Intel NUC to hook up all your scanners

[bearcatrp]

You folks with multiple scanners hooked up to a computer with software like proscan, anyone using a NUC? Since the NUC has a small foot print similar to a mac mini, thought I would check this out for a possibility to hook up a few scanners to software like proscan. I have my gaming machine but don't want to interrupt my scanning logging to play my games. Anyone using one?

 

[buddrousa]

I have a mini PC running PROSCAN 4 times hooked up to 4 Uniden Scanners 2 996p2 and 2 536 in a 4 scanner rack I would not want to run much more on this setup as when I connect with ANYDESK it bumps 70% Resorces while connected.

 

[a417]

I have a mini PC running PROSCAN 4 times hooked up to 4 Uniden Scanners 2 996p2 and 2 536 in a 4 scanner rack I would not want to run much more on this setup as when I connect with ANYDESK it bumps 70% Resorces while connected.

I also have a unit of the same form factor (zotac zbox), that has run as many as four RTL-SDRs at once, doing various things. Computationally, the tasks are not very hard, usually it's the underlying operating system that is the biggest burden on the hardware. I do not run proscan on it, nor windows, but the idea is the same.

 

[buddrousa]

Mine is 4gb ram Celeron Windows 10 PC $159 on Amazon
N40 Mini PC Fanless Celeron N4020 (up to 2.8GHz) with Windows 10 4GB DDR4/64GB eMMC Mini Computers HDMI 2.0 and VGA Port 2.4/5.8G WiFi BT4.2 3xUSB3.0 Support

 

[a417]

Mine is 4gb ram Celeron Windows 10 PC $159 on Amazon

This is the one I have.

Upgraded the DDR chip and now it has 8gigs RAM, an SSD instead of the HD that it came with, disabled the wifi and run it headless.

Horsepower wise, it handles 4 separate USB streams w/o issue...but the Radeon 8250 is absolutely a turd if you need/expect any kind of graphics beyond the bare minimum. I think I spent $159 on it 7 years ago, I definitely got my money's worth out of it.

 

[bearcatrp]

Have been looking at these on newegg comparing different models. i3 or celeron seems to be the chips of choice. Will a dual core with hyperthreading handle running multiple proscan software or a true quad core work better? Have built many computers over the years but never this small. Just want a small foot print. Don't see any i5 processors in a NUC yet but still looking. Would think 8GB ram should be sufficient.

 

[buddrousa]

The way you are wording your questions is Will a Pinto pull a trailer the answer is yes aslong it is not a 53 foot semi trailer.
Now what are you call MULTIPLE PROSCAN SOFTWARE 2, 3 or 4 copies? I have a fully loaded PC 32gb ram I7 running 16 copies and ANYDESK.

 

[sonm10]

Always go with Intel 'i' series

 

[smason]

I have a Qotom i5 mini pc, was a PFSense box for a while.
Not really stressing it. 2 instances of Proscan, 2 SDRs running SDR++ server
Has been very solid.

 

[a417]

Have been looking at these on newegg comparing different models. i3 or celeron seems to be the chips of choice. Will a dual core with hyperthreading handle running multiple proscan software or a true quad core work better? Have built many computers over the years but never this small. Just want a small foot print. Don't see any i5 processors in a NUC yet but still looking. Would think 8GB ram should be sufficient.

I would avoid a celeron nowadays. They were a budget processor to fit a market niche, and I think they held on for longer than they were anticipated to. Great for Myrtle in accounting to run The Excel, but you're looking at feeding it a constant stream of data from more than 1 port...Get your self an i3 or i5 and don't look back.

 

[bearcatrp]

My i7 gaming rig will handle it with no problems. Prefer a dedicated pc. I did find a i5, which I am leaning towards. Just want a small footprint. It will start with 2 instances of proscan to start.

 

[buddrousa]

The I5 mini with windows 10 4gb should do you 4 PROSCANS easy

 

[jaspence]

With Windows growing almost daily, you might want to have 8 GB of ram. I have a 5 x 5 x 2 mini with a Ryzen 5th generation processor. Right now with Firefox and 6 tabs, the task manager shows 57% of ram in use. With only 4 GB, your SSD or HD becomes temporary ram and starts to slow things.

 

[bearcatrp]

Windows has always been a memory hog. 8 GB will be my minimum ram. Am still on Win7 pro. Not fond of the higher versions. Surprised you have a ryzen chip in a mini as AMD runs fairly hot. Thanks folks for all your help.

 

[speedway_navigator]

Windows has always been a memory hog.

I have an Asus Vivo I bumped up to 10 gig RAM but I find the 32 gig drive is the limit with windows. About once a month I get warnings I'm down to 250 meg of free space on C. I have an SD card for D which holds everything I can force there. Usually a reboot brings it back to about 1 gig free. All this PC does is run syncthing to keep my NAS drives synched and stream video.

The 11" netbooks I have need more work to clear up space because I have more programs on them

 

[speedway_navigator]

I when I connect with ANYDESK

I ran that for a year or so and was thinking of buying the pro version but then I started getting pop ups after sessions wanting me to buy so I dropped them and went with remote utilities.