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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's low power that is still making arm small computers popular. It's impossible to get a pc down into the 2-5 Watt power consumption range and over time it's the electrical costs that add up. I would suggest the RPI5 is the thing to get because it's expensive for what it is and more performance is available from other options supported by armbian.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Mini PC with N200 and NVMe SSD uses around 7W when idling.

    For a minimally higher power consumption you can have up to 32 GB of memory, more powerful CPU, and decent GPU for video transcoding purposes.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yet a Mac Mini does exactly that. Or like any Intel N100 based mini PC or laptop. Those also have way better performance, IO, and software compatibility. Raspberry Pi's fill a certain niche, but efficiency isn't it. At least not anymore.

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