<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Phoronix did a comparison of several mini PCs, as well: </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">CompuLab IPC3, Testing 10 Mini PCs / Small Form Factor Linux PCs<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=compulab-ipc3&num=1">https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=compulab-ipc3&num=1</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 6, 2017 11:50 AM, "Tony Godshall" <<a href="mailto:togo@of.net">togo@of.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">...<br>
>> I ended up getting a refurb HP t730 Thin Client with a 16GB M.2 drive<br>
>> for close to what I would've spent on an APU2 for gateway/router use,<br>
>> and I put a $20 quad Intel 350 NIC in its slot, because the onboard is<br>
>> Realtek.<br>
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Nice, what's the source? I could use some of those but I'm not seeing<br>
them for less than $40 on amazon or ebay.<br>
<br>
...<br>
>> The much larger L2 cache than the APU2 has can come in very<br>
>> handy if I have the thing running any crypto, but it seems to idle at<br>
>> 17W on the Kill-A-Watt, which isn't great for an always-on device, but<br>
>> it could be a lot worse. Fanless would've been nice, but barring the<br>
>> APU2, I would've had to compromise too much. Thoughts on these in<br>
>> comparison to the Zotac and Shuttle units?<br>
<br>
The two I mentioned are fanless. I'll do a power check when I get a chance,<br>
but I'm running spinning media (SSHD), so I don't know if it would be a good<br>
comparison.<br>
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