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.

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

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

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.

For the best results with PS3/PS4 emulation in BatoceraOS with integrated graphics, one is generally focused on a system with an RDNA3 Radeon RX 780M iGPU + 32GB of memory. As for 5-10 years of longevity, most Chi-NUC brands are questionable beyond 3 considering most like a history beyond that lengt

It's a solid question, with the less than complex answer. It's less about "when" a budget PC will fail, and more about "If". For the most part, these Chi-NUC PC are are manufactured at the same production levels as consumer electronics you pick up at the corner drug store 🤷 Using a budget Wo-We HU-M

I spend over 5 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 pow

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

I think you don't want to risk your money on buying something cheap from a cheap Chinese manufacturer that wouldn't give you any real warranties or replacement parts when the thing gets defective due to poor quality or even overheating. I had my experience ending up with €600 e-waste after my chines