts. AMR5 has two NVME slots, GMK has one. AMR5 has 1 gigabit ethernet and GMK has 2.5 gigabit ethernet. The AMR5 won't ship until 07/25 or later due to a manufacturing defect they're having to fix, while the GMK also ships slowly.
AMR5's 5800U is faster with a passmark of 18,691 compared to the GMK's 11390H passmark of 10,485. The 5800U also runs cooler with a 15 watt rating compared to the 11390H at 35 watts. AMR5 has two NVME slots, GMK has one. AMR5 has 1 gigabit ethernet and GMK has 2.5 gigabit ethernet. The AMR5 won't ship until 07/25 or later due to a manufacturing defect they're having to fix, while the GMK also ships slowly.
Sorry I had meant just the brand comparison. But now I'm concerned. I already received and started using my AM06pro with ryzen 7 5800u. That's a completely different model that shouldn't have a defect, right? Thanks
Sorry I had meant just the brand comparison. But now I'm concerned. I already received and started using my AM06pro with ryzen 7 5800u. That's a completely different model that shouldn't have a defect, right? Thanks
AFAIK, yes. The features and motherboard layout look quite different.
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07-19-2023 at 09:06 AM.
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Is it worth to make a nas storage based on this?
I've been considering mini pc's for nas' too. Here's what I've found:
- Most anything above a celeron processor is overkill for just a NAS.
- You'll have to add DAS (direct attached storage) to this if you want several platter drives
- The Intel N95 or N100 cpus are less expensive and can run JUST a NAS just fine.
- if you want emulation or graphics prowess you'll want AMD, preferably a version with the AVX512 instruction set that can handle up to PS3 emulation pretty well. Intel used to have AVX512 in their 11th Gen (alderlake) chips but removed the functionality.
- If you want plex transcoding of 4k streams, the Intel N100 can handle 2-3 4k transcoded streams because it has quicksync instructions that no AMD chip has. Even a J4125 chip can probably handle a couple of streams. Plex also only supports Intel hardware transcoding, and while modern Ryzen apus are strong enough, they're not officially supported, so it's hit or miss if Plex will actually use the horsepower they have for transcoding.
- Intel added Quicksync on 6th gen Intel chips, but imperfectly. The best quicksync chips are 8th gen and later, and like I said, the n100 is a beast for transcoding for how low power it is.
- I watched a video of an 11th Gen i3 that had avx512 enabled and it handled ps3 emulation pretty damn well without breaking a sweat, so future generations should be pretty damn great.
- AV1 decoding is a new function of what is likely the next big codec, and it's only available on the newest amd and intel chips, but don't currently remember which ones
**EDIT** Adding more info:
You probably can't have the overhead of running Windows as well. Having to burn in subtitles is apparently a herculean task, even for top of the line processors.
Here is what I read about the J4125, which is older than the N100:
Considering these don't have a dedicated GPU given their size but some games are primarily cpu based, especially older titles, what kind of low to mid tier gaming performance are these capable of?
Could something like this handle actual games (nothing current of course), or would it be limited to Popcap style titles such as Peggle and Bejeweled?
Asking out of potential interest as a desktop replacement for a senior.
Love my beelink miniPC I got the other month. It's an absolute beast when it comes to emulation. I suspect this one would do very well, although struggle with the "tougher" systems/games.
That's what I just did with my new Beelink. Connected a Orico 5-disk bay to it to house all my media. So far it's been working great and the setup was simpler for me and cheaper than a 5-disk nas would be.
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- Most anything above a celeron processor is overkill for just a NAS.
- You'll have to add DAS (direct attached storage) to this if you want several platter drives
- The Intel N95 or N100 cpus are less expensive and can run JUST a NAS just fine.
- if you want emulation or graphics prowess you'll want AMD, preferably a version with the AVX512 instruction set that can handle up to PS3 emulation pretty well. Intel used to have AVX512 in their 11th Gen (alderlake) chips but removed the functionality.
- If you want plex transcoding of 4k streams, the Intel N100 can handle 2-3 4k transcoded streams because it has quicksync instructions that no AMD chip has. Even a J4125 chip can probably handle a couple of streams. Plex also only supports Intel hardware transcoding, and while modern Ryzen apus are strong enough, they're not officially supported, so it's hit or miss if Plex will actually use the horsepower they have for transcoding.
- Intel added Quicksync on 6th gen Intel chips, but imperfectly. The best quicksync chips are 8th gen and later, and like I said, the n100 is a beast for transcoding for how low power it is.
- I watched a video of an 11th Gen i3 that had avx512 enabled and it handled ps3 emulation pretty damn well without breaking a sweat, so future generations should be pretty damn great.
- AV1 decoding is a new function of what is likely the next big codec, and it's only available on the newest amd and intel chips, but don't currently remember which ones
**EDIT** Adding more info:
You probably can't have the overhead of running Windows as well. Having to burn in subtitles is apparently a herculean task, even for top of the line processors.
Here is what I read about the J4125, which is older than the N100:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/com...&context=
N100 info:
Link 1
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniPCs/..._plex_and/
Link 2
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/com...anscoding/
Link 3 (one of the comments mentions 10x 1080p transcodes going at once on an older N5105)
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/com...?context=
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Looks like the ace has thundering 4 if you're in need of that
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Sorry I had meant just the brand comparison. But now I'm concerned. I already received and started using my AM06pro with ryzen 7 5800u. That's a completely different model that shouldn't have a defect, right? Thanks
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I've been considering mini pc's for nas' too. Here's what I've found:
- Most anything above a celeron processor is overkill for just a NAS.
- You'll have to add DAS (direct attached storage) to this if you want several platter drives
- The Intel N95 or N100 cpus are less expensive and can run JUST a NAS just fine.
- if you want emulation or graphics prowess you'll want AMD, preferably a version with the AVX512 instruction set that can handle up to PS3 emulation pretty well. Intel used to have AVX512 in their 11th Gen (alderlake) chips but removed the functionality.
- If you want plex transcoding of 4k streams, the Intel N100 can handle 2-3 4k transcoded streams because it has quicksync instructions that no AMD chip has. Even a J4125 chip can probably handle a couple of streams. Plex also only supports Intel hardware transcoding, and while modern Ryzen apus are strong enough, they're not officially supported, so it's hit or miss if Plex will actually use the horsepower they have for transcoding.
- Intel added Quicksync on 6th gen Intel chips, but imperfectly. The best quicksync chips are 8th gen and later, and like I said, the n100 is a beast for transcoding for how low power it is.
- I watched a video of an 11th Gen i3 that had avx512 enabled and it handled ps3 emulation pretty damn well without breaking a sweat, so future generations should be pretty damn great.
- AV1 decoding is a new function of what is likely the next big codec, and it's only available on the newest amd and intel chips, but don't currently remember which ones
**EDIT** Adding more info:
You probably can't have the overhead of running Windows as well. Having to burn in subtitles is apparently a herculean task, even for top of the line processors.
Here is what I read about the J4125, which is older than the N100:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/com...&context=
N100 info:
Link 1
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniPCs/..._plex_and/
Link 2
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/com...anscoding/
Link 3 (one of the comments mentions 10x 1080p transcodes going at once on an older N5105)
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/com...?context=
Could something like this handle actual games (nothing current of course), or would it be limited to Popcap style titles such as Peggle and Bejeweled?
Asking out of potential interest as a desktop replacement for a senior.
EDIT: doesn't appear to be Thunderbolt.
Crazy how small and quiet they are.