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Seeing way too many people ordering raspberry pi nodes.

For the last time friends:

Stop doing this!

RPi is A TERRIBLE platform for node running!

Just buy an old used workstation that some company is throwing away. Probably way cheaper, 10x more powerful and don't have to be constrained by ARM64
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Force2B 2y ago

This is good to know, thanks! What about energy cost for running? Significant difference or no?

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utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 2y ago

Instead of 6 cents you might pay 9 cents for energy

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Force2B 2y ago

Haha touché, I’m going to switch from R-pi to old workstation soon

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mutatrum 2y ago

Get something from 2017 or newer. This was with €0.18/kWh electricity rates, which is unfortunately no longer true where I live.

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Mountain Yoda 2y ago

IMO - The HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini i5 is great alternative to a Pi. About 35watts (vs 5 watts for a Pi) but syncs WAY faster and a nicer form factor for me. Run Start9 on it and it’s a great machine.

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utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 2y ago

Some of my nodes

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nobody 2y ago

Oh you smart man! I thought about this, one of the hotels i used to do IT at threw out about 7 of these and wouldn’t let me keep em. Wasteful.

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dr.fred 2y ago

your raspi runs on 5w power maxing out at 6w

a laptop starts at 20w and can consume 200w depending on the processor and graphics card

the raspi is a good minicomputer. do not buy it for a stupid price.

i got the pi for 5 bucks and the pi4 for 30 bucks.

very happy with both.

you can learn so many things with the raspi it is mindblowing.

learning is not for everyone