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I'd say that the mini/micro PCs are better if you simply aren't io, power or space constrained. When you look at total cost for an RPi with an enclosure, stora

I'd say that the mini/micro PCs are better if you simply aren't io, power or space constrained. When you look at total cost for an RPi with an enclosure, storage, power, etc... the cost favors the mini/nuc when power isn't a concern. Space is the only other point of major concern for some use cases IMO (and G{IO). When the RPi availability really sucked, I just started using MiniPCs for a few projects... in the end, I replaced my router, home server and a few other bits with a couple relatively powerful Mini options. They sit in the closet, don't use much power, aren't too loud and just work.

giantrobot 2y ago
I did the same. The other benefits of the NUCs is they often have M.2 slots without surgery or extra add-ons and it's easy to find models with dual Ethernet. On mine I bonded the interfaces so I've got a "free" 2Gb connection despite my switches only being gigabit (between each other). I've also added storage that's actually reliable rather than having to pray to the SD card gods. I'm also much happier with DC adapters with barrel connectors rather than also having to hope for the best with USB-C power. It took a couple adapters before I got one that would reliably power my RPi4.