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Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by disiplus »

Animats wrote: post #81

I use Asus 1001PX subnotebooks that way. They're available for about $40 on eBay. You get a keyboard, screen, WiFi, Ethernet, 250GB hard drive, and USB ports. Usually a power adapter, too. (Only use the real ASUS power adapters; the no-name 3rd party units overheat, don't provide enough power, or in at least one case, catch fire.) When I get one in, I put in the Xubuntu USB stick and run the memory diagnostic for an…

i have eeebox from asus, it has a dual core atom inside. i run docker on it. so it has my nexcloud, plex ,etc on it.

Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by ktta »

STRiDEX wrote: post #80

Here's a google spreadsheet someone put up the last time other options were talked about https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TCugLk0GSukeWjhsLu73...

Are you the owner of the spreadsheet? If so it is missing many x86 options like Udoo, JaguarBoard, UP board and others.

Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by bbayer »

dingo_bat wrote: post #58
ibic wrote: post #37

My main usages with RPi 3 includes: - SSH tunnel from outside when I concern about security / privacy - Media box (Kodi runs pretty well) - Running daemons (DDNS updates, torrent, etc) - Running some nodejs scripts RPi 3 does these very well, why bother with a more power-consuming box? Not to metion RPi 3 has WiFi builtin (I know it's slow, but good enough for my usage)

I tried to use mine as a media box, but as the article notes, rpi can't power an hdd over usb. And I am too lazy to get a powered usb hub and arrange a power cord for that too.

It can power 2.5 inches usb HDD with no issues. All you have to do is get an official power adaptor and set max_usb_current to true.

Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by ktta »

morganvachon wrote: post #19
tyingq wrote: post #11

Depends on what it's for, I suppose. These have no ram or hdd. I'd spend $75 on a used Asus Chromebox instead. Then you get 2gb ram + 16gb ssd. And you can reflash it to run regular Linux. Has an open ram slot too. Or, if you want a fast dev board, the Odroids are $35 to $60.

> Or, if you want a fast dev board, the Odroids are $35 to $60. The Odroids are fast, yes, but they are stuck with old kernels in Linux, buggy drivers (especially video), and a very limited OS compatibility list overall. If you're developing with the Odroid as your target, fine, but for general purpose computing you're better off with the Pi if you want ARM, or else a cheap x86 box like the article mentions.

That's changing, because 4.9 kernel is being worked on. Although it is currently buggy, that won't be the case for long.

Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by wyager »

ac29 wrote: post #79
wyager wrote: post #28

I've been using a $140 chromebox flashed with Ubuntu as an HTPC and seedbox. It works very well and has very nice IO (lots of USB 3, HDMI, gigabit, etc.). The only minor problem I've run into is that the processor is just slow enough that it chokes on high-entropy 1080p video. 99.5% of the time it's fine, but if there's something on screen with lots of tiny objects moving in lots of different directions (a swarm of l…

Are you using accelerated video decode? 1080P should be no problem for just about any Intel iGPU made in the last 5 years or so when using vaapi.

How do I check? I'm using stock ubuntu and VLC.

Edit: looks like it's not. Maybe I'll try to fix it later, but probably not. That should really work out of the box. The hardware definitely supports it, per vainfo.

Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by cpach »

rasz wrote: post #70

no, buy a third gen i5 laptop with a broken screen, or even just a motherboard from one. Lenovo X220/X230 motherboards (with 4xcore i5 ~3GHz) are $30-50. PCIE, USB 3.0, SATA, real 1Gbit ethernet, everything Raspee lacks.

That’s tempting! Any suggestions on how to mount the motherboard outside the laptop case?

Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by oblib »

driverdan wrote: post #69
oblib wrote: post #49

This is a pretty sweet deal on a Pi 3: https://www.wdc.com/products/wdlabs/wd-picompute-centre.html...

Not really. Cheap keyboard and mouse, tiny hard drive. You could buy the parts separately for less.

Not really. Not by much anyway, I looked into it.

That kit cost $109.99

Let's do some math...

From WD: Case: 10.99 Power Supply: 12.99 375GB HD: 37.49

From anywhere else: Pi 3: 40.00 Cables: 10.00

Total: 111.47

You still have no keyboard or mouse.

Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi

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Post by dingo_bat »

bbayer wrote: post #93
dingo_bat wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to use mine as a media box, but as the article notes, rpi can't power an hdd over usb. And I am too lazy to get a powered usb hub and arrange a power cord for that too.

It can power 2.5 inches usb HDD with no issues. All you have to do is get an official power adaptor and set max_usb_current to true.

Gotta try this.
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