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[Used] Lenovo M920Q Tiny PC i5-8500T 16GB/256GB Win 11 Wi-Fi $255.20 ($248.82 eBay Plus) Del'd @ Technologylockerptyltd eBay

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[Used] Lenovo M920Q Tiny PC i5-8500T 16GB/256GB Win 11 Wi-Fi $255.20 ($248.82 eBay Plus) Del'd @ Technologylockerptyltd eBay
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This is a great price for these study reliable units and listed with wifi built in.

Lenovo M920q Tiny PC Intel i5-8500T @2.10GHz 16GB RAM 256GB SSD Win 11 HDMI USB-C WIFI

Package Contents
Lenovo M920q Tiny PC
Built In WIFI Adapter + Dongle
Lenovo Adapter
Windows 11 Installed and Activated
Tax Invoice
3 Months Warranty
Grading & Physical Condition
(Note: Please see the seller note for its specific condition)

Grade A

Good cosmetic condition: the item may have some signs of wear and tear.
Item may have scuffs, scratches, blemishes, marks, deep scratches, dint, minor cracks on frame or minor dents on external surfaces of computer case/ chassis. But 99% of desktops do not have any damages such as minor dents or crack on frame.

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  • tonyamazing on 17/07/2023 - 12:03
    +1

    I have a machine with i5-7400T; does a pretty decent job of transcoding Plex.

    • Raj09 on 17/07/2023 - 12:05
      +1

      How's is this better than firetv or chrome cast?

      • theguyrules on 17/07/2023 - 12:44
        +4

        You don't deserve the negs tbh, tonyamazing is saying it's a good Plex server, not client.
        FireTV and Chromecast are Plex clients, as they can't be servers.

      • tonyamazing on 17/07/2023 - 13:26
        +3

        Yeah you don't deserve the negs. In my situation, I'm using the PC as a server. Other people in this thread have used theirs as a HTPC, you can ask them for a comparison vs. Fire TV or Chromecast.

        • Raj09 on 17/07/2023 - 13:30
          +6

          Thank you. I was asking a genuine question as I wanted to understand the use case. Thanks for the explanation. @tonyamazing @theguyrules

    • shiggaz on 17/07/2023 - 12:09
      +1

      How do you manage your storage? External HDD that's always on?

      • bri11iant-y on 17/07/2023 - 12:27
        +2

        You could do that, there is also a caddy https://www.amazon.com.au/Cable-Caddy-Replacement-ThinkCentr… you can use to fit it inside the chasis

      • tonyamazing on 17/07/2023 - 12:40
        +7

        DIY NAS.

        I have an old HP ProLiant N40L Microserver that I nabbed off Gumtree for $50. It can hold 4 drives (6 with some mods), and I run Unraid off a thumb drive. It then shares via SMB and NFS.

        • RedHab on 17/07/2023 - 12:47
          +3

          Those are amazing little servers.

        • shiggaz on 17/07/2023 - 12:49

          Yeah I'm thinking about how you'd get more than 1 hard drive hooked up to this thing

          • Mechz on 17/07/2023 - 13:19
            +1

            @shiggaz: They have a PCIe slot inside but you'd need to adapt it as it faces upwards and then somehow provide power to the drives.

          • Nom on 17/07/2023 - 13:31
            +1

            @shiggaz: You just connect a $20 USB 3 hub and then start plugging in your external drives.

        • donkeyhokey on 17/07/2023 - 13:21

          Have one of these for 10 years going on strong. The oldest drive is a 2gb HDD and the newest is a 12gb 😂

          • cobknob on 17/07/2023 - 14:07
            +1

            @donkeyhokey: What is it used for? A 256gb usb stick with 3.2 Gen 2 speeds I'd imagine flogs your scenario??

          • tonyamazing on 17/07/2023 - 14:24
            +1

            @donkeyhokey: I started with an N36L which I bought in 2011, but then didn't use it until 2013. I filled it with 4TB drives I shucked from this deal. One of the drives has power on hours of 7rs 6m.

            My openmediavault installation died recently. I did a long over due update, restarted and it was dead. Along with 2 drives. No idea what happened but I've had enough with openmediavault.

        • krisspy on 17/07/2023 - 13:52

          Oh lord you just triggered alot of memories for me with that little unit.

          I remember buying one from megabuy eyons ago. Was a good little server it was.

  • Nolanb134 on 17/07/2023 - 12:15

    What are the use cases for a machine like this? I've never heard of a tiny PC, I didnt even know this was a product that existed. Seems pretty nifty.

    • sween64 on 17/07/2023 - 12:21
      +4

      Good for HTPC. Might be able to mount it to the rear of a monitor for a clean set up. Cheap, small, great for basic web browsing, emails, office etc.

    • bri11iant-y on 17/07/2023 - 12:22
      +3

      They are useful in scenarios where the machines have to be on 247, so they have to power efficient(they consume under 20w when idle, where "normal" PCs could consume 10x more, my gaming pc consumes ~230w when idle YMMV)

      eg. Home Assistant server/Airplay(1) server/linux home lab/Plex server/torrent downloader/soft router

    • arkdog on 17/07/2023 - 12:22
      +12

      Good for my 75 year old parents to just check email and browse the internet as an office PC.

      • boretentsu on 17/07/2023 - 13:21
        +3

        My grandparents need a i9 with a 4090 to do that.

      • Chiang on 17/07/2023 - 17:57
        +3

        Exactly. My elderly parents have one under their tv. Small enough to not be noticed but plenty for them to do a Coles online shop together or check emails/pay bills on a nice big screen. My dad watches remote cattle sales online (farmer). Logitech k409r keyboard seems to last ages on standby battery and makes for comfy lounge chair browsing.

    • GordonD on 17/07/2023 - 12:22

      They are intended for light duty business use, so they aren't very expandable. They use the graphics built into the CPU, and you can't fit a separate graphics card in them, so they aren't suitable for anyone who wants to play games in any serious way. And to fit more memory or storage you have to pull out what's in there and replace it. But they are an excellent cheap way to get a reliable machine that does internet access and desktop applications well.

      Plus it helps save the planet that you are giving a second life to a PC with years of use left in it, rather than it being thrown on the dump and a new PC built for you.

    • BlueSkyAPI on 17/07/2023 - 12:24
      +8

      These are fantastic for homelabs. They idle around 10watts but has a lot more headroom processing power than a raspberry pi. By putting enough ram and install a hypervisor you can run many applications on it. Router, home assistant, file server etc.

      • Jklaro on 17/07/2023 - 12:28
        +1

        I want to get into home assistant but im scared of the time id need to put into it.

        • BlueSkyAPI on 17/07/2023 - 12:32
          +1

          It's good fun and great learning. For simple automation it won't take that much time. But you are right the sky is the limit and you could absolutely put in a lot of time if you wanted to

          • Mintchip on 17/07/2023 - 12:35
            +3

            @BlueSkyAPI: “Fun” is relative … Almost nothing I set up in Home Assistant worked the first time. Which sounds like it’s probably a me problem but it was definitely not fun!

            It does make it satisfying to get it working though.

      • eraser215 on 17/07/2023 - 13:37
        +1

        In this case it's about an order of magnitude greater than a Raspberry Pi

    • Rockets84 on 17/07/2023 - 12:40

      Very popular as a corporate desktop for staff that just need Office with a few other corporate apps that don't need a lot of resources & the users don't need a laptop. Cheap, quiet, small foot print, easily upgradable enough (one thumb screw and you can access the RAM & storage), external power brick which is easily replaceable, excellent imaging tool support, etc. I work in a large enterprise and we've got truck loads of them deployed globally. After the corporates are done with them they very popular being used for home labers who upgrade them to their max RAM & storage and cluster them as small foot print & low power consumption hypervisors. There's a couple of these tiny models from Lenovo & HP that can take 10G interfaces or half height PCIe cards

    • Low Punt on 17/07/2023 - 13:07
      +9

      I’ve bought about 15 mini pcs ranging from beelink Chinese to these Lenovo/dell/hp ex corporate items.
      Firstly; I’d never buy another off brand Chinese item again. There is zero support and no firmware updates. Because these are corporate machines they will receive critical firmware updates for sometime.

      Regarding use case - it’s more a case of what can’t they do. They are just a pc made smaller using similar hardware to a laptop.
      Unless you require something hardware specific like playing high end games, graphic design etc which requires a dedicated GPU or something that users allot of cpu energy then these are perfectly fine.

      We share a pc in small place so the reduced power consumption is great as is the small footprint. I prefer these over just a laptop (they run slightly quicker than a laptop of equivalent spec due to better cooling etc) because I can choose my own monitor, keyboard, mouse, various upgrades to storage etc. if any of those parts die I can just buy a new one or upgrade.

    • bleeder on 17/07/2023 - 15:06

      I just use for my Linux desktop and it works great.

    • Chiang on 17/07/2023 - 18:00

      Completely spare PC. Put it one in the draw as a backup if.your main needs work. WFH machine. PC on tv. Plex server. Media player on tv (mostly replaced by Fiirestick etc now). Torrent box.

    • Obsidian243 on 18/07/2023 - 01:29

      These machines work excellently for running unifi cloud console software, it's cheaper than the hardware from ubiquiti and you could possibly also run other software, I'm running home assistant and Plex on the same machine currently, planning to split them though.

  • b00gie on 17/07/2023 - 12:16

    Can you upgrade ssd?

    • GordonD on 17/07/2023 - 12:24

      Are there any SSDs that can't be upgraded?

      • stealthpaw on 17/07/2023 - 13:33

        Actually, unfortunately quite few these days and it's a growing trend (thanks Apple).
        Many of the dirt-cheap laptops (even from Lenovo) essentially just solder an SD card onto the motherboard and call it a day.

    • Mechz on 17/07/2023 - 13:27

      Yes, 2x RAM slots and 1x M2 slot. Sometimes they come with 2x M2 but unlikely on this one.

  • Cyrius on 17/07/2023 - 12:21
    +2

    Looks like there is space for a NIC as well for pfsense according to this

    • BlueSkyAPI on 17/07/2023 - 12:30

      This nic needs a separate riser adapter. It will occupy the space for the 2.5" drive

  • kogi on 17/07/2023 - 12:25

    Built In WIFI Adapter + Dongle

    So 2 wifi??

    Also does it have the 2.5" bracket and cable.
    And any chance it has double nvme on the bottom?

  • mitt on 17/07/2023 - 12:28
    +3

    Detailed examination of internals/capabilities here: https://www.servethehome.com/lenovo-thinkcentre-m920-and-m92…

    Note that the display/serial output configs may be slightly different. Machine takes 2x SODIMM modules for ram & can accept 1x nvme & 1x sata drive. Good little unit IMO.

    • kogi on 17/07/2023 - 12:50

      Their description states there is a built in wifi and wifi dongle

  • BlueSkyAPI on 17/07/2023 - 12:29
    +1

    Single nvme and there is one 2.5" bracket and cable

    • chartparker on 17/07/2023 - 12:38

      Is it the M90q that has 2x NVME M.2 slots?

      • BlueSkyAPI on 17/07/2023 - 12:45

        sorry I don't know. I have a m920q so can only speak for that model.

  • markmeister92 on 17/07/2023 - 12:29

    would these units be fine for watching 4k movies as well?

  • QuickToThePointless on 17/07/2023 - 12:33

    $250 should be the benchmark for i5 8500 / 16GB SFF / USFF

    good stuff

  • Mr Fusi0n on 17/07/2023 - 12:36
    +1

    Damn, I bought this exact one for $300 the other week. Using it as a HTPC, haven't thought of what else I can use it for.

    It's great so far. Mine came with a 2.5" Micron SSD, so the nvme slot is free for another SSD. One stick of 16GB SODIMM Samsung DDR4 PC4-2666V, so can easily upgrade to 32 GB with another stick.

    Also handy as it has a hdmi port, the others I was looking at only had two display ports (not that it matters too much).

    • Mechz on 17/07/2023 - 13:30

      HDMI can only do 4k 30hz, DP can do 4k 60hz.

      • sssx on 17/07/2023 - 17:39
        +1

        To clarify - HDMI can do better, so you're saying this units HDMI is limited 4k @ 30hz

        • Mechz on 17/07/2023 - 18:19

          Yes.

  • Mintchip on 17/07/2023 - 12:37

    Bit worried about the seller’s rating but this does look good. Hmmm

    • Mr Fusi0n on 17/07/2023 - 12:45
      +1

      98.7% positive seems like a good rating? I've bought two things from this seller and never had a problem.

    • Low Punt on 17/07/2023 - 12:57
      +1

      I bought from them without issue plus you have eBay money back guarantee.
      That said I think their rating is very good. Nearly 99% and 16k sold.
      If you read a handful of reviews you’ll see that some are from people who clearly bought the wrong item or where a hiccup occurred the seller was quick to fix.
      I’m not affiliated.

  • fastjetjockey on 17/07/2023 - 12:44
    +3

    These have the potential to install a PCIe riser for further expansion at the loss of the 2.5" drive bay. You can turn this thing into a pretty powerful networking device with a NIC or put in a discreet GPU up to half-height 150mm for more powerful transcoding or graphics (not gaming). Great little machines.

    There is some great information here: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/lenovo-thi…

  • smerm07 on 17/07/2023 - 12:50

    Managed to pick up a HP prodesk g6 mini i5-10500t 16gb for $393 this morning.

  • payless69 on 17/07/2023 - 13:11

    $255 - 10% = $248.82

    Great! I need a few hundred to do my tax…

    • Low Punt on 17/07/2023 - 13:16
      +2

      I would suggest you get someone to help with your tax.

      • payless69 on 17/07/2023 - 13:29

        I get that ebay pluss accountant, been pwc vetted. Afterpay will ask cashrewards and it will go round and round…

        • Low Punt on 17/07/2023 - 13:35

          Sorry I don’t understand your post. However, if it’s useful the price is $319. However at the top of this post you’ll see two codes.
          REFU20 is for non-plus and gives 20% off
          REFU22 is for eBay plus members 22% off
          So the two prices in the tittle related to either 20% off the listed price or 22% off.
          You need to enter the code at checkout and make sure it applies before paying.

          • payless69 on 17/07/2023 - 14:47

            @Low Punt: Oh Scotty's endless bots have directed to the highest paying affiliates!

  • gromit on 17/07/2023 - 13:23

    Anyone got one of these "newer" models. I have a few of the 4570T and while they are great little devices the antennae connection for wireless is really poorly mounted so comes loose with the tiniest of touches. Probably the only frustrating point that has stopped me getting more since.

  • czking on 17/07/2023 - 13:32
    +1

    price changed to 459 before the code

  • DingoBlue on 17/07/2023 - 13:36

    Does the USB-C port carry video? (some early ones didn't)

  • DingoBlue on 17/07/2023 - 13:36

    "Built In WIFI Adapter + Dongle"

    So is it built-in or is it a dongle?

    • dav3 on 17/07/2023 - 13:50

      I assume they were referring to the external antenna

    • bleeder on 17/07/2023 - 15:08
      +1

      I purchased Dell from a different supplier, they did the same thing. They send you a little USB dongle, which is completely pointless as the built in WiFi works great. Maybe they have a pile of them or they are so cheap they just chuck them in just in case?

  • jameso on 17/07/2023 - 13:37

    I also see $459.00

    Edit: guess it got ozbargained.

  • Nils on 17/07/2023 - 13:37

    I would love to buy one of those small Form computers that keep popping up on ozb but finding it hard to decide on what's best… Though reading the comments is good for Learning despite at times quite differing opinions :D

    I have a 5 year old laptop that is painfully slow.

    Want a small desktop that is 'snappy' in basic tasks like email, or browsing. Plus I'd love to try and set up a plex or Jellyfin server for home use.
    Would it be safe to say something like this? 16gb ram would cover that?

    Thanks team :)

    • skyva on 17/07/2023 - 14:02
      +2

      the M920q are a bit more expensive than you need. This is because they are one of the only sff pc's that are 1L in size and can take a pcie card. It needs an adapter but it allows you to run either a low profile graphics card or e.g a quad nic card and make it into a powerful router/firewall.

      There was a deal recently for a hp 600 G3 pc https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/784134 that is small but a bit larger than the M920q which would be useful if you don't need a really small size. That was $99 (no windows license though).

    • The Value on 17/07/2023 - 14:04
      +2

      This is perfect for you.

      I prefer SFF (Small Form Factor) size over this (Ultra SFF) because I want to fit a 3.5" drive in mine for content.

      The 8th gen is best because it was a significant upgrade from 7th Gen and it supports Windows 11.

  • Nils on 17/07/2023 - 14:36

    Being able to add 1 or ideally 2 Hdd would be amazing. Is that possible whilst keeping power consumption down? Do I lose much in speed /reliability when attaching then via USB hub?

    Size is not too much of an issue… As long as it's no massive tower like back in the days when I attended LAN parties :D

    • Nom on 17/07/2023 - 15:48

      Do I lose much in speed /reliability when attaching then via USB hub?

      For normal NAS usage, USB3-connected drives are absolutely fine. No performance difference.

    • sssx on 17/07/2023 - 17:33

      ah the good ol' days

  • Issun on 17/07/2023 - 16:32

    Can this fit a 4080?

    • skyva on 17/07/2023 - 16:45
      +6

      Absolutely.
      As long as you realise the whole pc is 1 litre in volume and you can find a 4080 that is half height, single width and no longer than 150mm. And you probably need some additional cooling. And the M920q uses an external power supply around 65w-90w.
      So actually no.

    • hollykryten on 19/07/2023 - 17:08

      The 4080 is way longer and larger than this tiny pc. That's why it's called tiny as in extremely small it's only about 18 cm long and wide. And the tiny PC doesn't even have any PCIe slots. The answer is no.

  • nick90 on 17/07/2023 - 19:28

    I actually want a slightly newer version of one of these (more core and threads), so I can install Proxmox on it with some VM on it.

    • skyva on 18/07/2023 - 09:43

      I have seen some with an i7 as well which would suit. Although from, what I can tell with proxmox, 4 cores and 16gb is likely to be able to run a couple of things on proxmox at once, maybe not windows though. I was thinking proxmox, pfsense and something like linux mint.

  • skyva on 22/07/2023 - 12:55
    +1

    I just received mine. Unboxing:

    memory: Single 16gb Samsung memory (nice). Easy to upgrade to 32gb with one more stick if I want.
    storage: micron sata 256gb ssd (500MB wr/360MB read). no m2 drive. This is ok as the sata port is proprietary so this one comes with its unique cable, so I can easily add a m2 drive for more storage.
    wifi: intel 8265ngw m2 card with external antenna. Ok, 2x2 card with bt4.2.
    power supply: 65w (bit disappointing, will throttle cpu and make usb charging slower, need 90-135w for full power)
    in pretty good condition, only one chip on the cover, clean inside.
    Serial Number says still in warranty for a coupel of months!!!
    win 10 pro license
    no pcie riser, comes with dpi add on card for extra dpi port.

    Overall happy with it for price.
    Packed well enough with bubble wrap.

    No issues really, would do it again.

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