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The cheaper NUC computers are a good alternative to the Raspberry PI. The Raspberry seems cheaper on paper, but you have to add a case, power supply, some sort
by otabdeveloper4 5y ago
The cheaper NUC computers are a good alternative to the Raspberry PI.
The Raspberry seems cheaper on paper, but you have to add a case, power supply, some sort of storage solution and then suffer with the whole thing not quite working properly.
- CyberDildonics 5y agoNUCs are more powerful, use more power and still cost more. A 5v 3A power supply is only $6.50 USD on amazon. A tiny SD card and case don't cost much either. Even with 8GB of memory you still come in way under the cost of NUC. Don't forget that there are cheap barebones NUCs that don't have drives in them either. "The whole thing not quite working properly" is nonsense.
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoWell, I don't want to build a computer from a bundle of mismatched parts I found by searching for the cheapest seller on Amazon. This wasn't even fun 20 years ago when PC hardware was more-or-less standardized and commoditized, and it's way less fun today with proprietary SoC's.
- CyberDildonics 5y agoRaspberry Pis are one part. You take it out of the box and put a memory card in. Have you ever put one together? There is no mismatching. You can buy the official power supply or an unofficial one, but 5v with 3a is not exactly IRQ configuration. Have you ever used a NUC? Thermals are a big concern. They usually throttle heavily out of the box and need a lot of configuration in the bios to stop Intel's "turbo boost" as well as get them to throttle at a higher temperature. Even then they will usually run much better with their case off. I think both are cool devices, but the things you are saying about the pi are bizarre and makes me think you haven't actually put one together.