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Mini PC for Jellyfin (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all, I recently setup jellyfin on my RPi 4 with an external HDD attached and after a few tests I decided to move on. On ebay I found a refurbished Fujitsu Mini PC with a Pentium G4560. It is way cheaper than the Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q (with a G5400T) which I saw being recommended a lot.

My question is:

how does the higher TDP of the former 54 W with a base frequency of 3.50 GHz compare to the latter with a TDP of 35 W for 3.10 GHz in a real world scenario running jellyfin?

For now I will continue using my external HDD because the prices for new drives is too high for me.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Someone linked a list of Mini-PCs here: https://lemmy.world/post/19837516

I think the N100 sounds good. But I can't comment on buying a cheap chinesium one versus a refurbished Fujitsu/Lenovo or an Intel NUC.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I bought a "cheap chinesium" one a couple of months back and have not regretted it (yet). It does what it claimed it would.

The one I bought: Aoostar R1

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How much did you end up paying? Did you have to pay tax, customs fees etc? $200 sounds almost too good to be true. Do you run Linux on it? Any driver issues? I'm looking for a replacement for my NAS right now. On paper this one looks pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I opted for the version with RAM and nvme for $270. had to pay shipping, but no import tax (lucky me). So all in all it was about $300 for me.

And yes I run Linux on it. Arch Linux to be precise. Have not encountered any driver issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Cool. Thanks for the info.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uuhh, that's a cute little trash can. Now fit that with the maximum of RAM it supports and two 12TB harddrives... And it'll do more media center and NAS than the average person needs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. It handles Jellyfin + other services very well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Add some googly eyes if it "lives" in the living room. They fit right above the switch which would then become the nose.

Yeah back when I needed storage (quite some years ago) the mini pcs were less capable and more pricey, so I ended up building a NAS myself. It's a regular, yet very power efficient PC. But due to size, it doesn't fit next to the TV. If I'd do the same thing today, I'd certainly consider a machine like this. And $200 doesn't sound much for a 2-bay NAS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Holy shit! This is the first one of these things I've seen with SATA slots

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

NUCs are where to go. Intel chips good for transcoding and 3 year warranty. Had 1 die out of 3 die in 4 months and got a full replacement. Got another so I'm running 4 now and been about a year. Running tons of stuff and measured power to about $2.5/mo/pc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd go with a corporate hand me down just for sustainability. Those tend to be in decent shape and can be had for reasonable prices. Buying second hand is always a bit of a lottery but so is buying chinesium.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure. I usually do the same thing. The laptop on which I'm typing right now is a refurbished Dell one and I really prefer a bit older enterprise hardware to new consumer hardware. Nice build quality, no nonsense and Linux runs great on that device. And it cost me a fraction of a new machine. However... with the intended use-case of a media center I'm not sure. Intel always adds hardware acceleration in their iGPUs and the modern codecs are quite demanding. I wouldn't buy an older generation that doesn't really support AV1. I'm not sure if hardware from 2 years ago can do that. And if someone buys a new TV set which supports HDR or something and then the recently bought, refurbished media center is out of date again... that also doesn't help. Maybe I'd buy a new one in this case and just use it for the next 10 years. That's also sustainable. But yeah, you have to pay attention to the details if you're buying off-brand. But that also applies to most computer hardware, regardless. It's a bit more of a lottery with cheap and off-brand devices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So back to beelink on amazon?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

FWIW: I'm running jellyfin and a whole host of other services on a Beelink with an Intel n95 and 8gb of ram. Runs like a champ.