The Banana Pi BPI-M7 single board computer is equipped with up to 32GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, and features an M.2 2280 socket for one NVMe SSD, three display interfaces (HDMI, USB-C, MIPI DSI), two camera connectors, dual 2.5GbE, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, a few USB ports, and a 40-pin GPIO header for expansion.

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    11 months ago

    Not really. It’s made to run headless, and isn’t always used for compute tasks. I use mine for running servos. But accessories for the desktop are also not included, so your point doesnt stand regardless.

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      11 months ago

      My brother in christ. A used PC has powersupply, case, storage and cooling. This is about the basic kit you need for a proper pi5 experience. You can very easily hit the 100 dollar mark.

      Also, most of the used business PC will have 8G RAM, which would put your little ARM funsies up to the $130 budget range.

      And you would still only have 4 shitty cores, no expandability.

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        And it wouldn’t have gpio, would require at least a square foot of floor/desk space, and it would cost more to run. Price. Size. Gpio. Nobody is running their remote controlled car with a cabled desktop sat on it.

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          11 months ago

          If you just need GPIO for low level electronics there are 20$ SBCs that get the job done. No need for a full RPi5.

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          11 months ago

          If you’re running a remote controlled car you want something way down the power scale like as ESP32 or even an ATTiny + radio HW.

          Mind you, I don’t disagree with your actual point, I just think the example you used wasn’t correct.

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          11 months ago

          Not sure how much more it would cost to run. If you only really talk about stuff a pi can do as well, you wont be maxing out your cores. You will use a bit more maybe. Nothing sort of whatever you only really keep in mind for monero mining.

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      11 months ago

      Oh his point stands, as soon as you add a case and a power adapter/cable you’re near 100$.

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        11 months ago

        Oh his point stands,

        No it doesn’t. The power supply is 8$ and the case is 10$, from the official store. That’s 72$. Stop lying.

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            11 months ago

            You’re funny. That makes the total 77$. Still not the 100$ + required accessories that a desktop needs.

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              11 months ago

              You won’t be running a Pi5 without a cooler, the kit costs 79$ or 99$ (for the 8GB of RAM). I never said it was over 100$.

              Now HP Mini i5 8th gen + 16GB of ram + 256GB NVME that obviously has a case, a LOT of I/O, PCIe (m2) comes with a power adapter and outperforms a RPi5 in all possible ways costs you 100$ as well. And then there’s the 4 and 5th gen Mini PCs selling for 50-70$. If you want even cheaper then look for i3 CPU + 4 GB of RAM, you’ll find 40$ complete machines that run faster and are way better than a Pi

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        11 months ago

        I’ve got easily 50 power adapters for things like Pi. Doesn’t everyone?