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Did this. 24/7 low power Plex server in closet shelf. 8gb and fine with everything so far. 3-4 1080 streams at once. i7 version
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yes (except need to buy a hackintosh wireless and bluetooth adapter).....otherwise, even good for the new big sue.......
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Dell, HP, and Lenovo all have Tiny/Mini/Micro PCs with RAM, storage, wireless, and CPUs that can be upgraded, all in a 1L SFF.
Not an ideal setup if your primary use is gaming, but you could add a...
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I run an older nuc 24x7 for 3 years with win 10 and plex server with no issue.
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That's exactly where I was coming from. I use my previous gaming pc (4gen i5/gtx1070) as my plex server/secondary gaming PC and roku ultras and nvidia shield as my players.
I see a few people gave...
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28 watts! That's insane!
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That is a toy, this is a mini desktop.
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I know a guy that uses a similar but older model as a plex server playing UHD movies off a NAS. The same NUC runs VPN all the time, he says it can run torrent 24/7 with passive cooling, quietly,...
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Gigabyte Brix with AMD Ryzen 4000U
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I think this poster has a point that is more nuanced. At 340, there is really very little to no point in buying this because you have to at least add a few hundred dollars stuff before this will be a...
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I found the the eGPU route to not be nearly has good. Glad to hear your experience it better than mine. What eGPU box are you using? I tried that route with a 1080ti and a laptop with a Thunderbolt...
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https://www.carouselsignage.com Using Apple TV’s
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https://slickdeals.net/f/14559797-100-apple-gift-card-email-delivery-20-target-egc-100?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo1
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If it is just for running plex, something like the HP 290 should be good enough to transcode almost anything you need:
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not bad
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I have a NUC10-i5, and the fan noise can be bothersome to some people (i7 would be worse).
If anyone is considering this and wants an ultra quite setup, I would suggest getting a Akasa Turning...
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out of curiosity, how good would something like this be for an arcade machine? I use a pi now but if I wanted something that could handle newer games like a teknoparrot emulator, would this be a good...
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Do you have a link to these Dell SFF you speak of?
I have been looking for something small for my desk to do light photo editing on separate from my work laptop.
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99.9% of things that run on Intel run on M1, the only exception is Parallels and that’s coming soon. Plex runs on the M1 using Intel Rosetta emulation and will be native soon, but don’t underestimate...
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I have no opinion about those, but I always thought it a weird choice to name an electronic product pronounced "bricks". Seems like you're tempting fate.
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Mine is attached to a 75" television that I sometimes use when I want to show the kids something but most of the time it runs my plex server and I dial in to it with vnc to do tasks I don't want my...
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This is a nice deal. I use as a Plex server and an Adobe Lightroom machine for all my snob photography needs. It uses very little power. Have I built a couple dozen machines in my life from...
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I'm curious which CPU should I look for? Also what exact model is sub $100 with decent hardware transcoding speed (HW transcode is a must to me for reasons, I have Shield TV for most use cases).
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Yep that’s what I am doing and I leave it always on. I am actually running Hackintosh
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I run Plex 24/7 on an i7 NUC, Windows 10, 16GB ram. Media library pointed at a Synology NAS setup as a mapped network drive. It works really well, just set it and forget it.
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What even works on an M1 chip? Is there a plex server, are all the emulation apps compatible? I like the NUC because it is small and I can run anything I want on it. In the past when I have tried...
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I have two eGPUs. Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550 and PowerColor Gaming Station.
Yeah you're definitely not going to get 100% of the performance but I suspect my NUC 6 limiting factor is the CPU as...
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I am considering upgrading from Samsung SmartThings to home assistant. Would this an overkill for that purpose ?
I am also considering running a vpn server, using wireguard, again is this an...
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Seems awfully dated and has crummy graphics performance for the price. I think this would be a deal if it either came bundled with some performance parts or a monitor or something. As-is, it should...
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This seems overpriced. I bought a used NUC with i5-6260U with Iris 540 graphics and 8 GB DDR4 all for $130.
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A Satchel...
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Yes.
It can use both SATA and NVME SSD.
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I've put together 3 NUC computers over the years for family members that needed just a basic computer. The 1st one I built, I think it was an old NUC5 series gets super loud. I built it for my mother...
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I have 4 NUCs, I use 3 of the more high-end ones as a low footprint lab, and the other one I have set as a domain controller outside the lab. Lots of people use these for that reason, low power but...
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Can you replace ssd and memory? Can you run Windows, Linux, etc without issues? Sorry, I don't care for iOS etc...
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Honey...I shrunk our computer :).
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If you have Plex Pass, you can get a much cheaper box that supports hardware transcoding and be better off.
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The new M1 Mac Mini pretty much made these things irrelevant now.
The Mac Mini set the standard 10 years ago that NUCs chipped away at over the years, but the M1 has no equal right now in...
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Most sane people back up their external hard drive to another one and then also have off-site backups. You do take a single point of failure with an external and turn it into a more complex (more...
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Like a raspberry pi ;)
Unless you need speed and power.
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