[kwlug-disc] Small low power server for HomeAssistant

[CrankyOldBugger]

Those NUCs are pretty neat, actually..  I've been patiently waiting on the
I5 and I7 prices to come down so I can start replacing my "full size case"
computers with these low-power-consuming, space saving NUCs.


On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 at 12:39 L.D. Paniak <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com>
wrote:

> I have had good luck with fanless Zotac "NUC"-likes recently eg.
>
> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=7_1203_1157&item_id=112080
> Tough to beat the price with dual gigabit, wifi, BT, USB-C and HDMI.
>
>
>
> On 02/03/2018 12:19 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>
> Thanks.
>
> Those are nice. The one with the case has an onboard CPU (or so it seems),
> so needs RAM and disk. The other one does not see to include a CPU. It is
> always vague with these listings on eBay, isn't it?
>
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A couple of solutions(from China, so ship time will be a while) for the
>> mobo(sans ssd/ram) and a kitted solution(again, without ssd/ram) based on
>> the Intel Celeron J1900 SOC --
>>
>>
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/2017-New-4-LAN-J1900-Mini-ITX-Fanless-motherboard-Q1900G4-M/263105808367
>> &
>>
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fanless-Mini-Computer-Barebone-2-Gigabit-Nic-4-USB-VGA-HD-COM-Intel-J1900-Nettop/162546020408
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron Singh
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It should, but I am evaluating the alternatives before committing to an
>>> RPi 3.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 11:47 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> While I can't say that I understand the requirements, but would a $50
>>>> Raspberry Pi do the trick?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2 February 2018 at 11:43, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just had a thought and hammer the idea of a laptop a bit more:-)
>>>>> See, Reality Bytes in Elmira has some X220T tablets for less than 200
>>>>> bucks/i5/4G/320G hdd) and I think one of these mounted on a wall will
>>>>> afford a touchscreen interface to quickly look at stats and will not take
>>>>> up too much space, about 12" x 10" I would think
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.realitybytescomputers.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> As a reseller, they do the grade "B" X220T to my form for some $160,
>>>>> so I think the retail is around $190-$200.
>>>>>
>>>>> A headless solution, tucked away would be the best and very clean, but
>>>>> man, the $$$ is significant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps some old Intel NUC based on an older i3 or i5 would be perfect
>>>>> too if you can find one cheap o Kijiji or Ebay.
>>>>> I haven't looked at NUCs in quite a while with mostly the Atom-based
>>>>> units being fanless, Mebbe the i3-32xx boards can be had fanless too.
>>>>>
>>>>> A few years back we did some DFI mini-ITX boards with i5-520M as
>>>>> packet sniffing appliances for a local client and those boards had 4 NICs,
>>>>> watchdog, wireless, but no GPIO. Seems like anything fanless and with GPIO
>>>>> becomes "industrial use" with an "industrial" price attached:-(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
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