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Mac minis are quite expensive. I'm trying to rebuild my home server and it will be probably Chinese minipc Ryzen 5700u, still tdwp 25 IIRC
by p0w3n3d 1y ago
Mac minis are quite expensive. I'm trying to rebuild my home server and it will be probably Chinese minipc Ryzen 5700u, still tdwp 25 IIRC
- sneak 1y agoThey are indeed expensive, but wow are they fast, and they have 10GE options.
- youngtaff 1y agoThey’re not too badly priced if you buy them used… no where near as cheap as a one of the small Lenovos, Dells or HPs though or as easy to upgrade What I really want is a IP KVM that connects to a MacMini using a single Thunderbolt port for everything - power, video, keyboard and mouse
- beng-nl 1y agoThat kvm product is a great idea.
- beng-nl 1y agoDepends on the Mac mini model I think; used Mac mini m4 16gb 256gb are priced quite low compared to the performance - I believe close to best bang for the buck - and are I believe near best energy efficiency. I love them for heavy cpu tasks without loud fans and heat in my office (pcs did this in my previous homelab setup for a bit less performance). The higher specced max minis (more memory or pro) Are worse bang for buck.
- p0w3n3d 1y agoI'd love to have possibility to compare M4 with Ryzen 5700u as a server. I've read a comparison of M1 against 5700u and it was quite good price for value tbh. EDIT According to some site M4 is 2 times faster and 3 times more expensive, while you can later add memory to Ryzen but not to M4