Raspberry Pi 5 • Hacker News Board

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by dtx1 » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:52 AM UTC

badtension wrote: post #330

preisschild wrote: post #326

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> I wonder if anyone here is using RPi as a main PC? Seems to be capable of most office work with a bit of multimedia on the side. My laptop is dying and I would love to get something stationary that is low-power by default yet good enough so that the internet wouldn't lag. Unfortunately, it is too slow to even smoothly power a desktop environment.

Thanks. This is a bit surprising to me since they advertise two 60 Hz 4K display drivers...

You can have 4k60 and still have open office take seconds to respond to a keyboard input.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by zimpenfish » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:53 AM UTC

alskdj21 wrote: post #358

chalsprhebaodu wrote: post #355

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Where can I find these mini PCs? I am trying to find hardware for an upcoming project and I’m considering the Pi but would love to see some alternatives.

You can check some Beelinks or some other Chinese brands over Amazon. Note that I haven't used any of them tho I'm considering getting one.

Main home server/NAS is a Ryzen 7 Beelink with 64GB. Works a treat. Fan is audible when you're hammering the CPU (doing a large backup, unpacking downloaded media, running a Minecraft server with multiple users) but other than that it's not audible from ~5ft away.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by trevvr » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:53 AM UTC

moffkalast wrote: post #217

wkat4242 wrote: post #91

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Yeah my intel atom NUCs run at 5W idle and 10W load and they're a ton faster than a pi 4. Probably a pi 5 too. It's not very impressive. And that's with a real SSD.

The NUC's GPIO header: crickets

There was at least one NUC with a full GPIO header set. The DE3815TYKHE. I've done motor control, I2C and sensor IO with it and it was rock solid on that little NUC.

There was also the UP Board which was an Atom SOC with PI compatible GPIO. I believe that's still in production?!

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by kristianpaul » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:55 AM UTC

I was expecting both 16G and 24G models

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by eulgro » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:56 AM UTC

lynguist wrote: post #410

Question to the raspberry enthusiasts: Does anyone know if I can reliably extend a Raspberry Pi with an additional Gbit Ethernet port?

With a USB 3.0 port and a USB-to-Ethernet adapter you should be able to. Not all adapters support 1 Gbps but with USB 3.0 it's definitely possible.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by hypercube33 » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:57 AM UTC

tommerjones wrote: post #363

chalsprhebaodu wrote: post #355

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Where can I find these mini PCs? I am trying to find hardware for an upcoming project and I’m considering the Pi but would love to see some alternatives.

I’ve purchased a few HP Elitedesk 800 G3 Minis (refurbished) for about $125 on Amazon. They even come with Windows 10 if you’re looking for that. They’re a deal considering the Pi’s extra expenses like power, case, storage, etc.

Hp Elitedesk and prodesk are the two 1L available models they have you want to hunt for.

Lenovo has M700, M75q (AMD) and a bunch others ranging from thin client to workstation performance.

Generally new ones are awesome at about $700 but older ones are absolutely capable for upgrading ram, disk, wifi whatever. there are modules for up to 10g and other things too. Servethehome on YouTube has a bunch of guides.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by gherard5555 » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:57 AM UTC

betamist wrote: post #376

tlamponi wrote: post #173

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> Did you read the blog post? :) As you keep spamming this here, did you read the HN Guidelines[0]? > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that". [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by wdfx » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:57 AM UTC

tommerjones wrote: post #363

chalsprhebaodu wrote: post #355

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where can I find these mini PCs? I am trying to find hardware for an upcoming project and I’m considering the Pi but would love to see some alternatives.

I’ve purchased a few HP Elitedesk 800 G3 Minis (refurbished) for about $125 on Amazon. They even come with Windows 10 if you’re looking for that. They’re a deal considering the Pi’s extra expenses like power, case, storage, etc.

Some Dell Optiplex models are also much like this. I have a refurbed one I got for <£200 running services here at home (core i5, 16GB).

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by rsaxvc » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:58 AM UTC

firemelt wrote: post #3

anyone could tell me how did you use raspberry pi?

Pi2 with RTLSDR to monitor local flights in the area.

Pi4 for SSH server and general arm64 playground.

Pair of Pi4 running Ardupilot and OpenHD, one on my quadcopter, one driving the base station monitor and antenna tracker.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by elforce002 » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 12:05 PM UTC

They need to deal with manufacturing and availability too. I wanted to buy a couple of RPIs to help schools across LATAM and it had been a nightmare from pricing to shipping. I'm exploring other rpi alternatives since it feels like they don't care anymore.