Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi5 versus other cheap Intel based boxes for general computing Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 10:24:00 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:24:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="68b8a29f28e19cc28590c78f650b9a12"; logging-data="4034954"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197C0s+AAmcRcHAdWyg6zEntBJaXFmjp+KWjKAox+naRg==" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:EusBNzocfQ6J77e3eEMwrewkOvo= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2153 On 03/04/2024 06:21, Jan Panteltje wrote: > > What somone learned when he replaced a cheap Pi 5 PC with a no-name Amazon mini desktop > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/what-i-learned-when-i-replaced-my-cheap-pi-5-pc-with-a-no-name-amazon-mini-desktop/ > > All that said, I post this from a Pi4 8GB, it is sometimes really slow, > but I like and use the GPIO port. I was quite surprised how sprightly my Pi 5 was. I opted for 8GB more expensive entirely passive cooling so that it can be used as an entertainment streaming system when not being used for other things. (whole thing cost about £120 and is the size of a bar of soap) In part I got it for the portability and free Mathematica license that comes with it. I haven't found the Debian environment too tiresome despite being a Windows user with a smidgeon of Ubuntu and Android. I reckon its performance single tasking isn't far off the venerable i7-3770 from a decade or so back (and still pretty capable today). I was tempted by an N100 based toy PC at Xmas but managed to resist. -- Martin Brown