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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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[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I recently picked up a GMKtec NUC for around $100 off of AliExpress. It uses very little power and is very powerful for the price.

It doesn't have a speaker and the opportunities for upgrades are a bit limited, but otherwise I think it might be suitable for you.

I run it as a media server at home without any issues at all

[-] Brewchin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I second this. Bought one one of their N150 units recently from Amazon. Replaced the Win11 it came with and installed Proxmox, and it's blown me away what I've been able to do with it.

It's currently running HAOS (with ZBT-1 and Voice Preview) and a Linux VM, and plan to do more.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yep I second this. If have a GMKtec NUC with HA on it and it runs perfectly.

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