If you can get the i3 used at a decent price, I’d recommend it. My i3 NUC has an NVME SSD and has been incredibly reliable for well over a year already. Only recommendation is to update to the latest/greatest BIOS before you begin adding parts and installing Home Assistant.
Now I need to choose a ssd. Im deciding between a fast pci 3.0 ssd like samsung 970 evo plus or wd sn750 and a normal sata ssd which is specifically designed for 24/7 use like the wd red sa500.
What do you guys think is better for HA? As HA will constantly write on the ssd, will this have a negative impact on its lifespan? ( tbw). Most tests for ssds are for temporary use and not for 24/7 use…thats why Im asking.
If I were to chose a pci 3 or pci4 ssd would I even notice a difference in speed with HA compared to a normal sata ssd? (I mean at least on paper they should be 6 times faster…)
Samsung 970 pro will have the best long term reliability due to use of MLC flash and good write amplification algorithms, you can also modify the recorder settings to write to db in less frequent intervals.
For your use a PCIe4 ssd will not be faster, if you had a higher end device and were running lots of services and possibly virtualization then there are advantages, even with the PCIe3 interface on the NUC board
Thanks. What about the wd red one? Shouldnt this be the best concerning longterm reliability? As it is just sata my question was if I would notice the difference compared to a pci 3.0 ssd.
No. That has 3-bit NAND, as do most SSDs. Samsung 860 pro SATA and 970 pro NVME are 2 on the market with 2-bit NAND, and have double the endurance rating of the Red drives.
Beyond that, there are datacenter SSDs with 3-bit NAND but they offer more DRAM and on-board capacitors to prevent data lost.
Performance wise the NVME drives are substantially faster, especially when performing a system update.
There is more to a drive than just endurance, but also how it actually puts the data in pages on the flash chips, and how it consolidates the data in ram before putting it to flash.
If you want long term use, you want the largest drive with the best flash. If those 2 are your choices I would choose the pro
I just want to be as “safe” as possible. Nothing is more annoying then a hdd that suddenly dies. But it looks like the pro gernerally gives me more of that security/ is the better choice for 24/7 use.
Could you maybe also point me torwards some good ram? Want to put 16 gb into the nuc…but choices are immense…
I have used Crucial in NUCs for decades, never had any issues, but I do tend to buy ram clocked at higher speed than the NUC will support and let it run at a lower speed. 8th gen Core processors all tend to support the same memory, last I used in an 8i5 was CT2K8G4SFRA266
Guys, sorry to wake up this thread after one year.
Noise-wise, how is it going with the i3? Is it silent? Is there Noctua fans compatible to it?
I’m considering buying one 2nd hand.
In my case, I’m using a mini PC M1T for Hass.io and I could not regret more: HA go unavailable once a week, and now the fan is making a loud noise. Tried to replace the fan, but nothing standard.
Hi, in my case, either is the whole system or just WiFi (I can see from my router interface that it disappears from the network.
As I control it remotely, I put it on a WiFi plug and changed bios to restart automatically when on power. So at least I can restart it when it breaks.
I’m also installing Glances and influxdb to see if I can have more clues. But I’m really thinking of moving to a more reliable machine than this noisy little pc.