[conspire] Zotac and Shuttle and Asu, oh my (durability)

[Dana Goyette]

Phoronix did a comparison of several mini PCs, as well:

CompuLab IPC3, Testing 10 Mini PCs / Small Form Factor Linux PCs

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=compulab-ipc3&num=1

On Dec 6, 2017 11:50 AM, "Tony Godshall" <togo at of.net> wrote:

> ...
> >> I ended up getting a refurb HP t730 Thin Client with a 16GB M.2 drive
> >> for close to what I would've spent on an APU2 for gateway/router use,
> >> and I put a $20 quad Intel 350 NIC in its slot, because the onboard is
> >> Realtek.
>
> Nice, what's the source?  I could use some of those but I'm not seeing
> them for less than $40 on amazon or ebay.
>
> ...
> >> The much larger L2 cache than the APU2 has can come in very
> >> handy if I have the thing running any crypto, but it seems to idle at
> >> 17W on the Kill-A-Watt, which isn't great for an always-on device, but
> >> it could be a lot worse. Fanless would've been nice, but barring the
> >> APU2, I would've had to compromise too much. Thoughts on these in
> >> comparison to the Zotac and Shuttle units?
>
> The two I mentioned are fanless.  I'll do a power check when I get a
> chance,
> but I'm running spinning media (SSHD), so I don't know if it would be a
> good
> comparison.
>
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