You need DDR4 3200 CL22 sticks. Don't go for "overclocked" ones where they will lower the latency to below CL22. Oveclocked ones will need to run XMP which may not be supported for most mobile devices because the memory overclocking/ XMP profile application may be disabled.
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Why the need for NVMe or 2.5inch harddrive?
Because I have both from my existing rig that I wanted to deploy to the new rig. NVME SSD to store OS and HDD to store movies.
Has your order been shipped out already?
Many thanks for the reply. I am able to find a few hits from Amazon SG
not yet, my lazada taobao leather belt already delivered to my door step already, both bought during 11.11
Any machine that can take in 3.5" HDD is not mini pc anymore.
Yeah I understand... that's why I want tiny... but with lots of photos... I need those HDDs... I'll probably have to put them in a HDD enclosure and connect via USB cable... that may also prolong the life of the HDDs... but 2.5" HDD pretty much too slow for my liking....
I've read through... but still unsure... cos I see some boxes running AMD Athlon (which I thought was outdated) and Intel Pentium and I get confused... thought those pretty weak?
To help with perspective, I think the tiny PCs we have in mind are like these. There won't be enough space for even a single 3.5" drive.
For the most part, many are also low-power devices, running off an external 65W or so power brick rather than a 200-300W mini power supply. So they are either using mobile processors or lower-end processors. The Pentium and Athlon names were reused by Intel/AMD to designate these lower end processors from their higher end Core/Ryzen product lines. They are still pretty capable machines for day to day use, or for running mini home servers, and more powerful than people realise. We tend to have overpowered PCs today, mainly driven by the gaming industry. But for most desktop work, a 4th-6th gen Intel processor is still perfectly capable - even enough for some photo editing.
I see... thank you! I was wondering if something like the Pentium or Athlon was sufficient cos the tiny form factor is very attractive... looking for something with enough heft for photo editing... that's why I specced 16 GB RAM... got any suggestions?
Thank you! That's quite interesting to see the NAS bigger than the mini PC...Option 1, get a mini pc with ssd and get a cheap xpenology NAS from taobao and install your 3.5" in the nas.
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?sp...kFLkW&id=590928112139&ns=1&abbucket=19#detailOption 2, get a mini pc with ssd and a few external hdd and connect via usb.
Option 3, get a cheap xpenology NAS from taobao and replace the motherboard with better itx motherboard with ram and ssd, install windows and 3.5 inch hdd, the NAS become your extra large mini pc.
By day to day, I presume you mean stuff like surfing internet with multiple Chrome tabs open, editing photos using Photoshop, streaming videos or downloading stuff? I don't play any games or encode videos... would a Pentium or Athlon work out with 16 GB RAM? How about Windows 11?
different generation. intel use the word celeron and pentium until now is it outdated?
If you are really concerned about the performance of the CPU (that comes with the mini pc) and desire something faster, then I will recommend that you consider building your mini pc using Asrock Deskmini X300 or A300 (depending on which model is available). X300 is the newer model of A300 and both are for AMD CPU. I used A300 for almost two years. The Intel model is H470.
