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CPU/memory/performance are nice, but not the only things I'd care about, e.g. - number and speed of ethernet ports - if you want to build a opnsense router for
by c2h5oh 2y ago
CPU/memory/performance are nice, but not the only things I'd care about, e.g.
- number and speed of ethernet ports - if you want to build a opnsense router for example
- number and kind of video outputs - if you want to build a media pc
- MSRP
- passive vs active cooling
- power draw
- USB ports and USB version
- m2 nvme and sata connectors
- m2 lte (key b) connectors
all of those could be filters - see pcpartpicker as an example of good ui
- drewg123 2y agoI came here to say a lot of this. One thing you didn't mention that I'd like to see is what, if any, PCIe slots there are. This is pretty rare in mini PCs, and I've only seen it on the Minisforum ms-01 (https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-01 https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-01)
- Fnoord 2y agoHP MicroServer Gen 10 isn't a mini PC, but it it is quite small form factor and comes with 4x 1 gbit NIC (I350, supporting SR-IOV). 4 SATA 3.5" slots, allows for iLO and PCIe (I use a PCIe to NVMe there). It draws a lot of power though, as it is a Xeon processor. Sadly PiKVM wouldn't fit in the iLO spot. A Minisforum uses far less power and can be decked with some (3) NVMe. It also has TB4, and a PCIe slot, which can also be used for NVMe/SSD, as well as the one where the WLAN is in (miniPCIe?). Thinking of putting my Coral accelerator in there, though it probably gets quite hot. I suppose the TB4 you could use to attach a bay of SATA drives to the machine, or to use a TB4 case for a NVMe.
- drewg123 2y agoLow power is my main interest in these mini-pcs. Eg, the ability to use "laptop" level CPUs in servers that do a lot of IO, but have smart NICs that can offload TLS.