Looking for a low power CPU for barndo.

Please define "pretty functional."

A Microsoft Surface Go 3 is also an option in the similar price range. I bought one for my son, and he loves it.

Speed for what? Are you going to try to play Call of Duty on it? I'm guessing not, but your option looks fine. You'll find a number of monitors that have a mount point on the backside of the monitor to attach units like you've selected.

I've never heard of Beelink, make sure you understand their return policies. This statement in their ad seems odd:

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?Auto Power On & Beelink Technical Support?If you want to auto power on, please send us the barcode at the bottom of the machine first, and we will send the corresponding tutorial file

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Yes, ports can always be added. The only real catch is that if you're plugging in something that requires a lot of power, you have to pay close attention to whatever dock you buy because not all of them can provide the max amount of power to any/all ports. If you're not trying to power a laptop, your biggest issue would likely be a spinning hard drive or a Blu-Ray player.

Make sure you put UPS batteries on nearly everything. The higher the level of "smart" you go on a property, the more important battery backups are. Stick one on your wifi router/cable modem, another on your "home hubs" (Alarm hub, Hue hub, etc.) Come to think of it, look into the Aeotec smart home hub. Aeotec manufactured the Samsung SmartThings hub, and the Aeotec is essentially the same thing. It supports both Z-Wave and Zigbee, and is great for tying together your smart locks, cameras, etc. It already is Matter certified, too.

You can go pretty small based on what you're talking about powering, but my single non-negotiable feature: An audible alarm that you can turn off via software. If the power goes out, even in the middle of the night, I'm going to wake up anyway, I don't need a bunch of random beeping to let me know the A/C is off and the ceiling fan isn't spinning.

You're already in a higher risk location in a barn, and your livestock depend on you!

Will be off grid primarily, I'm looking at an 11kw panels, 20kw battery, 13kw inverter kit from signature solar. Will be an off grid setup with the option via manual transfer switch to grid in emergencies. Place will be occupied less than 50% of time but will be occupied longer in stretches.

5g hotspot through wife's work for the time being. Faster than my cable.

2.3 miles to the tower, 100 down and i forget the up.