popularDr.W posted Sep 18, 2025 01:39 PM
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popularDr.W posted Sep 18, 2025 01:39 PM
Prime: KAMRUI E3B Mini PC: Ryzen 5 7430U, 32GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, Wi-Fi 6, BT 5.2 $251.99
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Unless you need enterprise features (ECC memory, RAID, IPMI remote management), it should perform well as a home or small office server.
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It's a bit like asking if a vehicle will do a good job of "moving stuff". Stuff could mean groceries, or it could mean hauling a boat. I've got Wikidocs, Caddy, and Wireguard idling at 25 MiB of RAM. On the other hand, Home Assistant is using about 550 MiB and Authentik is using over 1 GiB. Which containers you run makes a big difference.
Without knowing what containers you are looking to run, it is hard to give a confident answer. As is not knowing details like what other hardware you have (like a NAS) or usage (1 vs 5 people streaming Plex/Jellyfin at once).
Here a few home server "cons" that may or may not apply for your use:
- Only one NIC - Multiple may be necessary if using this as a router. More can be added via USB.
- 1 GbE - 2.5 GbE is common. If you have gear that supports 2.5 GbE, the 150% speedup is nice.
- No OCuLink port - This would allow you to connect to a PCIe device externally. Primary use cases would be connecting a GPU and virtualizing a gaming machine or adding AI workloads.
- Poor storage expansion - One of the 2 M.2 slots is for SATA drives only. SATA has much worse performance. Plus, I think these drives are not very common. So you probably aren't even saving money by purchasing a slower SATA drive.
- AMD CPU - I prefer AMD over Intel. And their iGPUs are much more powerful. However, Intel's iGPUs have Quick Sync. From everything I've read, Quick Sync is fantastic if your goal is to cheaply transcode video while using little power. Like using Plex.
We're talking about a $250 PC here. All of the above items can be found in this price range (I'm not sure about OCuLink). But normally adding one thing means sacrificing another or raising the price.This mini PC looks like a good value. But without knowing everything you intend on doing, it's hard to know if it's a good fit for you. You might need something this doesn't have, or you might be able to get by with a mini PC that's half the price.
how would this fare as a headless Ubuntu server running docker containers?
As the other reply said, it should work great. However, I will mention that "running docker containers" doesn't tell us a whole lot.
It's a bit like asking if a vehicle will do a good job of "moving stuff". Stuff could mean groceries, or it could mean hauling a boat. I've got Wikidocs, Caddy, and Wireguard idling at 25 MiB of RAM. On the other hand, Home Assistant is using about 550 MiB and Authentik is using over 1 GiB. Which containers you run makes a big difference.
Without knowing what containers you are looking to run, it is hard to give a confident answer. As is not knowing details like what other hardware you have (like a NAS) or usage (1 vs 5 people streaming Plex/Jellyfin at once).
Here a few home server "cons" that may or may not apply for your use:
- Only one NIC - Multiple may be necessary if using this as a router. More can be added via USB.
- 1 GbE - 2.5 GbE is common. If you have gear that supports 2.5 GbE, the 150% speedup is nice.
- No OCuLink port - This would allow you to connect to a PCIe device externally. Primary use cases would be connecting a GPU and virtualizing a gaming machine or adding AI workloads.
- Poor storage expansion - One of the 2 M.2 slots is for SATA drives only. SATA has much worse performance. Plus, I think these drives are not very common. So you probably aren't even saving money by purchasing a slower SATA drive.
- AMD CPU - I prefer AMD over Intel. And their iGPUs are much more powerful. However, Intel's iGPUs have Quick Sync. From everything I've read, Quick Sync is fantastic if your goal is to cheaply transcode video while using little power. Like using Plex.
We're talking about a $250 PC here. All of the above items can be found in this price range (I'm not sure about OCuLink). But normally adding one thing means sacrificing another or raising the price.This mini PC looks like a good value. But without knowing everything you intend on doing, it's hard to know if it's a good fit for you. You might need something this doesn't have, or you might be able to get by with a mini PC that's half the price.
Is it memory paging or IO related? IO wise this would still be a little light.
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- $450 is 80% more than this deal.
- There are some things better about this $250 product than a $450 Mac Mini.
This isn't an argument about which is "better". They are different products with some big differences.old gen GPU
no USB 4
pay more $100 for CPU 7480HS
old gen GPU
no USB 4
pay more $100 for CPU 7480HS
U as Ultrathin need low power, 15-28W, not only 15W, it is good for Ultrabook
HS need more power but with mini PC, there is no problem
GPU still Vega, not Radeon
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"The AMD Ryzen 5 7430U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Cezanne generation. It is part of the second "Barcelo" refresh and was announced in Q4 2023. The processor is identical to the old AMD Ryzen 5 5625U." (Ryzen 5 5625U us from 2022...)
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