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Credit where it's due - this is some 18 watt awesomeness at idle. Is it more "practical" than doing a Mini-ITX (or smaller, like one of those super small tomtom
by oblak 4y ago
Credit where it's due - this is some 18 watt awesomeness at idle. Is it more "practical" than doing a Mini-ITX (or smaller, like one of those super small tomtom with up to 5900HX) build and equipping it with one one or more NVME expansion cards? Probably not. But it's cool.
Now, if there were a new Pi to buy. Isn't it time for the 5? It's been 3 years for most of which they've been hard to fine. Mine broke and I really miss it because having a full blown desktop doing little things makes no sense, especially during the summer.
- formerly_proven 4y ago18 W idle is kinda horrible if you just want a small server (granted, this isn't one server, but instead six set-top boxes in one). That's recycled entry-level rack server range, which come with ILOM/BMC. Most old-ish fat clients can do <10 W, some <5 W, no problem. If you want a desktop that consumes little power when idle or not loaded a lot, just get basically any Intel system with an IGP since 4th gen (Haswell). Avoid Ryzen CPU with dGPU if that's your goal; those are gas guzzlers.
- oblak 4y ago1. I would bet at least half of all that wattage is the SSDs. 2. Buddy, you're spewing BS at someone who used to run a Haswell in a really small Mini-ITX case. It was a fine HTPC back in 2014. But now everything, bar my dead Pi, is some kind of Ryzen. All desktops and laptops. The various 4800u/5800u/6800u and lower parts offer tremendous performance at 15W nominal power levels. The 5800H I am writing this message on is hardly a guzzler, especially when compared to Intel's core11/12 parts. This random drive-by intel shilling really took me by surprise.
- formerly_proven 4y ago> 1. I would bet at least half of all that wattage is the SSDs. SSDs are really good at consuming nearly nothing when not servicing I/O. > 2. Buddy, you're spewing BS ... various 4800u/5800u/6800u ... 5800H ... None of those SKUs are a "Ryzen CPU with dGPU".
- oblak 4y agoSSD can get to really low power levels, depending on state. Does not mean they were all in power sipping 10mW mode during measurement. > just get basically any Intel system with an IGP since 4th gen (Haswell). Avoid Ryzen CPU with dGPU Was your advice to me. So I took it at face value and compared them, like you suggested, to the relevant models.
- sgarland 4y agoWhat do you define as "recycled?" I have R620s - which granted, are a decade old - and they idle at around 90 W. Three SSDs, no spinning disks.