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Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by jelicicm »

Thank you for this. Love the simple design. I hope this DB keeps growing! One note: Sorting on Ram Size column seems to be string sorting (e.g. descending order gives 96, 8,...,7.34,64), when it obviously should be numerical.

Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by trte9343r4 »

axelfontaine wrote: post #6

My current favorite is Cirrus7: 100% passively cooled in a great compact custom case: https://www.cirrus7.com/

Did you actually try to run this thing? It will overheat and be very unstable. With modern mini-PCs you need active cooling even on DDR5 and SSDs!

Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by c2h5oh »

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

Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by NelsonMinar »

If you're looking to tinker the Amazon Prime sale has some reasonable deals on N100 mini-PCs right now, at least in the US. Popular models like BeeLink and Minisforum are down from $200 to $160.

Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by buildsjets »

These are all outdated and old. I have a Beelink with an Intel N100, that's over a year and a half old CPU, and has been super common on the market this year. They only list 3 brands with an N100 on here, and I have never heard of any of them. Looking at the Beelink PCs they do list, they all have CPUs from 2016-2017

Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by layer8 »

This is lacking most of the useful specs you’d want to search/filter for, like internal and external connectors, Wifi/Bluetooth capabilities, passive vs. active cooling, dimensions, and so on.

Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by metadat »

It's missing all of the HP mini's which have been extremely popular for more than a decade.

Examples:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c07588846 — HP EliteDesk 800 G8 (Intel 13th gen)

https://support.hp.com/ee-en/document/c06045012 — HP EliteDesk 800 G4 Desktop Mini (Intel 8th gen)

Also discussed recently:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40867709 — The Cheapest NAS (sigwait.org) — 2 weeks ago, 298 comments

Re: Mini PCs Database

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Post by Fnoord »

BossingAround wrote: post #7
axelfontaine wrote: post #6

My current favorite is Cirrus7: 100% passively cooled in a great compact custom case: https://www.cirrus7.com/

Wow, this looks awesome for a low-usage home server (since it makes no noise). Does it handle load well though?

Minisforum MS-01 is way better since it can function as a router and NAS / server with high uplink. It sports 2x 2.5 gbit, 2x SFP+, and all of these are decent Intel NICs (i226-LM, i226-V, X710). The X710 supports SR-IOV. It also has a PCIe slot you can use, for example to add another 10 gbit NIC or two 2.5 gbit. And it has an on-board WLAN (which you can remove). Actively cooled, which is IMO what you want. It has 3 NVMe slots, though you could also use that PCIe slot for another one.
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