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DUMP YOUR RASPI NODES. Get a used mini PC or used laptop for cheap!

More powerful, only $45-75 on eBay (plus ~$65 2TB ssd, but you'd need that anyway for your Raspi node).

This HP EliteDesk 705 G4 is **overkill** for a node. 5 yrs old. Costs $75*.

Fan noise? Meh. Power draw? CPU's max draw is 35W.

https://m.primal.net/HLsC.mp4

Once it's done syncing, the video can't even pick up the fan running at idling speeds:

https://m.primal.net/HLsE.mp4

Cost to run:

15W * 24hrs / 1000W/kW * 12Β’/kWh * 30 days = $1.30/mo

This cpu is 8.5x more powerful than a Raspi4.

A more pleb-friendly option is a used laptop. Has everything you need built-in (esp the BATTERY!!! Huge advantage vs Raspi). This HP ProBook 450 G3 is running an 8yr old i5-6200U (3.5x more powerful than a Raspi4). Also super-quiet and low power (15W max cpu draw).

https://m.primal.net/HLsF.mp4

I love my little mac mini node. just chilling on top of my studio. Absolutely silent and barely any power draw.

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Agh~ Just in my poverty πŸ˜…πŸ₯ΊπŸ€™

Studio was a panic purchase when I accidentaly destroyed a laptop and had a feature film length video due in 3 days and my grandmother had just died and my mom gave me some money from what she got so I could actually afford it.

I had also just broken my hand. I was not having a great week.

The mini is 11 years old tho, you can get those for less than $100.

Yeah I've been checking some offers even in my country some people are selling a lot mini's late 2014 around that price and some 2018. Yet the problem is most of those sales come from facebook market. In my country there's a serious attachment on that site πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ. (I was able to see the sales before closed again the need to login with an account lol) but anyways...

And sorry to hear about that, hope everything goes ok. πŸ€—πŸ’œ

Yeah, all good now. It was like, almost exactly 1 year ago exactly. Hands all healed up and it was my grandmothers time. She had a very good long life.

What is it sitting on? Is that like a dock? Expansion for more disks?

Last year's model, but yes. Overall really glad I got it. I had been editing video on a ASUS G14 gaming laptop and it was sooooo loud.