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Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?

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276 points transpute | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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whywhywhywhy ◴[04 Jul 25 14:03 UTC] No.44464674[source]▶
It's genuinely crazy how much better value an N100 is and how much better it works out of the box than a Pi for anything that is a little server, plex/jellyfin, self hosting project that doesn't need to talk to electronics/GPIO.

Caveat being about my comment is my N100 us used mostly as a Jellyfin server/torrent downloader running windows but has two SSDs inside it and has worked flawlessly for 2 years. Not sure how well it performs under Linux but I've used Pi's a lot previously and this beats it in terms of getting the job done and in price for a similar Pi setup.

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1. harshitaneja ◴[04 Jul 25 16:01 UTC] No.44465661[source]▶
RPi is a good option if one has less RAM requirements especially if you take into account the quality of the drivers and software support in general.

RPi can be a compelling option if you need lower power draw. It does take some effort to squeeze out power efficiency but if the requirement can't be handled by a microcontroller then it is the most convenient of-the-shelf option.

For everything, RPi isn't a very compelling option. Even for GPIO, during RPi shortage I started experimenting with just using STM32 dev boards connected via USB to a NUC or an old PC and it worked well. But I just prefer to use ESP8266 or ESP32 for those tasks most of the time. Bandwidth and latency of USB communication/wifi to the main device has been low enough for it not to be a concern for me and I recon outside of very specific robotics cases it won't be for most.

CSI port is quite nice though and not many great alternatives.