Comment on Help me choose hardware for my first custom setup
captainjaneway@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You shouldn’t have to pick it all separately. Some Nucs are “barebones” and others come with RAM, CPU, Storage, etc. This Amazon link purportedly claims to have RAM, SSD, etc. pre-built into the ASUS NUC.
That being said, any NUC’s integrated GPU is likely going to be far superior to the RPi5’s CPU encoding (which I assume was your previous setup).
If you want to spend ~$1000, you might be better off with just going straight for the dedicated NAS.
roydbt@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
But won’t that just cost way more than building it myself?
captainjaneway@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s true for PC gaming but might not be true for these NUCs. I’m not an expert but I wouldn’t be surprised if they shaved costs with bulk purchases of RAM and SSDs for these devices. Regardless, I was just addressing a point you made about being forced to buy the components yourself which isn’t the case. Pricing is probably going to vary wildly depending on what you pick and you might be able to save money if you’re ok with less RAM or less storage.