#Have raspberry pi 3b+ worth buying a Dell OptiPlex 5050 MFF i5-6500T, 8GB ram instead?

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cinder star
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Hello everyone,

I own a raspberry pi 3b + and setup homeassistant.

I'm waiting for my smlight slzb-06 to arrive.

Is it worth buying a Dell OptiPlex 5050 MFF for $110 CAD used on ebay and setting up home assistant that way?

I read the pi is meh and the micro SD is prone to failure.

I also have a an extra nvme I can use.

I'm not into huge automation with 100s of devices.

Just a small beginner setup with a handful of devices.

Thank you

restive crag
# cinder star Hello everyone, I own a raspberry pi 3b + and setup homeassistant. I'm waiting...

a 3b+ is going to struggle a bit and you dont want to use a sd card long term as it will be slow and fail

if your buying hardware specifically for home assistant then:

if you want a low power system then a Home Assistant Green is a great option

however if you think you are going to grow and also run other stuff on the system then something like an N100 mini PC is a better option something like a Beelink S12 for example

ripe gust
high rivet
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Hi @cinder star,
The 3b is only 1gb of memory, which is not enough for most things. It is on the bump list for support right now.

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You can probasbly find an N100 Beelink for about $130, and out preform that used thing is CPU and power usage...

cinder star
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Is this was anyone good for a beelink?

cinder star
ripe gust
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I can't tell you if it s a good deal but for virtualization I'd recommend at least 16G RAM and 250G storage.
Otherwise it's okay.

cinder star
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Okay ty

silent oar
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I used a 3B+ for a couple of weeks because I had it lying around

It definitely struggled - I’d often lose connectivity and the interface was laggy. It overheated repeatedly etc

It was getting slower as I added integrations and devices too, so if it was struggling that badly with even a few test devices I doubt it would have been looking great with more

I definitely wouldn’t recommend it

I now have a J5005 NUC with 8GB RAM and it’s much better, running Proxmox, HA, and Frigate (one camera, but with the Google TPU it’ll be fine with a few I’m sure)

warped imp
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That specific CPU you mentioned in title has some problems with encoding & detecting objects with Frigate in case you end up using it for video storaging later. The iGPU it has, has some problems with linux / drivers.

I have that same in my thinkcentre, it works great otherwise for HA and lots more.

cinder star
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It was about $117 CAD with the discounts so similar pricing to the mini pc

ripe gust
restive crag
ripe gust
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Oh. Thanks.