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Well it's certainly a good idea to get a better understanding of potential purchases. Unmotivated impulse purchases just clutter up your mind, your house and are bad for the environment. "If you have to ask" you're almost certainly better off with a rasp5 or probably 4 if you are looking for a mini PC to get some use out of that monitor you have flying around. Raspberry has a larger community and is therefore more accessible when starting out. If you're looking to get a better understanding of the "low-level" workings of computers, consider an Arduino.