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Given the somewhat flaky nature of RPi's in terms of heat/load issues, and combined with the fact that they're quite slow I completely bypass them these days fo

Given the somewhat flaky nature of RPi's in terms of heat/load issues, and combined with the fact that they're quite slow I completely bypass them these days for cheap AMD miniPCs (x64). The Wo-We AMD Excavator A9-9400 unit has 8GB DDR4, a 128GB M2 drive, wifi, USB3, etc for $98USD. Despite how ugly it is it's still very good performance wise. https://www.wo-we.com/collections/mini-pc/products/mini-pc-amd-excavator-a9-9400 https://www.wo-we.com/collections/mini-pc/products/mini-pc-a...

serf 3y ago
it's just a different product. a lot of people need the rpi to be something different than a media center that gets stuffed somewhere. 90% of the rpis I have at home are interfacing with something via pins, not just the usb hub. if I want to do something like that with the amd option then i'm back to some kind of usb device mated to that and another software layer that'll be undoubtedly more poorly supported than the rpi equivalent. for something like a nas or media center though I absolutely agree with you.
- pests 3y ago
  Right, for me the RPi is the system to hook a breadboard up to or some other hardware if I don't want to drop down to a raw microprocessor or an audrino-like and don't need anything faster than what an OS provides. I think there is a divide in the RPI community between electonic enthusiasts and those who just need a small portable PC (media center, game cabinet, NAS/server/etc)
DeathArrow 3y ago
For the same price you can get boards with Intel N100 which are newer and more powerful.
- cosarara 3y ago
  For x1.5 the price, from what I can see. Are there any under $100?
  - wkat4242 3y ago
    No but with the raspberry you're not there without a power supply, case, cooling and storage. Add them up and a Quad-Core N100 becomes equivalent. Here they're on Amazon for 180€ with 16GB ram and 512 GB storage. And cheaper options with less storage and ram (usually coupled with the sightly slower N95 chip) It's not a pi and if you want to integrate it into electronics a pi is much better but for the "small mini server" usecase I don't see the benefit of going for a pi anymore.
    - cosarara 3y ago
      We were comparing the N100s not to the Pi5 but to this $98 Wo-We AMD: https://www.wo-we.com/collections/mini-pc/products/mini-pc-amd-excavator-a9-9400 https://www.wo-we.com/collections/mini-pc/products/mini-pc-a... The grandparent comment said you could get an N100 for the same price, but they are all more expensive no matter how you look at it.
      - wkat4242 3y ago
        Oops I overlooked that discussion, sorry. That is sure a nice system for the money! Wow. I will check if I can get those in Europe.

serf 3y ago

it's just a different product. a lot of people need the rpi to be something different than a media center that gets stuffed somewhere. 90% of the rpis I have at home are interfacing with something via pins, not just the usb hub. if I want to do something like that with the amd option then i'm back to some kind of usb device mated to that and another software layer that'll be undoubtedly more poorly supported than the rpi equivalent. for something like a nas or media center though I absolutely agree with you.

pests 3y ago
Right, for me the RPi is the system to hook a breadboard up to or some other hardware if I don't want to drop down to a raw microprocessor or an audrino-like and don't need anything faster than what an OS provides. I think there is a divide in the RPI community between electonic enthusiasts and those who just need a small portable PC (media center, game cabinet, NAS/server/etc)

DeathArrow 3y ago

For the same price you can get boards with Intel N100 which are newer and more powerful.

cosarara 3y ago
For x1.5 the price, from what I can see. Are there any under $100?
- wkat4242 3y ago
  No but with the raspberry you're not there without a power supply, case, cooling and storage. Add them up and a Quad-Core N100 becomes equivalent. Here they're on Amazon for 180€ with 16GB ram and 512 GB storage. And cheaper options with less storage and ram (usually coupled with the sightly slower N95 chip) It's not a pi and if you want to integrate it into electronics a pi is much better but for the "small mini server" usecase I don't see the benefit of going for a pi anymore.
  - cosarara 3y ago
    We were comparing the N100s not to the Pi5 but to this $98 Wo-We AMD: https://www.wo-we.com/collections/mini-pc/products/mini-pc-amd-excavator-a9-9400 https://www.wo-we.com/collections/mini-pc/products/mini-pc-a... The grandparent comment said you could get an N100 for the same price, but they are all more expensive no matter how you look at it.
    - wkat4242 3y ago
      Oops I overlooked that discussion, sorry. That is sure a nice system for the money! Wow. I will check if I can get those in Europe.