Re:Odyssey Blue: Celeron Mini PC with Arduino Coprocessor, 1...
by squarefoot on Monday January 16, 2023 @10:42PM
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> It's super expensive though!
It's reasonably priced considering the features.
Look at what cost mini PCs with multiple Ethernet ports, and the following one is one of the cheapest in the EU (other links appreciated). https://www.ipu-system.de/
> What would you really need this for that you couldn't use a $35 Raspberry Pi 4 for
The RPi is unobtanium almost everywhere, and costs more than twice, which makes it the very last choice for any use.
Also, performance is quite poor compared to the Celeron used in that product.
Here's a comparison. Benchmarks should be always taken with a grain of salt, still they give a rough idea of the differences.
Last year I moved my Kodi media player from a RPi4 to a used Asus CN62 2nd gen Chromebox whose CPU isn't that far from the linked mini PC, and the performance boost was huge.
I've just looked at Ebay listings for a used RPi4 and it easily goes to €100 and above for the 4GB model; it's just crazy (and wouldn't happen if the RPi was really available at the advertised prices): the Chromebox cost me half of that, delivered.
That miniPC has two Ethernet ports, which makes it better for use as firewall than a single port system. External USB adapters are not a good or reliable workaround.
> (and slap in a cheap SD card)?
SD cards can fail spectacularly. Any device running important services should boot off reliable media, which SD is not, especially when not mounted read only.
It's reasonably priced considering the features.
Look at what cost mini PCs with multiple Ethernet ports, and the following one is one of the cheapest in the EU (other links appreciated). https://www.ipu-system.de/
> What would you really need this for that you couldn't use a $35 Raspberry Pi 4 for
The RPi is unobtanium almost everywhere, and costs more than twice, which makes it the very last choice for any use.
Also, performance is quite poor compared to the Celeron used in that product. Here's a comparison. Benchmarks should be always taken with a grain of salt, still they give a rough idea of the differences.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3667vs4297/Intel-Celero...
Last year I moved my Kodi media player from a RPi4 to a used Asus CN62 2nd gen Chromebox whose CPU isn't that far from the linked mini PC, and the performance boost was huge. I've just looked at Ebay listings for a used RPi4 and it easily goes to €100 and above for the 4GB model; it's just crazy (and wouldn't happen if the RPi was really available at the advertised prices): the Chromebox cost me half of that, delivered.
That miniPC has two Ethernet ports, which makes it better for use as firewall than a single port system. External USB adapters are not a good or reliable workaround.
> (and slap in a cheap SD card)?
SD cards can fail spectacularly. Any device running important services should boot off reliable media, which SD is not, especially when not mounted read only.