EQI12

For what you get now with the RAMpocalypse the Atom Celeron N150 mini PCs from a reputable brand aren't making much sense. As an example after a few weeks of use a friend of mine returned there MINI S13 for a Beelink EQi12 Core i3-1220P. The EQi12 brought dual channel memory, dual NIC and dual 2280

beelink s12 / eq12 is the sweet spot for that stack. n100 transcodes 1080p without breaking a sweat and handles 4k hevc-to-h264 via qsv. go 16gb ram minimum — immich's ml container alone wants 4gb when it's generating clip embeddings, and nextcloud preview generation can spike pretty hard if you've

for under 00 the Beelink EQ12 or similar n100 mini PCs are hard to beat right now. you get a quad core, 16GB RAM, 500GB NVMe, and they idle around 8W. throw Proxmox on it and you can run a handful of LXC containers for your common services. if you want more storage options, an older Optiplex SFF wit