arnprasad
Well-Known Member
HI..have a chance to buy and ship to europe from Ali express and I see some mini PCs in the 60-120 USD. OF course they dont come with too many bells and whistles. But can they do the following?
(a) work as HTPC...basically able to play 4K videos flawlessly with whatever sound format to AVR
(b) Web browsing
(c) MS office - mainly Excel
I have a full form Intel 5th Gen desktop which not only is ugly and occupies a lot of space in my living room, Occassionally I get bootup errors...not sure if its Bios issue or having issues reading hard disk/SSD...etc. So if I get a decent mini PC for 100 dollars, would prefer it over say buying second hand office desktops from Dell Lenovo and HP from Amazon around the 15K mark.
What exactly do these mini PCs miss? I dont care about bluetooth and all..I am happy to use cables.
1) This one is under 100 USD plus comes with some coupons
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2) This one is below 70
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3) Below 80
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My house is fully automated with smart relays, plugs, bulbs..etc and I want to install home assistant. Have watched few youtube videos where they are saying these are better than raspberry Pis as once you start adding memory and storage...etc to a Pi...it comes close to mini PC territory and mini PC and way way faster than a Pi
(a) work as HTPC...basically able to play 4K videos flawlessly with whatever sound format to AVR
(b) Web browsing
(c) MS office - mainly Excel
I have a full form Intel 5th Gen desktop which not only is ugly and occupies a lot of space in my living room, Occassionally I get bootup errors...not sure if its Bios issue or having issues reading hard disk/SSD...etc. So if I get a decent mini PC for 100 dollars, would prefer it over say buying second hand office desktops from Dell Lenovo and HP from Amazon around the 15K mark.
What exactly do these mini PCs miss? I dont care about bluetooth and all..I am happy to use cables.
1) This one is under 100 USD plus comes with some coupons
Bmax b3 pro mini pc windows 11 intel n5095 8gb ram ddr4 256gb ssd intel uhd grafik 1000mbps ethernet - AliExpress
Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com
www.aliexpress.com
2) This one is below 70
Bmax mini pc b1pro windows 11 pro 8gb ram 128gb rom n4000 micro desktop computer dual-band wifi mini pc - AliExpress 7
Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com
www.aliexpress.com
3) Below 80
Bmax b2 pro neue mini pc windows 11 pc alles in einem hdmi intel n4000 8gb ram 256gb ssd intel uhd grafik - AliExpress 7
Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com
www.aliexpress.com
My house is fully automated with smart relays, plugs, bulbs..etc and I want to install home assistant. Have watched few youtube videos where they are saying these are better than raspberry Pis as once you start adding memory and storage...etc to a Pi...it comes close to mini PC territory and mini PC and way way faster than a Pi
