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A community for the discussion of all single board computers. Raspberry Pi is ok, but there are so many other boards now that get looked over that deserve attention.

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[–] JackSkellington@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Do you know of any well priced x86 SBC with at least 4GB RAM?

[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

IMO LattePanda makes the best x86 SBC but they're not cheap. The V1 is the cheapest and still expensive but it comes with an Arduino coprocessor so you get the benefits of exposed GPIO and µC functions. To me that's the only bonus of a SBC over a standard mini PC besides a slight size difference. It's a function that I use a lot but some people don't and those I usually try to steer away from these kind of boards.

[–] JackSkellington@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! Indeed they are expensive, above my budget. Might continue looking at eBay (Europe).

I have one of those mini pc (hp elite desk, i7-7700T) but I would like something much more low power so I can leave it on for extended periods of time. By electricity bill is already considerable . It would be for self hosting experiments but having SSD/M.2 adapter would be a big plus.

[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 1 points 10 months ago

I have seen YouTube vids in the past demoing $99 n100 mini PCs with 8GB of RAM. That would be your best bet to still have a modern low power processor in a small form factor. Also Cyber Monday is tomorrow. There's the Atomic Pi but that is only 2GB of RAM (I have one) and a dated Intel atom CPU.

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