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Seems strange that they compare this to a raspi in the conclusion rather than one of the fully integrated mini PCs with a soldered down laptop CPU, eg from Mini
by inhumantsar 2y ago
Seems strange that they compare this to a raspi in the conclusion rather than one of the fully integrated mini PCs with a soldered down laptop CPU, eg from Minisforum.
Besides, the barebones unit is over €200, the 8700G is €300, and RAM is €150-250, for a total of €650-750. Meanwhile an 8GB Raspi 5 is less than €90 all-in and a 7 node cluster of these would use about as much power in total as the 8700G does on its own.
- anotherhue 2y agoI've had a dozen Pis over the years, and every single time I'd prefer an old laptop or server (amd64). It turns out that things like casing, power management, platform expandability, standardisation, sensible storage devices, things not made by broadcom, etc. are all desirable features. Pis are toys, fun but frustrating if you want reliability.