Re:Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
by venusenvy47 on Friday July 04, 2025 @10:32AM
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I can vouch for the power draw in this type of system. I have a Dell OptiPlex 7070 with i5-9500, 32GB and running Proxmox with a Windows VM and a couple smaller instances. I measure 8w idle from my Kill-a-Watt on the system. I was really surprised at how low it is.
Re:Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
by daymanstep on Friday July 04, 2025 @07:04PM
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Which form factor? Tower, MT, SFF or Mini?
Re:Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
by venusenvy47 on Sunday July 06, 2025 @04:41AM
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SFF
Re:Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
by daymanstep on Sunday July 06, 2025 @05:16AM
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Thank you! The Dell SFF can only hold one 3.5 inch HDD right?
Re:Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
by venusenvy47 on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:14PM
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Yeah, just one. Here is the service manual: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/optiplex-7070-sff...
I got a refurbished unit for $180 last year, using this deal (now expired): https://slickdeals.net/f/17490348-dell-coupon-50-off-refurbi...
According to some watt-meter I got off Amazon it idles at 14W with the 4 interfaces UP but next to no traffic. I consider it idling when the CPU usage as reported by the host is under 5%.
Now the watt-meter isn't some top-of-the-line exotic model, just a random Chinese thingy, but it seems to measure close enough to what I expect some other devices to pull.