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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

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

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

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

Recently bought a GEEKOM Air12 Lite Mini PC from Amazon. Upgrading the BIOS to 0.17 was well worth the effort as doing a Windows restart was an issue with the older BIOS. Got to be in it to win it

Thank you. I asked chatgpt with deep research to check chinese forums but no reported case of successful upgrade to 32gb. But I discussed the best options to try, here is the response from chatgpt: --- Here’s a safe shopping list of 24 GB and 32 GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMMs that are JEDEC-standard and have

People who do not know how to shop in america make this mistake. Geekom - Air12 Mini PC with 13th Gen Intel N150, 16GB DDR5 RAM& 512GB NVMe SSD, 4K Triple Display, Windows 11 Pro Pre-installed - Black+Silver for $268.