• Professorozone@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Ummm can’t you just buy a full size all-in-one motherboard for that? I mean, if you need small size sure, but I originally bought Pi’s because they were cheap and small. Now they’re just small.

    • Taasz/Woof@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 hour ago

      Yeah, and a modern x86 setup will be faster and likely even more efficient under load, with better software support too.

    • Marn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 hours ago

      Yep, and unless you really need the pi form factor just get a small n100 mini PC at this point. They are pretty much better in every way and are x86 so there’s practically no limit to what you can run on them. I’ve seen n100 16gb mini PCs for as low as $60 on auction sites because some business will buy tons of them then sell them off for cheap when they upgrade.

      Want something faster? Look into business small PCs they are about the size of the small ps2 and will have Intel i3s to i7s. I’d just recommend looking for one that is at least the 8th gen Intel if you care about power efficiency. If using eBay search for used auctions and use a bid sniper that uses the official api

      • T156@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        Want something faster? Look into business small PCs they are about the size of the small ps2 and will have Intel i3s to i7s. I’d just recommend looking for one that is at least the 8th gen Intel if you care about power efficiency. If using eBay search for used auctions and use a bid sniper that uses the official api

        Are they still available? When I looked recently, most of it was Haswell/4th gen, and/or the seller had taken nearly all the parts out, like the memory, drives, and CPU.

        • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 hours ago

          N100 maybe not. N150 is what it going around lately. Price would be similar to rpi5 but is much more capable x86 machine.