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ORIGIMAGIC C2 Mini PC: Intel N150 CPU, 12GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 1Gb LAN, Win 11 Pro, WiFi 5 $229.90 Delivered @ Origimagic Amazon AU

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Make sure you check the $110 coupon to get the mini PC for $229.90.

I ordered one of these the other day and was impressed by how quiet and small they are.
It is my intention to try and get Frigate and Home Assistant running on one of these.

My observations:

  1. The PC is very near silent when going through setup, the fan became audible when Windows was applying updates etc (but still commendably quiet for such a small PC).
  2. Arrived quickly and well packed.
  3. Australian power adapter plug.
  4. HDMI cable included.
  5. Windows 11 Pro included
  6. HDD read speed around 850MB/s on crystal disk mark.
  7. Intel N150 CPU should be power efficient, hopefully will work with my cameras to replace my NVR.
  8. Dual LAN hopefully will allow me to have one port going to a separate LAN using a PoE switch for the cameras, the other port for my regular LAN.
  9. Hoping the WiFi 5 card can be removed (it appears to be M.2 in the listing photos), then an M.2 coral card can be added if required for Frigate NVR object identification.

Details from the Amazon page:
【2025 Intel Twin Lake N150 Processor】The ORIGIMAGIC C2 mini PC features the latest Twin Lake N150 CPU, with 4 cores, 4 threads, and a 6MB cache, offering burst speeds of up to 3.6GHz. As an upgrade to the Alder Lake N100, the N150 delivers a 6%-10% overall performance boost and a 15% improvement over the N95. It is ideal for routine tasks, office work, and home entertainment, providing greater convenience than traditional desktop PCs.
【12GB DDR5 RAM & 512GB SSD Mini Computer】The ORIGIMAGIC C2 mini PC comes prebuilt with 12GB DDR5(4800MHz) RAM and a 512GB M.2 2280 SSD (expandable up to 2TB), delivering faster performance. This mini desktop PC boots up in seconds effortlessly handles multiple software applications, and enables quick file transfers.
【Multiple Device and Fast Connections】The ORIGIMAIGIC C2 mini PC features USB 3.2 (up to 5Gbps) × 3, HDMI (4K@60Hz) × 2, DisplayPort (4K@60Hz), and a 3.5mm audio jack. It supports Wi-Fi 5, dual Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45, 1000M), and Bluetooth 5.0. This mini PC is ideal for connecting to servers, monitoring equipment, office devices, displays, projectors, TVs, and more.
【4K Triple Screen Display】The C2 mini desktop computer is equipped with Intel UHD Graphics (max 1000MHz), supporting 4K video playback and AV1 decoding. You can connect the PC to a projector for a home theatre experience, enjoying a variety of entertainment options. With two HDMI 2.0 ports and one DP 1.4 port, it enables efficient multitasking across three 4K@60Hz displays.
【Excellent silent effect】The ORIGIMAGIC C2 mini computer’s built-in cooling fan is almost silent under light load, and even under heavy use, the fan remains quiet with minimal inaudible noise. This makes it perfect for focusing on your tasks. Even in your bedroom, it won’t disturb your sleep.

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  • BatmanAU on 30/05/2025 - 20:47

    12GB RAM, that’s a bit low isn’t it

    • repeat on 30/05/2025 - 20:50
      +2

      It depends what you want to do with it - for me it seems okay.
      I do not think it is expandable with such a small form factor though.

        • rumblytangara on 30/05/2025 - 21:16
          +14

          Plenty of RAM if you're running something other than a bloated OS. Which is clearly what a form factor like this is designed for.

          • 16k-zx81 on 31/05/2025 - 16:40
            +2

            @rumblytangara: Yep. Debian running sonarr, radarr, sabnzbd, nzbhydra, Jackett, prowlarr, overseer, a desktop, TeamViewer, and a browser with a few tabs open : 3.8gb used

    • Bedgrub on 30/05/2025 - 22:16
      +2

      N150 is pretty meh for anything other than a headless server, in which case 12gb might be fine.

    • fastnet on 30/05/2025 - 22:19
      +16

      It's actually too much. The sweet spot is 8GB - just enough to run, but not enough to stop us from complaining

    • repeat on 30/05/2025 - 21:06
      +3

      It is a significantly more powerful PC, but less efficient than the N150 for some tasks, is larger, likely noisier, and consume more power.

  • impoze on 30/05/2025 - 21:00
    +2

    2x 1gbe NIC is nice for a proxmox/opnsense combo

    Plus a few other services - home assistant, jellyfin, dockers

    • Associatedwisc @ Amazon AU on 30/05/2025 - 22:52

      I've said it before and I'll say it again.

      This….

      But my flavour is xcp-ng or VMware (now that it is free again)
      For type 0 hypervisor.

      And pfsense.

      But much to a muchness.

      The type 0 should be "slightly" lighter as it requires no os to be running, leaving more resources for the VM's ie, you may be about to get one more vm out of your host….

      At the expense of proxmox wide spread use.

    • Arigato on 31/05/2025 - 00:22
      +1

      Do you know if they are intel nics?

  • Taro Milk Tea on 30/05/2025 - 21:02
    +1

    Stupid question, what do people normally use of a mini PC like this?

    • Jake T on 30/05/2025 - 21:09
      +11

      A lot of Plex kind of users I think.

      I personally use them on film productions. They’re fantastic to tuck behind TVs/monitors/electronic billboards and project whatever’s needed for a scene. On sci-fi shows there could be 30 of these hidden on any given set 👌

      • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 14:56

        nice, is it too much to ask which productions you've worked on please?

        • Jake T on 02/06/2025 - 18:24
          +2

          A few too many to list. But most recently Monarch Season 2 :) we built some sets for that with a mindblowing amount of monitors, it’s gonna look very cool when it hits TV.

          • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 19:07

            @Jake T: dude it's a shame I can only give you but one upvote! Loved Monarch S1, looking forward to S2. Had dreams of being in production in my younger years, but was sidetracked into I.T. instead. Keep living and following the dream. Ha ha. I wonder if one of the monitors in the background will have MAME running Galaga on it ;)

    • jimmykim on 30/05/2025 - 21:21
      +5

      Not a dumb question. Most folks use them for streaming (Netflix, Plex, etc.), but they’re also great for light work, old-school gaming, or messing around with home automation. Kinda like a tiny, all-purpose computer.

      • 87percent on 30/05/2025 - 22:48

        What’s the minimum to play games like Fortnite?

      • dcep on 31/05/2025 - 00:19

        can firesticks do netflix / plex as well ?

        • lulzenberg on 31/05/2025 - 14:11

          I would hazard a guess they mean hosting a plex server, not using it to watch plex. Firesticks can definitely watch plex but I don't know of a way of hosting a plex server on one.

    • koyote on 30/05/2025 - 21:33
      +3

      I have one with 4x2.5 GbE ports that I use as a router (opnSense), works like a charm.

      • philotex on 30/05/2025 - 22:45

        Just curious, you running opnsense direct or proxmox?

        • koyote on 31/05/2025 - 11:15
          +1

          I used to run pfSense via proxmox but it's a bit more work and of course then you have two failure paths for something as important as internet.

          So I now run opnsense direct which is very stable.

          I have an Intel NUC (RIP) running proxmox with all the other stuff (e.g. jellyfin or home assistant) which is quite stable. The NUC is also much more powerful for things like video decoding. And of course taking it offline doesn't mean the internet is out…

          • philotex on 31/05/2025 - 13:29

            @koyote: This is me exactly. Was trying to decide if I should remove the points of failure by running direct. Decision made, thank you.

      • aong152 on 31/05/2025 - 00:59
        +1

        I have a similar N150 Pc with 4x2.5GbE - I'm using OpenWRT though. I only wanted a bufferbloat solution that would scale to 2.5GbE, and that seemed like the easiest way.

    • AustriaBargain on 31/05/2025 - 05:04

      Not for playing Fortnite, from the looks of it https://youtu.be/7lvwB6M5N-c?t=591

    • EitherWayUp on 31/05/2025 - 10:32

      I imagine a very large portion of folk use their pc for browsing, consuming media. Something like this is absolutely capable of that.

  • anonym on 30/05/2025 - 21:06
    +6

    I've been keeping an eye on Origimagic mini PCs ever since this deal and this is about the standard pricing for the C2. The discounts and/or coupons will end eventually only to be continued again in a slightly different manner a few days down the line.

    • RedHab on 31/05/2025 - 14:15

      Seems a bit expensive. The same config with 256GB SSD was going for $150 2 months ago

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/891657

      • impoze on 31/05/2025 - 14:34

        That one was a price error

      • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 14:59
        +1

        yup.. price error for the win.. I bought one of those and use it running proxmox, pihole and home assistant.. haven't finalised my opnsense config as yet though to feel confident enough to roll it into production in my home network. I have an n5095 NAS and also the n100 mini pc which I've been using for general desktop duties for almost 2 years now (which also has 12GB DDR5 RAM).

        • impoze on 02/06/2025 - 18:45

          wouldn't mind another price error…

          • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 19:08
            +1

            @impoze: yeah the pricing on mini PCs (which I keep an eye on) has gone up.. bloody trump's tariffs shouldn't be affecting Aus, but they are.

  • impoze on 30/05/2025 - 21:34

    @repeat planning to use frigate with coral/hailo?

    • repeat on 30/05/2025 - 21:41
      +1

      This will be my first attempt at Frigate and HA, will try it with the iGPU to start with, and since it will be wired network I will order a coral M.2 if the performance is lacking.

      • boomy on 30/05/2025 - 22:15
        +3

        I have 2 cameras with motion detection + recording and just using the iGPU I'm sitting at 20% CPU utilisation (I'm running frigate + home assistant on a N100 mini PC)

        • repeat on 30/05/2025 - 23:36

          Sounds good.
          Can you share his much memory you have and also whether you have it running on bare metal, VM or docker?

      • tonyamazing on 31/05/2025 - 04:39
        +1

        FYI the drivers for the m.2 haven't been updated by Google. There's some work to compile the update yourself.

        • OzzyBrak on 31/05/2025 - 09:57

          Where is the best place to buy? The coral Mini PCIe Accelerator seems out of stock.

          • tonyamazing on 31/05/2025 - 10:09

            @OzzyBrak: I bought ages ago from eBay. No idea now.

          • repeat on 31/05/2025 - 12:41

            @OzzyBrak: I was going to get one through RS, or go for the USB one on backorder (I think they'll ship around end of June)

            • OzzyBrak on 01/06/2025 - 08:39

              @repeat: Found the dual m.2 here. Might have to go m.2 and try for an expansion card or something.

              Does anyone know if any generic pcie to m.2 expansion card will work? The ones built for adding in extra nvme drives?

  • EnergicAU on 31/05/2025 - 00:05

    This overkill for Home Assistant over a Raspberry PI?

    • deadpoet on 31/05/2025 - 00:22

      Definitely not overkill, it's ideal for Home Assistant or home lab use, and more flexible and versatile than the Raspberry Pi which is extremely overpriced.

    • team teri on 31/05/2025 - 00:24

      If you're planning on using local voice processing, this might be a good option.

      That said, much better deal a few days ago: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/907114

    • impoze on 31/05/2025 - 05:21

      Great choice for home assistant with plenty of headroom and expandability.

    • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 19:09

      I have an N150 mini pc and I run pihole, home assistant and will be running opnsense on it as well. The n100/N150 is more than capable.

  • Coppermelt on 31/05/2025 - 01:09

    Comparing this to the GMKTec G5 N97 ($249 in amazon). not sure which is better

    • impoze on 31/05/2025 - 05:18
      +2
      Model Cores / Threads Base Clock Turbo Clock TDP iGPU DDR4 Support DDR5 Support Max RAM Memory Channels Process Intel Spec Sheet
      N97 4 / 4 1.2 GHz 3.6 GHz 12W Intel UHD (24 EU) ✅ DDR4-3200 ✅ DDR5-4800 32GB Single Intel 7 Intel N97
      N100 4 / 4 0.8 GHz 3.4 GHz 6W Intel UHD (24 EU) ✅ DDR4-3200 ✅ DDR5-4800 32GB Single Intel 7 Intel N100
      N150 4 / 4 1.0 GHz 3.6 GHz 6W Intel UHD (24 EU) ✅ DDR4-3200 ✅ DDR5-4800 16GB Single Intel 7 Intel N150
    • 367 on 31/05/2025 - 11:06
      +2

      Based on research (not my own testing) the N97 looks better as it has a more powerful iGPU. The N150 may (on paper) use less power when not under load but it's going to be a trivial amount in my opinion. Other than that both CPUs should perform about the same and both systems have DDR5 RAM.

      Origimagic also have an N97 version but it uses DDR4 RAM so I would go with the GMKtec

      Edit: actually I'm seeing conflicting info about whether the N97 has a better or the same iGPU. So maybe disregard.

    • ubor on 31/05/2025 - 11:28
      +1

      GMKTec G5 N97 is USB-C powered. It may make a difference if this one is not.

  • AeymothSky on 31/05/2025 - 03:53

    got one of them aliexp soyo n150 w 16gb of ram

    And was really impressed with the speed actually ran youtube and heavy browsing completely fine plus the igpu seemed smoother than the i5-8500T mini pc.

    Just this week I've learnt how to setup jellyfin on the i5-8500T mini pc but will definitely look to move it onto the soyo n150 pc! I'm sure the newer igpu etc will help w transcoding jellyfin content.

    • impoze on 31/05/2025 - 08:20
      +4

      Welcome to the self hosting life.

      It's only the beginning.

      • arr stack
      • immich
      • paperless-ngx
      • vaultwarden
      • home assistant
      • syncthing
      • audiobookshelf
      • calibre/komga
        …
  • 2stroksmokr on 31/05/2025 - 05:58
    +1

    I got this for 239 few weeks back it appears to still be 239 with coupon. 16gb too.

    https://amzn.asia/d/8gUGbWo (it's aus so not sure why it shows Asia.)

    • repeat on 31/05/2025 - 12:38

      This looks like a good deal also, 16GB, expandable ram.

      However also need to be aware these models have an integrated power supply which can add additional cooling load, and more difficult to replace.

      Are they quiet? How have you found the sound level while using it?

  • glasket on 31/05/2025 - 08:02

    Could you play a game like crusader kings 3 on this?

    • impoze on 31/05/2025 - 08:22

      Look for youtube vids on N150 for benchmarks of similar games

      Eta prime or similar channels

  • tatnal on 31/05/2025 - 08:45
    +2

    Would this be fine for browsing & youtube watching? Want to replace father-in-law's big box.

    • impoze on 31/05/2025 - 09:32
      +2

      Yes

    • repeat on 31/05/2025 - 12:33

      This should be a perfect replacement.

    • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 15:02
      +1

      I've been using the intel n100 based mini pc (Lark X 2023) I'm using to reply to this for almost 2 years for my nightly web browsing, email, youtube (1440p) and usenet downloading.. it's more than capable.

  • philotex on 31/05/2025 - 08:50
    +2

    FYI this person put together an amazing spreadsheet covering the mini pc world. https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniPCs/comments/1afzkt5/2024_gener…

  • milobob on 31/05/2025 - 08:52
    +3

    I've started using a n150 for work stuff and browsing emails etc (spreadsheets) and it's perfectly fast enough. It's on par as an i3 from 8 years ago.

    If you need more performance, get one of those ryzen ones.

  • cycleri3 on 31/05/2025 - 08:59
    +2

    I got a similar box, the Gmtek one, running proxmox on it with 3 containers so far and only using 2GB of RAM, lots of room to run more services. Was a huge learning experience but got everything to work eventually as I am running a router on there (openwrt) and also managed to pass through the internal wifi card to create an access point and attached a second USB AP as well.

  • Tonyusq on 31/05/2025 - 11:16

    How is it running Kodi to play back local 4K movies?

  • repeat on 31/05/2025 - 12:32

    My regular PC is a GMKtec K2 Ryzen and the difference in sounds between the 2 is significant. The K2 is always making significant fan noise, while the C2 is so much more quiet.

    Not sure if I would be able to use this with the apps I use more often such as Adobe Lightroom but running a near silent PC is underrated IMO.

  • psylence on 31/05/2025 - 12:47

    Would this work well to connect to tv via HDMI and use Stremio?

    • repeat on 31/05/2025 - 12:52

      That should be fine, not sure of a remote control solution though other than using a compact mouse/kb.

      • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 15:03
        +1

        I made a HDMI CEC to usb adapter for my mini pc I use running Libreelec (Kodi).

    • philotex on 31/05/2025 - 13:45

      Absolutely

    • Devil on 31/05/2025 - 14:57

      Yes it will, but you can also get USB sticks that will do that for half the cost.

      However, you should check your TV (assuming you've got a smart one). Just realised they had the app already built in. Hadn't seen it before so not sure if it was added in an update or I just never noticed, but I can now run Stremio natively without the extra hassle of an external device.

      • impoze on 31/05/2025 - 14:57

        Stremio runs on my fire stick fine, would do the same on a google TV stick

  • timhn on 31/05/2025 - 13:44
    +1

    OOS ?

  • gizmomelb on 02/06/2025 - 19:09
    +1

    for those thnking of getting an n100 or n150 mini pc - this video (not mine) may be of interest / use to you.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sJ5WPnxvWQ

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