[unixhero]

Just get an Intel NUC

[inetsee]

A quick look at Newegg shows an Intel NUC that includes a CPU, memory, and an SSD at over $500. I don't think so.

[ja27]

I put together a little Gigabyte Brix box (GB-BLCE-4105-BW) for $212 shipped. 2.5 GHz 4 core Celeron, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD. Not a bad little PC.

[ekianjo]

A used NUC with a Celeron CPU can be had for 70 usd these days and is way faster than any Raspberry Pi.

[SkyPuncher]

Flip side, I almost pulled the trigger on one from Amazon yesterday for $118. They had $500 options, but I didn't need it.

[universenz]

I know right? People need to quit suggesting an Intel NUC as an alternative to $35 RPi.

[unixhero]

I am one of those people, and I do this whenever people want more performance, connectivity or anything else that the PI 3 or PI 4 doesn't have. Then in my view a logical alternative is to man up and pay the reasonable price for an Intel NUC to achieve the solution one is looking for.

[tuananh]

adding up case, charger, a decent sd card and the pi is way above 35$

[mlonkibjuyhv]

How's the reliability of those these days? At a previous gig I witnessed about a 15% failure rate within 3 years.