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ServeTheHome actually has a whole series of reviews: https://www.servethehome.com/tag/tinyminimicro/ https://www.servethehome.com/tag/tinyminimicro/ Something
by tbyehl 4y ago
ServeTheHome actually has a whole series of reviews: https://www.servethehome.com/tag/tinyminimicro/ https://www.servethehome.com/tag/tinyminimicro/
Something with an i5-6500T ($100-$120 in an 8/256 config) is insane bang-for-the-buck relative to a Pi. Especially with the tendency of Pis to multiply.
- jhenkens 4y agoI've been lazier - I've just been buying ~$120 "Minisforum" PC's (4 now, for various people I've set them up for). They work great, but their CPU performance compared to the i5-6500T leaves a lot to be desired (1000/1400 vs 1800/4800 single/multi). They still kick a Pi's butt, and they are x86 which makes lots of things easier. My main hesitation with buying the used USFF has been the Intel Graphics generations - I don't know enough about it, but I do use my mini PC for Plex, and have a hard time comparing the integrated graphics, which is critical. These N4000 destroy the i5-3450 I have in my NAS. It was cheaper to buy an N4000 and put Plex on it over network access, than it was to completely upgrade my NAS to a new generation of hardware, and the newer QuickSync version can actually encode with Plex.
- tbyehl 4y agoMy understanding is that QSV transcoding stopped being trash with Skylake and newer, but I'm basing that off of this thread and use an i5-10400 for my own. https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-hardware-transcoding-the-jdm-way-quicksync-and-nvenc/1408/3 https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-hardware-transcoding... My original "Pi for PiHole" replacement 5-6 years ago was a used AMD GX-415GA NUC-alike that I spent less than $40 on and half was for an SSD. I keep it around still because it cold boots incredibly fast and if there's anything you want to boot really fast, it's the thing running your DNS.