These mini PC’s are so easy to hoard. Part of the justification is their flexibility and the lack of space they require. I am lucky to be able to get these mostly for free due to product lifecycle refresh at work and out-of-warranty units that can be easily fixed. I have an entire shelf now of just minis and thin clients. I enjoy the amount of power these tiny units can offer. Glad to see someone else who appreciates these as much as I do 😊

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

Now I'm jealous, free and plentiful minis? That must be fun 😉

Thank you for this research! I am intereated in some of these mini PCs and sometimes it is hard to compare them.

@handmedowntech

26 күн бұрын

@@valentinapostu8078 I agree. I wanted to have an apples to apples comparison.

A lot of good time consuming on gathering information much appreciated. Thanks. Also, I have both the Lenovo 900 920 Q I believe and a G5 800 not sure what I prefer as I want another to cluster I need to add additional ethernet port to them tho which I haven’t been able to do so, that may be a determining factor I have 2 of Lenovo’s.

@handmedowntech

Ай бұрын

Thanks. I try to do these videos as much for myself as for the viewers. Keeps me interested.

@markstanchin1692

Ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech wow thanks so much for the quick reply you’re awesome I’m still watching your video on the comparisons, so which would you suggest I purchase another of to add additional ethernet ports to and to cluster, also I max out the ram 920 Q I think it’s 32 just curious and value your knowledgeable input.

@handmedowntech

Ай бұрын

I do have the video on adding a second NIC to a G5. I guess for your cluster you could get an Optiplex and have all 3 brands 😉

@markstanchin1692

Ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech the best for me would be to have a second m.2 drive and second eth port.

@markstanchin1692

Ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech yes I’m going to attempt the G5 eth mod. I also have a machine running Windows 7 for some specific tasks and I wanna virtualize so I think thats your latest video.

I didn't know that about the D1. I can say 1st hand that I came late (don't bring that up with my GF) to the G* Mini party. I AM IN LOVE!!! Even as they are years old it still RoCkS as a home/utility pc (Linux only is my secret sauce:). Hands down a better deal (for me) than a Pi etc. These HP's are really built well. A Brick $hit house as they say. This video really filled the gap (once again, 🚫GF). You RoCk and clearly R the "Mini Whisperer" (in my book). I'm putting all this information on my resume! Cheers

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome feedback. I'll have to get a shirt made with that Mini Whisperer on it 😉. That's for joining the club, your secrets safe with us.

@ovalwingnut

3 ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech "Mini-Wave" You are a gentleman and a scholar. Cheers from So.Ca.USA 3rd House On the Left.

In your research of these, did you happen to notice which ones can be natively outfitted with a second Ethernet port? (Small router use.) (People have figured out how to add them to E-slot Lenovos but I’m curious if any had dual Ethernet as a standard option…)

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

Filming a new video on this subject. G6 and onward have add-ons but the earlier ones need hacks to get that second port. I'll let you know what I find.

@NatesRandomVideo

3 ай бұрын

@@handmedowntechcool!

So this hp elitedesk 800 G2 mini is here and on first boot it works on the hdmi port but not got it to boot by the display port yet so could be a bios thing not sure yet once it's setup I will get the parts number for the hdmi option board

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

As long as the monitor is ready to get an input you can connect to either of the ports.

@stevenbell9589

3 ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech I have more testing to do but so far hdmi works

@stevenbell9589

3 ай бұрын

So the pc looks broke all 4 usb hard drives I plug in lock up the pc as in the mouse stops working and one of the drives runs at %100 the display port does not work so going to have to send it back but did take a photo of the hdmi option board

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

Sorry guy. Nothing more disappointing than straight out lockups.

@stevenbell9589

3 ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech so this pc from ebay the guy offered me £20 back witch i took and i can buy a brand new motherboard from ebay for £36 so all in it will have cost me £76 i think the motherboard swap will fix the pc locking up

I have found a few differences between the 3 main vendors units. The Lenovo units come with vendor locked CPU's and the WIFI cards must be listed on Lenovo's whitelist or they wont work. So you would need specific Lenovo certified WIFI cards to have WIFI work. The Dell systems at least almost all I have found on eBay typically don't have and are not wired for WIFI. Thus it cant be easily added after. Lastly the Dells I don't believe have an AMD variant at all, and the Lenovo's don't have a high end AMD variant, only mid tier. All other differences I have found were outlined in detail in your video.

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your research. I'm obviously biased toward the hps but wanted to give folks the info to make decisions on which mini computers to buy. Do you have any yourself?

@Jeff-xg5jp

3 ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech I currently own (1) Lenovo m75q, (1) HP 400 g4, (1) HP 800 G4) and (2) currently nonworking hp 805 G6 units

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

@@Jeff-xg5jp are the non working waiting for parts of just parts computers themselves?

@Jeff-xg5jp

3 ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech The (2) G6 units are both not working and I will likely just trash them as one is a firmware failure on the motherboard and the other has no video (cant figure out why) and a broken power button on the motherboard as well. The cpu's for these are about $90 each so really not sure its even worth my time. If you want to talk directly I would be glad to but not sure how to get an email addy to you without posting it publicly.

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

@@Jeff-xg5jp I guess just strip them of anything useful. Even if you kept them the nice thing is that they take up so little space 😉

Lenovo's line is M7x0q/M8x0q/M9x0q then they changed the naming scheme to M70q G1/M80q G1/M90q G1. Note that the M8x0q and M80q are not made every year. Sometimes Lenovo skips a year or two. Also the M600 line is like a thin client line. So I don't consider it the entry line. I consider the M7x0q and M70q the entry line.

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

I think what threw me off was that the M8 didn't seem to show up each year. I'll go back and look more in depth on thise. At least I didn't chunk the corporate ones or else the whole analysis would be for naught. How about the weird M920. Were there different generations of those?

@ytguy2010

3 ай бұрын

@@handmedowntech The M920q didn't have a Gen 2. Lenovo did the smart thing and made BIOS updates for the M920q that supported 9th gen CPU's so that they didn't have to made a whole new model.

@handmedowntech

3 ай бұрын

@@ytguy2010 good to know. And it makes sense since the G4 and G5 are basically the same model but with emphasis on the 9th Gen for the G5 even though the G4 can use them too.

24y5m interesting

@handmedowntech

2 ай бұрын

MMXXIV V thanks