frontpage Posted by iconian | Staff • 4d ago
Jul 17, 2025 2:36 PM
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frontpage Posted by iconian | Staff • 4d ago
Jul 17, 2025 2:36 PM
Prime Members: KAMRUI Essenx E1 Mini PC: Intel N150, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Win11 Pro
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It's also where I found out that most of these minipc companies are the same outfit. Box had kamrui on it, support replied from a GMKtek account, and when I returned it the address went to an Acemagic location.
I then wrote a perfectly fair review of my experience, and kamrui had amazon remove it for "not meeting community standards". Which is not unique when it comes to these products. About 90% of the critical reviews I bought were either removed or the manufacturer offered me money to delete the review. They also do not allow an ebay buyer to review the product.
So those great reviews, and the lack of complaints, and people suggesting that problems with these devices are rare, don't believe them.
The only one that hasn't sucked is minisforum. I've never dealt with their customer service, but the products I own don't have compatibility problems nor do they overheat.
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Consider whether this can sustain 24x7 operation. Although I didn't have a failing mini PC power adapter, I did have at least one failing/problematic 12v power adapter for my cable modem. Another thing is whether to run an external desktop hard drive 24x7. I had one Seagate external desktop HDD connected to a raspberry pi as NAS (with ext4), and it eventually failed after about 5 years and something. This isn't too bad, considering that the disk and enclosure isn't designed for 24x7 operation.
It would be nice if someone can educate me whether those purpose built NAS use only components that can do 24x7.
It would be nice if someone can educate me whether those purpose built NAS use only components that can do 24x7.
Since your backing up your photos, be sure to have a backup plan for when your HDD fails. You will have disk failures since those don't last forever.
The one in this post is ~$15 more - is it any better?
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Wipe and install Linux then you're gud.
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