ThinkCentre M75q Tiny

As someone who also looked into self hosting I would be strongly against a raspberry pi since per dollar the performance is not really there, getting a used SFF pc like a lenovo m75q is probably going to do you far better long term.

My most power-efficient Proxmox node is currently a Lenovo ThinkCentre m75q Gen2 with a Ryzen 3 Pro 5350GE. At least per Passmark this would be ~25% faster in single core than your Dell laptop. It idles at around 7W in Proxmox. Currently running 8 VMs, including Home Assistant and Scrypted with 4 ca

Get a used office PC like a Lenovo Thinkcentre M75q or HP EliteDesk with a Ryzen 2400GE or even 3400GE if it fits into your budget. Should be small enough to fit into a Sega Genesis while being powerful enough to emulate PS2. I can't speak to the used market in Europe but I know they go for around $

When a major PC OEM launches a product, technical & component is in the forefront. Chi-NUC brands only provide the effort given to consumer electronics found @ the corner drugstore. From decades of PC experience, any branded product which doesn't require official registration for warranty has an exc

Basically, you're 100% correct. ASRock, ASUS & MSI are among the few who use mobile, non-socketed mPCs builds, with prices which reflect the market. The Chi-NUC brands have taken of this "void" in the landscape over the past few years. Bottom line, comes down to budget & long-term expectations. When

Best perspective is knowing some emulators work better with higher single thread performance while the Core i3-12100T has slightly better graphics performance. Ultimately it depends on cost. Like most Linux distros Batocera OS takes better advantage of Radeon GCN 5 integrated graphics in recent year

I spent months with the same dilemma as you. Needed a minipc with radeon 780m but couldn't trust any of this Chinese suppliers. Found Lenovo m75q gen 5 with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE, which is limited to 35W, meaning low energy consumption, and no concerns about thermals, but still very powerful m

Take a look at the Lenovo M75q Gen5 with Ryzen 7 8700ge and Radeon 780M as well.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2 Mini Ryzen 3 Pro 5350GE 256GB SSD 16GB RAM Modern dependable hardware with a Zen 3 4-core/8-thread processor. Depending on your router they're even offering Wi-Fi 6 for an additional 10 Quid. You can even add an additional Type C port if needed.

Lenovo Thinkcentre... best minis for home lab Try to look for recent models of m70q , m75q or m90q i5 should be good for basic home labbing. I would say fo with i7 (if available in cheap), 16GB RAM minimum.