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GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus Mini PC: Intel N150, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD $129.99 at Amazon

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Slightly higher than the $125.93 sale from earlier this week, but much faster shipping.

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Slightly higher than the $125.93 sale from earlier this week, but much faster shipping.

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artcab
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Willing to pay the extra (in my case) $4.30 to have this by the weekend versus the end of Feb to mid March delivery window for the earlier cheaper deal.
Feb 14, 2025
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Nacho1545
Feb 14, 2025
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Dead?
Feb 14, 2025
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leoniv
Feb 14, 2025
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Hmm, been eyeing these small mini PCs as a dedicated plex server. Current plex server is my laptop which isnt ideal, it's always asleep.

Serious question: something like this or a nvidia shield pro to run plex server?
Feb 14, 2025
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Nacho1545
Feb 14, 2025
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Quote from leoniv :
Hmm, been eyeing these small mini PCs as a dedicated plex server. Current plex server is my laptop which isnt ideal, it's always asleep.

Serious question: something like this or a nvidia shield pro to run plex server?
Depends if you need to transcode and how many users. Keep in mind you'll need an external drive.

What OS would you use?
Feb 14, 2025
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Feb 14, 2025
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Quote from leoniv :
Hmm, been eyeing these small mini PCs as a dedicated plex server. Current plex server is my laptop which isnt ideal, it's always asleep. Serious question: something like this or a nvidia shield pro to run plex server?
Not sure about this box (seems like it'd be OK), but a Shield isn't great for running Plex server. Just a few days ago someone asked this question on Reddit and all the answers were don't do it. I turned it off on mine and it runs better.
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Quote from Nacho1545 :
Dead?
There's a checkbox to enable a $10 off coupon - OP should have put that in original post
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It .dropped another buck to $128.99 after $10 off coupon. Not sure why this isn't FP at only $3.04 more than the prior on again off again FP deal, and with shipping in a matter of days rather than weeks.

Received mine on Saturday, put the NVMe drive in an external enclosure, burned Home Assistant OS to it, reinstalled the NVMe drive, booted up HA, restored a backup from my other machine, and it's running like a champ.

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Feb 19, 2025
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cgott42
Feb 19, 2025
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will this overheat if kept in a drawer? Any suggestions?
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wiffle
Feb 20, 2025
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Quote from cgott42 :
will this overheat if kept in a drawer? Any suggestions?
Most likely.
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leoniv
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Quote from Nacho1545 :
Depends if you need to transcode and how many users. Keep in mind you'll need an external drive.

What OS would you use?
Seems like this box comes with Win11 so I'd probably stick with that. As far as number of users, it'd be just 1...me Smilie. I don't share my plex server outside my network and I have an external ssd (Samsung T7) with all of my files so I'm good there. I wouldn't expect any of my clients (Rokus + Sony/Android TV) to transcode anything. They should all be direct streams. FWIW, it's mostly light streaming...nothing over 1080P video and all in standard formats: avi, mpg, a few mkv (maybe, can't recall).
Feb 21, 2025
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leoniv
Feb 21, 2025
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Quote from bdb :
Not sure about this box (seems like it'd be OK), but a Shield isn't great for running Plex server. Just a few days ago someone asked this question on Reddit and all the answers were don't do it. I turned it off on mine and it runs better.
Oh, that's unfortunate. Thanks for the tip.
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AlanTheWoo
Feb 26, 2025
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Would it be a good use for this to replace a laptop and hot swap between desks using a usb-c dock for typical office work?
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Currently showing shipping date range of April 17-27 for me.

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