Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell...
by hn_throw2025 on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:51PM
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I think you're right.
The 4B 8GB is the sweet spot for me.
Each new model draws more power, and the 4B was the earliest one with the combo of >1GB RAM, boot from USB, and gigabit Ethernet.
I use it as a mini NAS to avoid powering up my Synology too often (crazy electricity prices here).
It runs Tailscale, Samba, Docker, Postgres+pgbackrest, nginx, Pihole, and some bespoke apps I developed. Just looking at htop, I could probably get away with the 4GB model, but I wanted plenty of scope for adding more custom webapps and services like HomeAssistant.
I use it as a mini NAS to avoid powering up my Synology too often (crazy electricity prices here). It runs Tailscale, Samba, Docker, Postgres+pgbackrest, nginx, Pihole, and some bespoke apps I developed. Just looking at htop, I could probably get away with the 4GB model, but I wanted plenty of scope for adding more custom webapps and services like HomeAssistant.