Best mini PC, Bufferbloat, 1gbps, Questions

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Hi everyone, I have a lot of questions to ask you, I would like a little help.

To start with, I'd like to have a mini PC for cheap, I'd like to do Sqm with 1Gbps full speed, and have a bufferbloat of A+.
For now, I'm at B

I looked at the Nanopi R6s and I think it's a good choice but the shipping costs are really high which makes it less attractive, I'm from Canada.

I also looked at a lot of Mini Pc on aliexpress with a N100 + 1226V
Also are the no name as good as the more popular one? (Topton, Cwwk, Kingnovy)
But since it comes from China, I can have several problems, like less reliability, possibility of spy bios.
Also, I've seen that the 1226V has some problems...

So I wanted to know if the Nanopi is powerful enough for what I want?
Also what is the difference between the R6s and the T6?
In the future, I might also install Jellyfin!

Also is it possible to build something myself as powerful for less?

what I want:
-Something small
-Powerful
-Not too expensive (100-150$ USD if possible)
-2 ethernet ports (Lan-Wan)
-8GB ram minimum
-N100 or similar

*Edit, is it really bad if the Nanopi has not access to the actual version of Openwrt? (Friendlywrt)
And is it better to use Openwrt or Pfsense/Opnsense?

Thanks a lot!

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Why are you installing Jellyfin on a router?
For a router you don't even need 8GB ram

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This is what I bought. Working very well with Openwrt and Qosify.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806461291539.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.39.7a8f194dsQlwmf&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt

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it won't run on Openwrt, unless perhaps if you build it yourself.

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No personal experience, but specs look alright https://www.gmktec.com/products/intel-12th-alder-lake-n100-mini-pc-nucbox-g2

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Not really fond of onboard soldered RAM. If it goes you have to throw the whole thing out.

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Oh thanks this one is really cheap if we compare it to other mini PC

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Yeah for sure, but I imagine they would replace if, depending after how much time it break

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