#Pi4 or mini PC?
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personally i suggest a mini pc
Yeah don't get a pi: https://gist.github.com/Impact123/6ee130240bdc6a7fed2d5224616544a0
the beelink s12 pro n100 system is currently £150 on amazon UK. i imagine it would be a simalar price price in EU. around the 150-170 euro mark. so on the high end of your budget
ye thats what i was thinking
that one is 210 atleast here
Also look on eBay for "old" office PCs, thin clients and (U)SFF machines.
thx will look into it
ye was looking on marktplaats it like a local ebay
I started with a Pi5 but switched to a n150 mini PC. The price is about the same or less than the Pi5 depending on what case and drive you get for the Pi. I could not get NVME drives to work reliably with the Pi5 using Home Assistant even though the same hardware ran fine on Raspberry Pi OS. The mini PC was harder to set up and I did have an issue with USB connections on reboot that I solved by using a powered USB hub. The advantage for me was how quickly text to speech and speech to text was processed. Everything else ran fast enough on the Pi5 (Except restarts, especially full restarts). The mini PC still takes a long time to reboot but not nearly as long. "Docker, you're going to have to wait for a whale!"
this is a official beelink right?
tje s13 is like 190 over here vs 175 for a s12 pro
I am using an Rpi 4b with and SD card for HA and I have daily backups that get sent to my UNAS.
Ordered a s13 for 150 euro with ali choice day
I'm also trying to choose a mini pc . I've got a recommendation to buy a Dell Wyse 5070, but I'm wondering if something like s13 would be better.
the s13 is a nice device. i have one (not using for home assistant). its dual 2.5gbe is super nice
for most people its a matter of expense though