I’ll look into this. This is kinda my holiday gift to myself.
Any good sites to buy? I’m trying to avoid Walmart and Amazon.
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umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I will just get an AMD (7745HX?) mini PC with adequate RAM and call it a day.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
tehnomad@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I would suggest an Intel N100 mini PC if you are planning to transcode video files with Plex. Intel Quick Sync performs better than AMD for media transcoding.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
What you gain in quicksync you lose in raw CPU power for other tasks. If you don’t need to transcode your video, or you pre transcode what needs transcoding at night when you’re not doing anything then you can bog the CPU down then, while still having TONS more power available during the day.
According to geekbench the 7745HX is 2.5x the single core performance, and almost 6x the multi core performance. Under load power consumption will be a lot higher, but idle should be low enough to not really make a difference.
browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9360225
browser.geekbench.com/…/amd-ryzen-7-7745hx