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.
Whether or not there are any bios updates available!
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#32Great minimalistic web design but it only has 65 mini pcs on it and doesn't have a lot of popular ones like the Minisforum ones or Lenovo Thinkcentres. So it is hardly the "ultimate resource for everything Mini PCs".
I think Beelink alone has more than 65 mini PCs :)
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#33It'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
Not just HP but Lenovo and Dell too. They all use the same case and motherboard design. x86 so every Linux and BSD distro will work, upgradable CPU, RAM, and HDD etc. I can vouch for them.
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#34This list maintained by r/MiniPCs is infinitely better – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SWqLJ6tGmYHzqGaa4RZs...
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#35It'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
Parky Towers has a decent index of those thin clients, with information about how they can be upgraded
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#36These cheap mini PC look nice on paper, but I have bad experience with them. They tend to break after a while. They got shut down due to overheat; their small form factor make ventilation difficult. BIOS was set to overclocking by default. BIOS settings got magically reverted back to default. Everything makes it look good on paper on benchmarks but bad for consumers. OTOH, I got good experience with the Intel NUC box…
Yeah you can get a refurbished Dell Optiplex for about $100 w/ keyboard, mouse, and wifi adapter, and should have a passmark score of around 6k (for reference the i7 in thinkpad x1 carbons from 2018 has a passmark score of 8k). I got one of these setup for an event organizer that wanted to drive three displays w/ timing software on a budget.
+1! -- I use Optiplexes in my homelab for client/misc/fw duty, and I have a pair of Supermicro mini servers with Xeon-D chips for slightly heavier stuff. Both bulletproof and small/innocuous/inexpensive to run.
I keep wanting to upgrade to something shiny or attempt to consolidate since my Dells are on some hilariously old chips (4th gen LTS "T" series i7s) but man they just keep chugging along, it's hard to justify.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
For $600 sure, but its review isn't exactly glowing: https://www.servethehome.com/minisforum-ms-01-review-the-10g...
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#38This 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.
And any pricing information. I know it's hard to keep up to date but that's what makes shucks.top amazing. (or made it amazing, it seems to be down...)
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#40It'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
Parky Towers has a decent index of those thin clients, with information about how they can be upgraded https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hware/hardware.shtml
That's not the same. Thin clients are a different category than small form factor micro PCs.