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frontpageiconian | Staff posted Jul 24, 2025 05:51 PM
KAMRUI GK3 Plus Mini PC: N95, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
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RK3588 systems (like Radxa Rock 5b, various NanoPi boards, OrangePi boards...) idle around 6W and max out at <10W. An N95 system will idle at around 10-15W and will easily hit 30 W under load.
5W x 24 hr x 365 days x 55¢/kWhr = $25
15W x 24 hr x 365 days x 55¢/kWhr = $72
Your numbers may vary, but food for thought (and why I still haven't added an N95 system to our home)
However, depending on their age, you may not want to start them on Windows and opt for Chrome OS instead.
Despite being more secure than it was when I was growing up, it's still far too easy to get into trouble with an internet connected Windows PC. And while you can enable parental controls, there's still ways around them. There isn't a single kid who hasn't gone looking for ways to break the child lock.
At least with Chrome OS, you won't have to worry about malware.
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Depends on your transcode needs. Looks like a no for 4k but just fine for 1080p transcoding single stream. If you are just serving up raw files it will handle that just fine.
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It says m.2 SATA on the images.
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Benchmark numbers are equivalent to mixed and I'm seeing the RK3588 actually has better hardware support for video encoding and inference workloads (e.g. in Frigate).
So tempting but I think this is a pass for me.
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RK3588 systems (like Radxa Rock 5b, various NanoPi boards, OrangePi boards...) idle around 6W and max out at <10W. An N95 system will idle at around 10-15W and will easily hit 30 W under load.
5W x 24 hr x 365 days x 55¢/kWhr = $25
15W x 24 hr x 365 days x 55¢/kWhr = $72
Your numbers may vary, but food for thought (and why I still haven't added an N95 system to our home)
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Assuming they don't want to do any gaming, it's not a bad starting point for the price.
However, depending on their age, you may not want to start them on Windows and opt for Chrome OS instead.
Despite being more secure than it was when I was growing up, it's still far too easy to get into trouble with an internet connected Windows PC. And while you can enable parental controls, there's still ways around them. There isn't a single kid who hasn't gone looking for ways to break the child lock.
At least with Chrome OS, you won't have to worry about malware.
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