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Be mindful of thermal throttling, though: the noise (in the living room?) can be a nuisance. I've bought an Intel NUC (https://henvic.dev/posts/homelab/ https:/
by henvic 4y ago
Be mindful of thermal throttling, though: the noise (in the living room?) can be a nuisance. I've bought an Intel NUC (https://henvic.dev/posts/homelab/ https://henvic.dev/posts/homelab/) to use as a home server and kind of regret it. It's not a laptop, but has the small factor of one.
- vanilla_nut 4y agoYep, my old laptop worked great but boy did the fans get annoying in my office. Upgraded to a fanless raspberry pi setup and it’s both better performing AND completely silent.
- vladvasiliu 4y agoI don't know about the NUCs specifically, but I thing there should be a YMMV disclaimer in this recommendation. From what I've seen, these kinds of small PCs are basically a laptop-in-a-box, but usually pack a desktop-class CPU. Which means that the cooling system can sometimes have a hard time. I personally have an HP EliteDesk 800 mini, which I initially liked for its compact size while at the same time being able to have 2 NVME drives and one SATA. Boy do I hate it. Even at idle, the fan makes a terrible noise. Throw any kind of work at it for more that 10 seconds, and it starts to ramp up. My work probook from the same era has a joke for a cooler, yet it's still quieter most of the time. The CPU is noticeably slower (i5-8xxxU), though for running a random home server it's probably good enough.