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Re:New 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $120 by gizmo on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:56AM (#42645520)
> On the other hand, there are N97/N100 machines with 12GB of soldered DDR5 RAM, but they are also actively cooled and their smaller blowers are whinier than their bigger cousins.

Yes, but like I said there are also mini pcs that meet or exceed those specs that don't have any fans nor any coil whine. Of course you need bigger heat sinks when you draw more wattage (or maybe you're fine with some thermal throttling), but even this is quite manageable. I have multiple machines like this that are 100% reliable with zero maintenance.

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Re:New 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $120 by bayindirh on Thursday January 09, 2025 @05:47PM (#42650642)
As I said earlier, these machines doesn’t fit my space requirements, and I don’t need more powerful machines due to my processing needs and unwillingness to have space heaters. So, ARM based single board computers fit the bill perfectly for me.

I’m not ignoring or denying these systems’ existence. I just note that they don’t fit into my constraints and requirements for my home server needs.

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