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Re:Home Assistant Presence Simulation by lannisterstark on Friday August 30, 2024 @07:00PM (#41405282)
Honestly, to be fair, You can buy two more powerful 1L dell optiplexes or HP prodesks for this cost. i5-7/8xxx with 8G/16G ram often go for $40-50 on eBay.

Install proxmox and HAOS and you can use the rest for other stuff.

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Re:Home Assistant Presence Simulation by wlesieutre on Friday August 30, 2024 @07:32PM (#41405463)
How’s the power consumption compare? If you don’t need more powerful it might not be the bargain it looks like.
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Re:Home Assistant Presence Simulation by lannisterstark on Friday August 30, 2024 @09:17PM (#41405960)
Idle wall draw is approx 4W, average is approx 15W under load. Hovers around 10-24 mostly tbf. These are mostly i5-xxxxT CPUs. They have TDP of 35W.

And honestly, if you're in many states of the US - power's consumption is not necessarily an issue. Electricity is dirt cheap in the States, but I see your point.

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