Post #2019336
2026-03-28 21:57 UTC
Replies (3)
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@AA5B@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 16:44
My experience with a Pi4B has been rock solid and plenty fast for what I’ve tried so far, at low power consumption. While I had problems in the beginning, it was all from the micro-SD card. People here will recommend staying away but I’ve had no problems since buying an “extreme” card. Well, starting to hit the size limit now - I can no longer kick off multiple concurrent updates because limited free space available on, I think, 16G card. Get bigger
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@paf@jlai.lu 2026-03-28 22:54
A pi5 with 1gb ram will always be cheaper but that's not enough ram for your usecase, search n150 at Aliexpress, you can often find some mini pc for around 150-160€ on sale with n150, 12gb lpddr5 (or 16gb ddr4 sodim) and 500gb SSD. https://a.aliexpress.com/_EQ5k2Uu This one was 153€ couple of days ago. Thay are other Chinese brand like soyo, beelink, bmax that have similar hardware. They are not as good as NUC, but they do the job for way cheaper.
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@cynar@lemmy.world 2026-03-29 18:10
Pis are excellent mini computers. Unfortunately, their long term reliability isn't quite there. When I used one, I was getting a couple of lock up crashes a year. It doesn't sound like much, but it's just enough to be REALLY frustrating to the (less technical) wife. The tipping point is when it goes from "nice to have" to "expected". I acquired a 2nd hand NUC, and it's been bomb proof for a few years now.