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.

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

I am using this when I am not actively gaming as this Lenovo Neo 50Q G4 (i5-13620H /16GB /512GB SSD) uses about 2040watts while my 12700K /32GB / 2TB / 3070FE system uses about 150watts at the desktop and 370 while gaming.. I got a inexpensive but working "fine" DP KVM to switch back and forth qui