Seems like a good deal for Intel N97 mini pc. Make sure you collect the $80 coupon and then after the 20% discount is applied at checkout, the price should be reduced to $135.99.
CamelCamelCamel.
I have a gmktec n97 with 12GB and it is a great little box!
Home theatre/retro pc.
With that brand, thats likely a ddr5 box.
The dual channel-esque nature of even single sticks of ddr5 make a world of difference. These N series chips are hugely memory bottlenecked.
This being a ddr4 version, you can expect literally as high as a 33% performance drop.
Yes true. It is ddr5.
Can you explain what you mean about the dual-channel-esque nature of DDR5? I haven’t heard that before. Thanks
Great for homeassistant
N150 at around $150 is a deal. N97 not so much.
N97 is more powerful, but is memory starved on ddr4
Doesn't matter if it is being used for Home Assistant
All other specs being equal and TDP aside, isn't the N97 a better performer for both CPU and iGPU?
Yes
Admittedly I was lucky to pick up that $120 N97 16GB/512GB from a couple of months back which makes this one seem expensive :D
They also have a 16GB/1TB version for $211.99 - $76 more for an extra 8GB ram and extra 750GB SSD space. Seems like a discount according to Camelx3.
Both versions include Win11Pro btw.
this little buddy for piehole?
Well overpowered just for pihole duties.
Could do proxmox with a pihole lxc + a home server/docker VM or something and it'd be fine.
Yes it was, wish i grabbed two now
Would this be OK for study/ excel/powerpoint/word duties?
marshmall0w2 on 04/10/2025 - 18:35 Comment score below threshold.