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Which can be fine if you want to run Linux on them, they're in good condition, they have the expandability you want. A T480 (and many…

Yeah I think Gamers Nexus did a review of these HP Omen PCs and they absolutely despised them. It's not just the price either.

It's a cracker CPU for virtualization. Lots of cores, very low power, very cheap for what it is. If you want to run a homelab I think it's…

Yeah the ARM processors are great. Not just the speed and battery either, they also run quieter, they also deal better with going to sleep…

Yeah, but you can use Stablebit Drivepool to combine them, or on Linux something like mergerfs.

I've never used TrueNAS so I can't comment on that but with a JBOD device like this I would be looking at passing USB through to a VM on…

Agreed. RAID is temperamental and easy to mess up. There are software options, I used to use Drivepool ages ago and you get to keep all…

This is generally cheaper. But it's also an entirely different architecture. This work better for people who want to keep their compute and…

Yeah with these AI AMD chips I'd be considering them primarily for local LLM work. As you mentioned, an MS-A2 is for most all cases far…

Depends on the type of games you run. There are some games that benfit a ton from the x3D CPUs while not being graphically intensive.…

They aren't at all similar. Sriracha is a thick and garlick heavy sauce. This is more comparable to the other watery, fermented, American…

Thanks dude, didn't know about chicken in non-frozen-tenders form, I'll look into it.

Yep. Key point is that there's plenty of chicken tenders that are cheaper, some of them taste pretty good, but these are very high in…

You should throw in some case options that are low-key. I reckon you'd sell a good amount more. Lots of people don't want RGB and glass…

They are great value for money, but they're also not great. For your average person you could probably buy this and you're set for the next…

For 11th gen that would be stuff like the i3's, Pentium and Celeron stuff. Especially the two core processors.

Pretty good. Nothing fancy, but ticks all the boxes for being a completely serviceable and usable laptop. Usually at this price you get…

Decided to try and compare this to a SFF setup for homelabbing. I'm going to use a 5825u based system for comparison. Very different…

The Ryzen 3550H has twice the threads and outperforms both the N processors for any multithreaded workloads. The N processors are much…

Yes, the one thing it has going for it is that it's a Thinkpad and not the regular consumer stuff. Still, an L series isn't exactly great.…

Concur. 8gb doesn't cut it at all, even at a budget. That CPU is bottom of the barrel as well. Luckily you don't need to spend more to get…

5825U is like three times as fast. Way more capable processor and supports several times more RAM. Not sure how important transcoding is…

Yeah sure, I've seen a few people install stuff in prodesks to get some 2.5gbps ports, but the big kicker on these Minisforum devices is…

Second hand Steelcase Leap. I have an Aeron, it's good but I got it over a decade ago for $300. At $2000 it's obscene, if I bought a chair…

There are of course lots of other systems that can give you more compute for the money. GMK has the 8250u based mini pcs that you can get…

I take back what I said, I got some of these Tegels tenders and I think they're better than the Aldi ones not much competition. The Aldi…

Yeah, they're excellent... for frozen supermarket tenders. Maybe the best along with the Aldi ones. But people saying it's as good or even…

That's very good compared to all the other frozen chicken tenders you get at the supermarkets.

If the shape is what you're looking for the Keychron M7 and Mchose G7 both have essentially the same shape, wireless and significantly…

There's more benefits than just that. They're communicative when something goes wrong, they're communicative when maintenance is planned,…