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What are some tech products that you want that you can't seem to find? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 days ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Stuff like a pretty case with slots for optical drives, a laptop with a shitton of ports and all-day battery life or anything else that seems to go against the trends.

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A SBC with SATA ports, to use as a Plex server. I've only ever found one (the Zimaboard), but it's a bit pricey for something that I'd still have to find some way to house with an external HDD.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The ODROID-HC4 has two SATA ports. Alternatively, you can get one with an NVMe slot and stick a NVMe to SATA card in it that will likely get you four ports.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hadn't looked at any ODROID stuff, and the HC4 is a cool looking solution! I'm actually even more impressed with the M1S, which has a built-in M.2 slot. Can't use my existing spinny drives, but for the price of the M1S, I could pick up an NVMe drive to go with it.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Another option would be to get a RPi and throw a hat on it:

https://radxa.com/products/accessories/penta-sata-hat/

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I had looked at those, but the hat alone is over $70. Plus they need an RPi5, because earlier ones don't have a PCIe interface. For that much, I could get a Beelink or something similar.

The hat is a cool idea, though.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Ive heard some people use usbC connecting drive enclosures, could probably rig something up with the backplane from one of those, but yeah a finished product like that would be neat.

I think ive seen a mini-PC with a hotswap m.2 bay built in though?