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Looking to migrate from raspberry pi to SFF PC. What are good options in 2023? (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 years ago by ultraHQ@beehaw.org to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I'm getting close to my 4gb RPI 4b's mem limit ~80% and would like to migrate from it to a low power SFF thin client. What are some good options?

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[-] SpacePirate@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So some questions to ask:

  1. Do you need x86, ARM, RISC-V, or MIPS?
  2. You say low power… but what are your power and cooling requirements? USB power? DC 12V? AC 120V? Fanless?
  3. What are your use cases, beyond homeassistant? (webserver, ids/pihole/vpn, kodi/plex/jellyfin, torrents, opennas)?
  4. What is your budget?

There are a few prebuilt NUCs out there with Intel or AMD ultra low power chips, with TDPs around 25-35W, but these may be overkill, and around $600-900. Otherwise, maybe resell the 4GB for an 8GB instead?

[-] ultraHQ@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago
  1. I'd lean towards x86 with ARM being a close second.
  2. Energy use isn’t much of an issue for me, I just don’t want to run something needlessly power hungry to run HASS. Passive cooling works, fan fine as well.
  3. No need for anything beyond HASS. I have an Unraid server that I host all of my other stuff on, but keep that tucked away as it's quite large.
  4. I'd like to cap out around $150-225

Just looking to upgrade, and as raspberry pi's are hard to come by these days (what happened to them being more available in 2023 btw) I'm leaning towards something more SFF.

[-] SpacePirate@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What do you think of the Intel NUC 11 Essentials with Celeron M4505? It is only two cores, but is clocked faster and has way better memory performance. If you are only running homeassistant, the low core count shouldn’t be a significant hindrance.

I also see the celeron 5105 in the Intel store on Amazon; same thing but quad core. About $200.

[-] ultraHQ@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

That looks like a good fit! Thanks for the suggestion

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