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Jeff Geerling has a few videos about this box. One came out today.
Drives overheat, cpu overheats, and it has problems with many SSD's. Dramless drives drove up the cpu demand to intolerable levels and drives with a cache gave him different problems with the device identifying them properly. He ended up de-casing it for airflow and wrapping it with tape to keep the drives in.
Failed a number of his NAS tests until he fully declocked the cpu and had a fan blowing on the drives. At that point, the performance was poorer than a raspberry pi 4.
When you add a screen, keyboard and mouse, I think a laptop would be better. More so since laptops can be moved around. I haven't shopped for a laptop recently, so I could be off about the pricing though.
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Not sure what your use case is but I had posted a deal couple days back. Same processor, 12GB DDR5, 512GB HDD and dual 2.5Gbps LAN for $149 (after $70 coupon). I got it but have not tested it yet.
Not sure what your use case is but I had posted a deal couple days back. Same processor, 12GB DDR5, 512GB HDD and dual 2.5Gbps LAN for $149 (after $70 coupon). I got it but have not tested it yet. https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/18266740
Thanks, I saw it. But this box has m.2 2242 at much lower speed comparing to 2280 ssd.
Be aware of the onboard RAM. These mini PCs will often solder RAM directly into the board. They can often get faster RAM cheaper and cooler but you can't upgrade. 12GB isn't terrible for Plex but if you are looking to do VMs you will be running out fast.
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Drives overheat, cpu overheats, and it has problems with many SSD's. Dramless drives drove up the cpu demand to intolerable levels and drives with a cache gave him different problems with the device identifying them properly. He ended up de-casing it for airflow and wrapping it with tape to keep the drives in.
Failed a number of his NAS tests until he fully declocked the cpu and had a fan blowing on the drives. At that point, the performance was poorer than a raspberry pi 4.
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12GB DDR5 vs 16GB DDR4
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e:I see Windows 11 Pro now that I looked harder. I can ship this straight to Grandma.
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