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by afavour 1186 days ago
Many NUCs are whisper quiet and just as reliable as an RPi. Often more so given the number of folks that run everything in their RPi off an SD card without considering the lifespan of them.

I didn’t replace my RPi with a NUC but I did get a Celeron powered mini PC. It’s basically silent and has been happily running Ubuntu under my desk for over a year now.
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tambourine_man 1186 days ago
If new, sure, but then you're in for a lot more money than the Pi.

If it's used, I'm not interested.

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unethical_ban 1186 days ago
Used = value. But if you want new and still cheap, there are mini PCs with SoC style pentiums, barebines around $200, $20/8gb ram and 20/256gb nvme. And they can often have 2.5gb Ethernet these days.
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afavour 1186 days ago
My mini PC was $150. Definitely more than a RPi but not insane.
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