Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe bridge “chip”

Re:Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe bridge “chip” by m0xte on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:07AM (#23702217)

Worth looking at NUC and second hand Lenovo M600 fanless units as well. 900% less crap and I reckon 90% of users don’t plug anything directly into IO ports on their Pi.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe bridge “chip” by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @02:26PM (#23704737)

But then you're looking at double or quadruple the price of even a fancy RPi. Even something like the Odroid H2plus[1] is going to be pretty spendy once you add ram and a ssd (though it's x86, so I would expect it would need a lot less fiddling with)

1: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2plus/

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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe bridge “chip” by m0xte on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:06PM (#23705171)

Yes but the amount of time you’re not wasting is worth it.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe bridge “chip” by Thrymr on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:59PM (#23706608)

Perhaps for you, but 2-3x the cost is an entirely different product.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe bridge “chip” by m0xte on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:08AM (#23711021)

You tend to have to buy 2-3 times as many SoC boards in the same lifetime as the other item from experience. Thus the savings up front are artificial.

I’ve got two dead pi’s here ceased to function while in unattended operation.

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