GhettoComputers

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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
What scenario is that a huge factor? Most people have old x86 hardware laying around that isn't being used. If it is a huge factor, wouldn't you at that point just get a good router for less and have more space, or run virtualized
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
Don't feel bad, I was also lured by their slick marketing. Wow it can play Quake 3 with its "swanky graphics" and is like a pentium 2 and can do 1080p playback on the first gen one!
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
I think of the Pi as mostly a dust collector for many people who will find a use for it doing some mundane task like pihole or as a desktop replacement for monitor they don't use and setting it up but never using it. A practical use ca
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
Sure you can run them hot, but do you want to? Which Pi4 model are you talking about, at which price?
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
Any reason you don't want to use hardware (x86) you already own to run it? Do you have a server/cloud instance connected already?
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
One that could be served similarly with an older computer you already own, or a router that supports custom firmware like Merlin, tomato or ddwrt. You will not really have a requirement for it, the hardware for Pi is not exceptional, it has
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
https://pine64.com/product-category/single-board-computers/ Try pine64 if you must, they release hardware for the software community to add features. You can just use a spare laptop with less cost, more performanc
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
>At this point there aren't any SBC's that are truly faster Which Pi 4 model are you comparing it to? What defines "trash"? You can easily use an older laptop since everyone actually uses x86 and likely has spare hard
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
They look mostly OOS, wouldn't a nice old x64 laptop be just as capable for cheaper? I see this in the same catagory of the smart clocks, its just a rebranded withered technology (nintendo term). Love the simple site though!
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
The Raspberry Pi is a device I always see many capabilities for that are better served by other hardware devices that people usually already own, or there is a cheaper device that can do what it does, as well as many that does it much bette
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
>most consumer grade routers will not provide adequete network throughput to standard home setup without eventually choking. What is adequete, what is a standard home setup and what is the comsumer grade router you are using as a standar
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
Why not use an old laptop at that point? Pi4 isn't fanless anymore, and there is not a good reason to use one when there are better spec SBC, lower price ones, fanless ones, not even sure who the audience for it is. Edit: can't re
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
Could a laptop beat it? I am thinking of using some old laptops like this if they are better than the router I am using with custom firmware.
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by GhettoComputers 5y ago
How does this compare to a router with custom firmware like Tomato/DD-WRT?