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Posted: 3/26/2024 11:59:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
Do a Ebay search for Dell Wyze 5060. You can get one for about $30, they're fairly capable small computers, come with 8 gigs of memory and a 64 gig ssd. They are passively cooled, no fan and use very little electricity.
They will run current linux fine. They will also run Win 10 fine but you will probably need to finegle more drive space in it, not hard but not totally straight forward either. I've got a 256 gig ssd in mine (it came with no drive when I got it about a year and a half ago). I couldn't resist a second one at the price they are now, it will be here tomorrow.  I think I have a actual use for it, though. You either want to make sure it comes with a power supply or you have one, it uses the same 19v adapter with the 5.5 x 2.5 barrel connector that millions of laptops came with. If you get one the bios will have been factory reset, the default password is Fireport (with a capital F). The video on most is two display ports so plan accordingly. I already had display port to hdmi adapters. These are small. This is a pic of my hand of the top of mine (yes, the pic looks like my hand is in front of it to create a false perspective but it's not).  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 12:26:55 PM EDT
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Bitcoin mining? On the cheap cheap?
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Posted: 3/27/2024 12:43:19 PM EDT
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what kind of NIC does it have?
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Posted: 3/27/2024 12:48:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GraboidHunter]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GlockPride: Bitcoin mining? On the cheap cheap? You aren't going to be able to mine anything on that. Might be good for a media center though. Best use would be a really cheap office computer that doesn't need to do much other than word processing or something. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 1:41:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: what kind of NIC does it have? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: what kind of NIC does it have? It's gigabit but as for brand I have no idea. Probably part of the AMD chipset. Edit - Nope, Realtek 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 1:42:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
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Posted: 3/27/2024 2:28:05 PM EDT
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Wow! That is pretty dang cool at that price, should run Linux just fine, and work fine for most tasks i'd throw at it, thanks OP!
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:21:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dragynn: Wow! That is pretty dang cool at that price, should run Linux just fine, and work fine for most tasks i'd throw at it, thanks OP! It runs Mint 21.3 Mate great, no problems. I forgot to add in the OP that these play 1080p YouTube videos with no dropped frames. They don't want anything to do with the 4k Youtube videos though. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:33:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
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I got mine today and it looks almost new, made in Jan '18, these came out in the latter part of '16. It didn't have a default bios password unlike any of the other Wyze thin clients I' ve got in the past. The bios password had been cleared. YMMV from another seller, though.
One thing though. With a Mint 21.3 (that's the only one I have tried) usb boot thumb drive it locks up attempting to boot with the default setting on the legacy/uefi in the bios which is both. I had to change it to just legacy. Once I did that it booted Mint fine. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:39:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GraboidHunter: You aren't going to be able to mine anything on that. Might be good for a media center though. Best use would be a really cheap office computer that doesn't need to do much other than word processing or something. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GraboidHunter: Originally Posted By GlockPride: Bitcoin mining? On the cheap cheap? You aren't going to be able to mine anything on that. Might be good for a media center though. Best use would be a really cheap office computer that doesn't need to do much other than word processing or something. Bitcoin mining on these.  Think of these as a little larger but much cheaper (and probably slightly more powerful) Raspberry Pi substitute and you more in the ballpark. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:20:52 PM EDT
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I think I'm going to order one of these to play around with.
Seems like a pretty capable little box for the price. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:59:22 AM EDT
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my first thought was to build a cluster, but a little digging around and I'm not the first to explore the idea
and the bigger take-away was they're a bit power hungry (and at 19v) for that use. maybe a hamshack dedicated FT-8 box? or maybe a home weather station? Lots to think about. .
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Posted: 3/28/2024 9:27:45 PM EDT
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I'm curious how one of them would run with Android x86?
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Posted: 4/1/2024 4:32:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tep0583]
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OK, got one and I'm playing around with it.
My first question is what's the best way to get more than 64GB of storage into this thing? Maybe something like this? (Will the m2 slot support a non-wifi card?) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DZF1W55/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ETA - This thing runs Win10 very well. I have to imagine some flavors of Linux will be pretty stinking speedy on it. ETA2 - and, yeah, 1080p off YouTube is no sweat off YouTube. The little installed speaker is cute. It tries very hard. |
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Posted: 4/2/2024 2:11:07 PM EDT
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Anyone tried running OPNsense from one of these?
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Posted: 4/2/2024 8:34:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tep0583: OK, got one and I'm playing around with it. My first question is what's the best way to get more than 64GB of storage into this thing? Maybe something like this? (Will the m2 slot support a non-wifi card?) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DZF1W55/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ETA - This thing runs Win10 very well. I have to imagine some flavors of Linux will be pretty stinking speedy on it. ETA2 - and, yeah, 1080p off YouTube is no sweat off YouTube. The little installed speaker is cute. It tries very hard. Does the DOM have use a sata connection? If so, you could use a sata drive or ssd |
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Posted: 4/3/2024 1:53:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tep0583: OK, got one and I'm playing around with it. My first question is what's the best way to get more than 64GB of storage into this thing? Maybe something like this? (Will the m2 slot support a non-wifi card?) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DZF1W55/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ETA - This thing runs Win10 very well. I have to imagine some flavors of Linux will be pretty stinking speedy on it. ETA2 - and, yeah, 1080p off YouTube is no sweat off YouTube. The little installed speaker is cute. It tries very hard. You need one of these, 22-pin (7+15) Sata Male to Female Data and Power Combo Extension Cable and a 2.5" SSD. The drive that's in there now has one screw and then pulls out. It's REAL tight and lacking in pull space but it will pull out.. Notice the wire that goes from the little speaker in the top to the MB that needs to be unplugged from the MB. Don't jerk up on the top after you've took the screws out (5 screws, not 4) and notice the little tab in the front middle of the top goes under not over.Also watch for the two thermal pads on the top so they don't get damaged. When you're putting the five screws back in the top, a screwdriver that's REALLY magnetic is your friend.  Attached FileThe male end of the extension plugs into where you removed the SSD.  Attached FileIt's tight but it goes in without any problem. It's not really arranged in this pic or the cable wire tied together, I was taking it right back out.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/5/2024 10:25:57 AM EDT
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Yeah, I was going at that from the wrong angle.
Had it apart, the drive IS tight, but I was able remove it after moving the cable for the sub board out of the way. Ironically enough, I also have a couple of those PNY SSDs around here. It was nice when the local Best Buy had them at like $23/ea. Took an old Kingston SSD I had from an older PC apart. Apparently some 2.5" SSDs have small enough "guts" to fit directly in the slot No dice with that one. Thought 2.5" might be tight, but It's manageable. Trying to decide of I'm keeping Windows on this or going Linux. Probably linux, although my old Panasonic plasma I have in here has a wicked overscan issue that hard to tune out in Linux. (and doesn't have a "just scan" or game mode, sadly) |
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Posted: 4/5/2024 10:27:10 AM EDT
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I'm also gathering the m2 slot WILL support a 2230 SSD, but it will only run at 1x speeds.
Unclear if you can boot from it or not. |
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Posted: 4/5/2024 4:32:29 PM EDT
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A pair just arrived for me to play with.
If I can find a display port to hdmi cable in town after work I might get one them powered up tonight. |
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Posted: 4/5/2024 4:38:59 PM EDT
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Dell. 
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Posted: 4/5/2024 10:58:27 PM EDT
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How would that old PC be better than this at ~$160?
 
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Posted: 4/6/2024 2:05:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Saker13: How would that old PC be better than this at ~$160? www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJRFPS52 $30 more better than $160 for a toy.
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Posted: 4/6/2024 2:10:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tep0583: Yeah, I was going at that from the wrong angle. Had it apart, the drive IS tight, but I was able remove it after moving the cable for the sub board out of the way. Ironically enough, I also have a couple of those PNY SSDs around here. It was nice when the local Best Buy had them at like $23/ea. Took an old Kingston SSD I had from an older PC apart. Apparently some 2.5" SSDs have small enough "guts" to fit directly in the slot No dice with that one. Thought 2.5" might be tight, but It's manageable. Trying to decide of I'm keeping Windows on this or going Linux. Probably linux, although my old Panasonic plasma I have in here has a wicked overscan issue that hard to tune out in Linux. (and doesn't have a "just scan" or game mode, sadly) Yeah, I had took two of them of different brands apart. Both are made just alike and won't fit as they would hit the memory cover or the sim slots if you remove it. |
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Posted: 4/6/2024 9:06:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: Dell. It's a re-branded Wyse thin client. Only thing Dell about is the name on the case. |
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