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Recomend a Mini PC to host home assistant on (lemmy.world)
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  • must not add insane amounts of cost to my power bill
  • Has to be upgradable if I need to add upgrades to the hardware in the future
  • Has a speaker
  • may want to possibly also set up node red but it depends on if I need it or not because I may just be fine with home assistants automation
  • has to have wireless connectivity
  • mainly setting this up to add automation around my reolink cameras linked through the reolink home hub for example getting a second camera in the same area to start recording when one detects motion or link other smart home security products like sirens or floodlights
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[-] princessnorah 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

These don't have a speaker AFAIK but they do have 3.5mm out so adding one would be trivial:

https://www.amazon.com.au/GMKtec-Upgraded-Desktop-Computer-Business/dp/B0F7XRLRM6

They idle around 10W according to a review by Jeff Geerling. That's on Win11 though, I'd imagine Home Assistant OS is a little bit less. As for upgrades, the CPU isn't socketed, but it uses standard laptop SODIMMs, and a full-size M.2 slot. You aren't going to find socketed CPUs until you move up to a mini-ITX computer, like a Dell Optiplex USFF, but those do eat a decent bit more power, maybe 20-30W idle. It Has WiFi 6 and would easily handle multiple addons like Node RED.

Edit: Oh yeah, it has a 2242 SATA M.2 slot as well, so you can add some cheaper, slower storage as well as the 512GB NVMe boot drive if you wanted.

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2025
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