Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by jMyles on Sunday May 14, 2017 @10:19PM (#14338716)

A giant difference between the two, which goes unmentioned here, is that the FX160 runs on AC power at 120 volts. If you have a deployment scenario where you already have 5 volts DC but not 120 volts AC, the pi obviously makes way more sense.

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Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by zeroping on Sunday May 14, 2017 @11:33PM (#14338966)

The inverse is also true - the FX160 runs off of 120/240V directly, which is rather convenient if you don't want to use a 5V DC power brick that's larger than the Pi itself. Makes for a rather clean installation if you're shoving it somewhere strange (which seems likely).

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Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by pritambaral on Monday May 15, 2017 @10:48AM (#14341969)

5V DC power adapters aren't usually larger than the Raspberry Pi.

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Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by eddieroger on Sunday May 14, 2017 @10:39PM (#14338784)

Great point. Also, the Pi can be powered off USB batteries, so you could run it basically anywhere for a non-trivial amount of time, really easily. The Pi's lack of reliance on wall power is one of it's neatest features, I think.

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Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by Snowe on Sunday May 14, 2017 @10:50PM (#14338819)

Yep, I was running a beaglebone black doing basic network services from the USB port on my DSL router! Very handy.

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Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by kayoone on Monday May 15, 2017 @12:33AM (#14339176)

This usecase is more about running it as a homeserver, where i guess that limitation is not that important. Of course there are a lot of usecases where the Pi is the better choice.

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Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by DamonHD on Monday May 15, 2017 @05:01AM (#14340154)

In my case I run my RPi2 as my home server, but off-grid from my non-grid-tie solar PV section, which is a nominal 12V, so a single part (switching 7805 2A, well plus cap) gets my power sorted nicely...

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Re:Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi by jMyles on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @10:28AM (#14349822)

Any info online about your setup?

Here's mine:

thisisthebus.com

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