note, these might be less with a stackable paypal offer (ymmv) while it lasts
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These are really good for running Proxmox, Trunas, unraid etc. I looked into it awhile ago but ended up getting the u green nas to get better warranty support and build quality.
But at this price it's a good option but factor in $100 or so for 8gb of ram. Also, AMD is not great if you are planning on running Plex or Jellyfin
I'm still seeing it at $273.57. Just use the code in the description to bring it down $40.
I also purchased it through PayPal app to get an extra 6% back.
i keep wanting to buy a nas but duck taping some external drives into a cube and plugging them into an old laptop was free and its hard to compete with free, usb3 is so fast it doesnt seem like internal matters anymore.
I have this exact mini PC, same barebone config and all. I have 2x - 2TB NVME drives with 4x - 2 TB SSD drives running 64 GB RAM. Perhaps the hardware is overkill for what I'm running - Unraid with Plex, Frigate, Navidrome, Immich. My peak resource usage MIGHT hit 20%, but then it stabilizes and is usually 5-10%. I tried both TrueNAS and ProxMox before Unraid, but those two gave me issues with properly recognizing all of my drives (proxmox) and TrueNAS didn't support a LAG with the 2 built-in NICs. Unraid hands down is the clear winner for me; LAG setup was all of two minutes and it recognized all my drives no problem.
I cannot comment much on transcoding, as I don't host Plex for friends outside my network, but direct play on my LAN is super snappy. As long as you aren't trying to use your built-in Smart TV OS (Don't get me started!) Also, Frigate seems happy with the integrated GPU as I never see it pass 15% utilization. It probably helps that I only have two IP cameras, a 4k and an 8k.
If the price had stayed at OP's price, it would have been a steal, as I paid about $420 directly from AOOSTAR at release about a year ago.
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But at this price it's a good option but factor in $100 or so for 8gb of ram. Also, AMD is not great if you are planning on running Plex or Jellyfin
I also purchased it through PayPal app to get an extra 6% back.
Recognized this from the video that Hardware Haven posted a while back.
https://youtu.be/Ct4yewC7mKA?si=
Picked one up for $213.
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I cannot comment much on transcoding, as I don't host Plex for friends outside my network, but direct play on my LAN is super snappy. As long as you aren't trying to use your built-in Smart TV OS (Don't get me started!) Also, Frigate seems happy with the integrated GPU as I never see it pass 15% utilization. It probably helps that I only have two IP cameras, a 4k and an 8k.
If the price had stayed at OP's price, it would have been a steal, as I paid about $420 directly from AOOSTAR at release about a year ago.
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