00:00Okay, so picture this, it's 2 in the morning, your home server locks up, and it's sitting in a closet
00:05across the house, or worse, in a data center 3 states away.
00:09That's the exact moment you realize you needed a KVM over IP.
00:13I've been testing these little boxes for months now, and I went digging for the 5 best deals out there
00:18right now.
00:20Let's get into it.
00:22Starting off with the SIPed Nano KVM PCIe.
00:25This one's clever because it slots straight into an empty PCIe slot inside your machine, so there's no ugly dongle
00:31hanging off the back and no extra power brick cluttering your desk.
00:35You get full HDMI capture, USB keyboard and mouse emulation, UART access, and even remote power control, all running on
00:42a RISC-V chip that sips power.
00:44It's sitting at about $63, and with nearly 4,800 of these sold and a solid 4.6 rating, it's
00:51clearly doing something right.
00:53If you've got a tower PC or a rack server with a spare slot, this is the cleanest install you'll
00:58find.
00:59Next up is the Nano KVM Pro, and honestly, this is the one I keep going back to.
01:05It does true 4K capture, which sounds like overkill until you're trying to read tiny BIOS text over a remote
01:10session and everything's a blurry mess.
01:13You also get gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, and power over Ethernet, so you can run a single cable and
01:19be done.
01:20There's an HDMI second screen output and even an LED strip header for the RGB folks.
01:26At $115 it's the priciest here, but if you're managing a home lab, a NAS, or anything you actually depend
01:33on, the extra headroom is genuinely worth it.
01:36Then there's the Nano KVM PCIe Mini.
01:39Same internal PCIe mounting idea, but shrunk down into a much smaller footprint for compact builds and tight rack spaces.
01:46What jumps out about this one is the rating a perfect 5 stars across more than 4,000 orders, which
01:52almost never happens.
01:54That tells you people are getting exactly what they expected with no surprises.
01:58It's around $80 and change, so it's the middle ground between the standard PCIe version and the Pro.
02:05Great pick if you're building something small and you want it to just disappear inside the case.
02:10Now if you're on a budget, the standard Nano KVM Mini is where I'd point you first.
02:15It's under $40, $38.90, and it still gives you the core stuff that matters,
02:20HDMI video capture, virtual keyboard and mouse, remote BIOS access, and a web interface you can pull up from your
02:26phone.
02:27It works beautifully with Raspberry Pi setups and pretty much any machine with an HDMI out.
02:36For the price of a couple of takeout meals, you get to stop walking across the house every time something
02:42freezes.
02:43That's a ridiculous value.
02:46And rounding out the list, there's the slightly upgraded Nano KVM Mini at $48.
02:51It's the same compact design and the same easy setup, but this is the highest-rated model of the whole
02:57Mini lineup at $4.9.
02:59That extra $10 over the base version buys you a bit more polish and better bundled accessories,
03:04which matters more than you'd think when you're trying to get everything wired up on the first try.
03:09If you want the small form factor but you don't want to feel like you cheaped out, this is the
03:13sweet spot.
03:15All five of these are linked down in the description with the current prices, so go grab whichever one fits
03:20your setup.
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03:28Thanks for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one.
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