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Here I'm using a Geekom Air12 Lite, also with Intel N150, a cheap processor from early 2025 that has QuickSync hardware transcoding (it can decode every format, but encode in HEVC and H264 but not AV1). I don't know if there's a newer CPU at the same price, but this one has a nice linux support nowa

Geekom Air12 Lite owner here. Same as the rest, it's good for a first cheap server with a nice hardware transcoding (for Plex / Jellyfin) and very low power consumption. I used these guides for the LAN driver: https://github.com/dante1613/Motorcomm-YT6801/ I'm running Ubuntu Server, but if you use P

Coming from more than 40 years of PC repair, I understand where you're coming from. For better or worse, as u/cowbutt6 pointed out, PCs with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) sometimes require substantially more BIOS firmware updates has they did in the past. UEFI provides low-level softw

I have bought a Geekom Air12 Lite for homelab, but it had an obscure ethernet nic (Motorcomm). I had installed Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS and the ethernet driver following a guide without more issues. Now it's working great 👌 You can also install Cockpit or Webmin if you want to manage your server easi

Thank you for your reply. That's unfortunate, N150 intel specs show max supported ram is 16GB but many people have succesfully upgraded their beelink and gmktec devices without problem, but those are ddr4, still I believe it could be possible for the air12. Regarding the Wodposit modules, I've read

I have now checked the following using Bios version 2.22.1293 - these are the options I found in the bios: In the Power Management Configuration - EuP function [Enabled] Power-on after Power-fail [Disabled] PowerOn by RTC Alarm [Disabled] Wake Up by Lan [Disabled] In the CPU Configuration - Active E

After few weeks of research, unsuccessfully trying to boot the minipc with the above module (CT32G48C40S5.M16D1) and not giving up on this matter, it is in fact possible to upgrade Geekom Mini Air 12 to use 32GBs of RAM despite a dual-rank configuration. Based on u/Stepyon research, and sharing his

Be careful with your peripheral needs. I just bought and am returning a Geekom Mini Air12 since it won't pass POST when connected via USB-C to my monitor with builtin KVM switch instead of having a Keyboard directly connected. Using it headless may not be as straightforward as you'd hope.

GEEKOM Air12 can run Home Assistant, Homebridge & Matterbridge via Docker, but 7 webcams might be too much for the N150. For smoother performance, consider a higher-end model like GEEKOM A5 or GEEKOM A6.

The short answer is to invest in the N97 😉 Unlike the 12W TDP N97, the N100 & N150 only provide single core maximum turbo frequency by comparison to reduce/reach the required heat dissipation. With a single core maxing out, especially with DDR4 support & Gen3x1 NVMe, it's easy to find CPU utilizatio