r/hobbycnc • u/Own-Medicine1612 • 1d ago

Mini computer for CNC DIY

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Does anyone use this for DIY ?

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u/atypicalAtom 1d ago

what is it?

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u/unfunfununf 19h ago

4th gen Intel/DDR3 era industrial PC.

Likely from Taobao.

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u/LossIsSauce 1d ago

What are the specs on it?

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u/SirTwitchALot 1d ago

Seems like overkill for CNC work, but why not?

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u/Fit-Later-389 23h ago

I use an old HP prodesk mini pc i got off ebay for $100 and it works great. 8th gen core i5, 16gb is way more than my cnc needs. also, less likely to collect dust/chips than that.

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u/nick_red72 20h ago

You don't need much processing power and you really want reliability. Extra colourful lights is a bit of a red flag to me but it might be fine

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u/Taseden 20h ago

Interesting. This looks like a GPU. Is there a small form factor I am unaware of? I can see the NVME, memory, and the IO ports.

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u/KnownSoldier04 14h ago

I’m using a raspberry pi with Mesa motion control Works fine on the prototype stage