cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24850430

EDIT: i had an rpi it died from esd i think

EDIT2: this is also my work machine and i sleep to the sound of the fans

    • Tja@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      I recently got a M710q with an i3 7100T. It uses around 3W on idle. I threw 8GB of RAM and a 512GB ramless NVMe for a total of under 100€. Absolutely would recommend (if you don’t need too much storage). Also Dell has some machines.

      For more info, servethehome (they have a YouTube channel and a blog) has a whole series on “tiny mini micro” machines.

        • Rudee@lemmy.ml
          7·
          2 days ago

          DRAM-less NVMe drives don’t have what basically amounts to a cache of readily accessible storage that makes large reads and writes faster. So they’re cheaper, but slower, and wear out faster

        • Sinaf@lemmy.world
          6·
          2 days ago

          Some fancy SSDs have additional DRAM cache:

          The presence of a DRAM chip means that the CPU does not need to access the slower NAND chips for mapping tables while fetching data. DRAM being faster provides the location of stored data quickly for viewing or modification.

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