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31-Jul-24 21:54

I've received a lot of help on this so thanks all - I'm kinda leaning towards this

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thoughts peeps ?

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Richard MacCutchan31-Jul-24 22:43

Richard MacCutchan

31-Jul-24 22:43

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Operating system DOS

Well that should be a nice change from Windows 11. Laugh | :laugh:

pkfox31-Jul-24 23:12

31-Jul-24 23:12

I noticed that Richard - I don't really care what's on it as I'll put Debian on it immediately.

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modified 1-Aug-24 10:32am.

CPallini31-Jul-24 22:45

CPallini

31-Jul-24 22:45

Looks good, featuring a cool Ryzen (15W TDP).

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pkfox31-Jul-24 23:13

31-Jul-24 23:13

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honey the codewitch31-Jul-24 23:26

honey the codewitch

31-Jul-24 23:26

Quote:
Operating system DOS

I'm hoping their product description is a bit off. Laugh | :laugh:

Aside from that, it looks like a good little workhorse machine. AMD is good here due to having better onboard video than intel.

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pkfox31-Jul-24 23:33

31-Jul-24 23:33

Video stuff is wasted on me as it will be run headless but you never know

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honey the codewitch31-Jul-24 23:34

honey the codewitch

31-Jul-24 23:34

You can still use it for transcoding (for like DLNA to serve movies to your smart TV for example), or for reencoding video.

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter31-Jul-24 23:26

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

31-Jul-24 23:26

Way overpowered for most Linux... The fact that is is low power Ryzen should solve youe problem with noise (as probably the origin ot that is heat which leads to fan activity)...
Probaly will go for decades...

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honey the codewitch31-Jul-24 23:36

honey the codewitch

31-Jul-24 23:36

Will be somewhat future proof, though I'd argue that "overpowered for linux", while probably true for pkfox's use case, all depends on what you intend to do with that linux box.

If he decides to serve DLNA to his smart TV's he'll need a bit of CPU heft.

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter31-Jul-24 23:40

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

31-Jul-24 23:40

Hence the 'most' part Smile | :)

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RickZeeland31-Jul-24 23:31

RickZeeland

31-Jul-24 23:31

Fast enough for your purposes I think and not too power hungry:
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U Benchmark[^]

RainHat1-Aug-24 2:42

RainHat

1-Aug-24 2:42

Would changing the fan on the original system be possible?

It might be a cheap option.

pkfox1-Aug-24 4:31

1-Aug-24 4:31

No the fan is fine it's just noisy - as these NUC's get on in years they run hot at the slightest provocation - then the fan cuts in and it's noisy. I'll keep it as a NAS or something.

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trønderen1-Aug-24 8:07

trønderen

1-Aug-24 8:07

I think his point was that some fans are quieter than others. A lot quieter! Well, maybe the greatest noise level change came about ten years ago or thereabouts, but even since then, newer fans tend to be significantly less noisy than older ones.

Fortunately, the great majority of fans follow a standard. Of course: The good thing about standards ... But given the size (of which there are a handful alternatives) the major difference is the control mechanism, identified by the plug - 3 or 4 pins.

I suggest that you do not entirely reject a fan replacement, even if you buy yourself a new Linux box. Whether you keep the old box as a backup, or e.g. leave it to some young relative, reducing the noise will significantly raise its useness value.

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Dr.Walt Fair, PE1-Aug-24 7:08

Dr.Walt Fair, PE

1-Aug-24 7:08

Seems like overkill.
I just used an old PC I had laying around, Linux likes themjust fine.

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charlieg1-Aug-24 9:54

charlieg

1-Aug-24 9:54

$374?

Stop being an engineer and overanalyzing. Looks like a solid box, and you might want to buy 2.

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dandy722-Aug-24 4:50

dandy72

2-Aug-24 4:50

This looks an awful lot like the pair I got, and are currently both hosting my VMs after a 64GB RAM upgrade. And with the £100 voucher right now on the page you linked to, you can't go wrong.

Heck, the same page has the same thing but with 16GB, at £315 and an extra £80 off. Personally I'd go with that, and buy a separate 64GB kit (2x32GB DDR4).

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31-Jul-24 17:46

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