• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Yeah, I’m just disappointed, because I’d love a low-power DIY NAS and I really don’t need need anything x86-specific on it. My main limitation with current ARM SOCs is limited RAM, I really want 16GB RAM, and many SOCs only go to 4GB.

    I know why they don’t do it, I was just hoping they’d make an option to use the same socket for ARM and x86 so I could pull a low-end server chip and put it into a higher-end consumer board and have my cake and eat it too.

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      if its strictly nas, yeah thats a flaw. the advantage of the x86 devices is that the low power chips have good transcoding. so its common for people to pick up intel n series boards for intel quicksync, and the raw expansion ports for storage