Comment on Best "bang for your buck" NUC/Pi setup for Jellyfin/HomeAssistant/PiHole?
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Buy a 7th gen Intel based tiny/mini/micro PC instead of a Pi or NUC. You get much more bang for your buck. 35W max draw. They are far more capable than people give them credit for. I run 3 of them (4 if you count the Mac mini).
linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 4 days ago
As tempting as that is, I’m not expecting to build up something that hefty. Love the wireminding and all, but I’m hoping to keep this as something I can mount nicely in my teeny tiny network cabinet. The horsepower I’m looking for, alongside the low thermal and power loads, are my goal. Maybe I’ll expand beyond eventually, but who knows?
Thank you for the suggestion though! Also love the R&C refs :) Still need to finish Rift Apart.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Understood! I’m just showing you that a tiny/mini/micro PC is incredibly beefy for what it is, especially when you stuff it with an i7 and a bunch of RAM.
I name all my physical machines after R&C characters. HA is “Ace” as in Ace Hardlight, and the Optiplex (running Frigate) on the left is “Skrunch”… As in Qwark’s monkey sidekick 😂
Rift Apart was super fun. The final battle sequence is awesome for grinding if you wanna 100% the game. I’ve got it down to a science haha.
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
I think you are misunderstanding. The part they are talking about are just the small boxes in the center, labelled “mort” “ratchet” and “home assistant.”. You can get used office PCs like those for around the cost of a rpi, and they are way more powerful, but with a low power draw.
linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah I did get a little Lost :P
But for reals, yeah I did. I was taking in the entire picture, but still way more than I’m hoping to utilize. One tiny box for now, but maybe down the line I’ll expand to a rack. Its only me, as my housemates use the Jellyfin setup a bit through our TVs, but the HA stuff, and even the PiHole are more or less all mine.