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Recomend a Mini PC to host home assistant on (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by x4740N@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@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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[–] nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@x4740N Considering Home Assistant runs well on a RPi4 or above (unless you want to have Home Assistant Voice, for that Nabu Casa recommends an N150 class CPU or above), that's the baseline I'm going to go with.

I believe an HP Mini might tick all the boxes for you. I'd go with a G3 or up, though a G2 should also work.

Check for specifics on the model, but the Minis have a socketed CPU (7th or 8th-gen Intel in the case of the G3), most frequently of the T variant (35W TDP, instead of the usual 65W), with fairly low idle power draw (should be under 10W).

You have 2 SODIMM slots, up to 64GB of RAM, one SATA 2.5'' drive bay, and depending on the model, one or two NVMe slots for SSDs.

You also have space for a WiFi card (most of the ones I've come across don't have that, or the antennas, installed, but there is an NVMe slot for it).

And most importantly, it has an internal speaker. Not a good one, but one. 1/2

[–] nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt 2 points 3 weeks ago

@x4740N Other 1L PCs might have speakers, too, but I don't have experience with them, you'd need to check.

There's one other option I know of that also has a speaker, but expandability is right out of the window, because the only thing you can change is the RAM, and there are no other expansion slots besides USB-C.

I'm referring to the 2018 Mac Mini. But that's usually MUCH more expensive and MUCH less adaptable than just about any other Mini PC.

Btw, it's fairly easy and cheap to add WiFi over USB to any Mini PC, IMO that might be something you might want to drop from your requirements to find more (and much cheaper) options.

Hope this helps!

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