#Pi3 replacement?

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wheat adder
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I've been running HA on a pi3 for a few months now but it's very sluggish and I'm not doing much on it currently other than controlling some lights and monitoring a 3D printer. I also run AdGuard home on it through the HA addon.

I was looking to upgrade to a pi 4 or 5 but looking online this is a bad idea too because running from an SD card is not ideal.

Can anyone recommend different hardware to run HA on? Ideally low power usage like a pi and if possible silent/fanless although that's not a dealbreaker.

I've found this Futro S740 on eBay, would this be okay or would I get better spending a little extra? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326167795451

Location: UK
Budget: up to £100 all in (machine, plus SSD/m.2 upgrade if needed etc)

eBay
Fuji Fujitsu Futro S720 x86 64-bit Fanless Low Power 16GB mSATA 4GB...

This device features a wired Ethernet (RJ-45) network connectivity and a variety of device connectivity options including USB 1.0/1.1, USB 3.0, and USB 2.0. The Fujitsu Futro S720 is equipped with an AMD processor of 1.6 GHz speed and is designed with a fanless, low power architecture for optimal performance.

junior elm
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I'd recommend a (U)SFF or Mini PC similar to what you linked. However the device you linked is a thin client. It has very little storage and uses a "special" mSATA device I would not recommend. It's also quite slow. Buy something with intel's 4th or 6th gen if cost is a concern.

wheat adder
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Thanks, I'll try looking for something a little faster.

What's the issue with mSATA? (I'm clueless)

junior elm
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There's few options, few things use it, it's relatively expensive.

wheat adder
junior elm
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That looks fine to me. You can even virtualize on it which I highly recommend. Unless you want to add big HDDs or PCIe cards I think it's a good choice.

wheat adder
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Yeah after reading up some more I think I will go the proxmox route on it