Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S
by briHass on Sunday October 08, 2023 @06:04PM
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It's hard to go wrong with the Optiplex i5-6500 boxes that seem to have flooded the market recently. Amazon has them for $100 with 16GB RAM and a 256 SATA SSD. They have a NVME slot and PCIx16. They seem to be cheap, because that chip won't technically support Windows 11.
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Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S
by pcdoodle on Sunday October 08, 2023 @08:40PM
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These optiplex also idle around 5W and have more than enough horsepower for pretty much anything.
I do like the pi for the long term form factor as bad as I think it is.
Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S
by simfree on Sunday October 08, 2023 @10:24PM
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The nonstandard, low wattage power supplies combined with lack of room for full size dual slot (single PCIe x16 slot) cards limits the utility of these boxes :{
Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S
by briHass on Monday October 09, 2023 @11:43AM
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Sure, you can't fit a huge graphics card in there (power or space), but I'd argue that if running a full size graphics card and/or multiple 3.5" drives is your goal, a SFF isn't the right case. Pretty sure you can find an equivalent full-tower machine as well, though you do have the Dell proprietary PSU.
I had mine running for a bit with long SATA cables snaked out of the case to a couple 3.5 drives in a makeshift enclosure, but SATA/NVMe drives have gotten so cheap, it calls into question the need for all the power.