[HN Gopher] Beelink mini-PC docking station supports desktop GPU
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Beelink mini-PC docking station supports desktop GPU
Author : heresie-dabord
Score : 10 points
Date : 2024-11-14 21:40 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| daft_pink wrote:
| Proprietary instead of thunderbolt? :(
| undersuit wrote:
| Looks like they just route 17 PCI-E lanes out of the chassis by
| shoving a 16x and a 1x slot next to each other. Not the best,
| but hackable.
| gorkish wrote:
| It's a proprietary edge connector that connects the dock and
| the mini PC, but it carries standard PCIe, so it's at least
| twice as fast as Thunderbolt.
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| To me all of these Mini PCs are essentially uselessly
| uninteresting without fast network connectivity. When is an
| actual vendor that is not Quotom or whatever ship one with
| 10GBaseT or SFP+/SFP28 ports already?
| projektfu wrote:
| https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-01
| polishdude20 wrote:
| Idk, with the money you use for a docking station, graphics card
| and the mini PC itself I feel like a regular desktop or mini atx
| build is more suitable.
| grahamj wrote:
| yeah I'm not seeing the benefit over a SFF build. The overall
| size has to be bigger than the GPU anyway so why not just
| enclose it all?
|
| I'd also rather stick with Thunderbolt so at least the dock
| could be used with a different brand of miniPC.
|
| I do like Beelink products in general though; great for homelab
| servers.
| grahamj wrote:
| Imagine putting the power button where you can actually reach it.
| Ridiculous!
| open-paren wrote:
| Previously discussed:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41997703
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