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Yes this. The tiny PCs tend to have mobile CPUs in them as well which can feel a little sluggish. You can get a decent small desktop for the same money. I have
by baz00 3y ago
Yes this. The tiny PCs tend to have mobile CPUs in them as well which can feel a little sluggish. You can get a decent small desktop for the same money. I have a Lenovo Neo 50s as my main computer with a 12400, 32Gb of RAM and 1TB SN850X SSD in it. Very nice, quiet and reliable machine.
- user_named 3y agoYeah but for the same money as your Lenovo, you can get something much smaller.
- j45 3y agoPhysical size generally matters to a certain extent, compared to the small amount of electricity for the computing power. 2 values I like comparing: - Computing power (cpu benchmark) / per watt is a good comparison. - After that, comparing those to compute power per dollar ratio really lays a clear picture out. The NUCs are definitely smaller than the USSF boards (roughly mac mini size), but not enough that it has stood out.
- baz00 3y agoIt lurks under my desk getting dusty. I don't care. If it's really small it's really hard to make it lurk somewhere. It's either dangling, in some horrible mount or on top of the desk. There's enough room in the Lenovo for a couple of PCI cards, a couple more disks and a hell of a lot more RAM if I need it too.
- j45 3y agoThe fact that the 8th gen can handle 64gb ram is a nice surprise
- prima-facie 3y agoThe Tiny/Mini/Micro series from Lenovo/HP/Dell don't use mobile CPUs at all, but the throttled (T) versions of their desktop counterparts. They're even socketed, so you could swap them out. I use a Dell OptiPlex 7000 Micro having an i5-12500T CPU as my main dev machine and it's very snappy. Add a monitor and mount it on a MFS18 stand and you have a nice all-in-one system.
- j45 3y agoThis secret might get out now :) So many cores and threads for so few watts.