Librem Mini: A mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and security first

Re:Librem Mini: A mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and sec... by ilaksh on Sunday May 03, 2020 @04:14AM (#23057653)

Check out the DeskMini A300. The AMD integrated graphics are vastly superior to Intel.

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Re:Librem Mini: A mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and sec... by thebruce87m on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:55PM (#23071149)

Here’s mine:

Noctua NH-L9A-AM4, 37mm Premium Low-profile CPU Cooler for AMD AM4 (Brown) £36.17 incl. VAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Noctua-NH-L9A-AM4-Premium-Low-profi...

ASRock USB 2.0 Header to 2 x USB 2.0 Cable for DeskMini Series Chassis £10.93 Incl. VAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-Cable-Deskmini-Mini-Stx-Chas...

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor (4C/8T, 6MB cache, 4.2GHz Max Boost) with Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics £139.99 incl. VAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SXNDKNM/?tag=pcp0f-21

Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-1TB) £109.99 incl. VAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07LGF54XR/?tag=pcp0f-21&th=1

ASRock DeskMini A300 Mini PC Barebone for Socket AM4 £146.94 incl. VAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07P9GL1LN/?tag=pcp0f-21

ASRock Wi-Fi Kit for DeskMini Series Chassis, includes 2 x Antennas £29.42 incl. VAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-Wi-Fi-DeskMini-Chassis-Anten...

2 x ADATA AD4S2666316G19-S 16GB DDR4 2666 MHz Memory Module - Memory Modules (16GB, 1x 16GB, DDR4, 2666MHz, 260-pin SO-DIMM) 2 x £73.12 incl. VAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADATA-AD4S2666316G19-S-16GB-Memory-...

Cost from a few months ago - £619.68

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Re:Librem Mini: A mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and sec... by 38911BBF on Sunday May 03, 2020 @06:13PM (#23062294)

I'm using one as my work desktop and it's a very nice unit. It will not do Hyper-V for some reason but it'll run 4-6 VMWare instances just fine.

The double M2-SSD and double 2.5" SATA for RAID is also great in such a tiny box.

I really hope a new BIOS will make it compatible with the Ryzen 4000 desktop APUs when they arrive later this year.

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Re:Librem Mini: A mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and sec... by emptysongglass on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:06AM (#23065035)

Would the Renoir desktop APUs make such a thing VR-ready? I'm looking for a cheap-enough box for working in the VR window manager Simula.

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Re:Librem Mini: A mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and sec... by throwaway-9320 on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:00AM (#23066942)

The available power budget and memory bandwidth will be the limiting factors for those new APU-s, just like for the current generation. Given the performance requirements that I have seen for VR I don't think the new APU-s will be able to reach that performance level.

For something less demanding it could be OK, not sure where your use case would fit in the performance requirement scale though.

LowSpecGamer did an experiment with VR and Ryzen APU-s, if you want to get an idea of what performance to expect: https://youtu.be/huT6fp7nzwA

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