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My compromise between pre-built Thin Clients and SBC's was building my own Mini ITX PC. The 17x17cm form factor has just enough connectivity for the size, even
by Medox 3y ago
My compromise between pre-built Thin Clients and SBC's was building my own Mini ITX PC. The 17x17cm form factor has just enough connectivity for the size, even PCIe.
The 2018 build came in at ~250$: Asrock J4105-ITX [1] + mini ITX case (with pico power supply included) + 2x4GB DDR4 + 128GB SSD. Runs ClearLinux and works perfectly 5 years later.
The 2024 Mini ITX build will probably feature an Intel N100, like the Asus Prime N100I-D D4-CSM [2] at around 120$ for the board itself, but I'm still looking into options.
[1] https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/J4105-ITX/ https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/J4105-ITX/
[2] https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/csm/prime-n100i-d-d4-csm/ https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/cs...
- dangus 3y agoThis was really my first thought and preference since I’m interested mini-ITX as it is. There are a lot of really cool ITX cases out there these days. The cost is higher, but you could probably bring it way down with used components. The Zimaboard isn’t using new generation hardware anyway.