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You can run WSL on it, and auto-start it (and containers) upon boot, plus Remote Desktop to it for interactive maintenance (and yes, you can also go out and gra
by rcarmo 4y ago
You can run WSL on it, and auto-start it (and containers) upon boot, plus Remote Desktop to it for interactive maintenance (and yes, you can also go out and grab a new Intel N100 miniPC and kit it out to similar specs and have much less power draw than your i5 config, which I think will be cheaper in the long run and actually faster…).
- InvaderFizz 4y agoAssuming an average draw of 30 watts for the i5-8500t system (it will be mostly idle, so way less). With my $0.11/kWh electricity, I'm looking at $2.37/month in costs to run a node. Even assuming the electricity was free for the Arm box, that's 10 years to make up the difference. I highly doubt these machines will be in use in 10 years. The N100 is interesting, but it's capped at 16GB RAM by Intel.