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Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by coldtea » Tue, Dec 02, 2025, 11:53 PM UTC

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Most in-demand electronics got worse post-2020 and haven't recovered. That's why I just buy something when I need it or when I think the price is reasonable, because nowadays, if I wait for something to get cheaper like I used to do in the 90s-00s, chances are it's gonna get even more expensive as time passes, not cheaper. The days when you would wait 6-12 months and get the same thing for 50% off or a new thing with…

> 2 GPU vendors Intel Arc GPUs exist, I have a B580 in my desktop and it works well enough.

Parent means "2 vendors of GPUs that actualy matter".

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by buildbot » Tue, Dec 09, 2025, 5:30 AM UTC

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Indeed, it makes mini computers with soldered ram actually end up being quite cheap by comparison. HP will currently sell you 128GB AMD or Nvidia boxes for 1.7-2.8k depending on your flavor of choice. Not ECC though.

The strix halo mini workstation is 128gb of ecc. Good machine. Source https://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c09086887

Necro reply - I don't think they actually shipped it with ECC... If you lookup a Z1 mina G1a repair video: https://youtu.be/1i_PfH05ekw?si=MpQ0Uc9QVwhgsFzi&t=267 It has 8 chips, not 10. It needs 10 from true ECC.

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by JonChesterfield » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 11:54 PM UTC

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The strix halo mini workstation is 128gb of ecc. Good machine. Source https://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c09086887

Necro reply - I don't think they actually shipped it with ECC... If you lookup a Z1 mina G1a repair video: https://youtu.be/1i_PfH05ekw?si=MpQ0Uc9QVwhgsFzi&t=267 It has 8 chips, not 10. It needs 10 from true ECC.

I should check this next time I take it apart, thanks for the heads up :)

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by buildbot » Fri, Dec 12, 2025, 7:58 AM UTC

JonChesterfield wrote: post #123

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Necro reply - I don't think they actually shipped it with ECC... If you lookup a Z1 mina G1a repair video: https://youtu.be/1i_PfH05ekw?si=MpQ0Uc9QVwhgsFzi&t=267 It has 8 chips, not 10. It needs 10 from true ECC.

I should check this next time I take it apart, thanks for the heads up :)

I’d be really curious to see - that would possibly sell me on one! Linux should also report edac being up in dmesg if it has ecc.