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Looking to migrate from raspberry pi to SFF PC. What are good options in 2023? (beehaw.org)
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I'm getting close to my 4gb RPI 4b's mem limit ~80% and would like to migrate from it to a low power SFF thin client. What are some good options?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I downsized most of my stuff to run on a few Optiplex 9020 USFF PCs. They're thin-client sized but have a lot more horsepower.

My HA is still running on an actual thin client though. Wyse 5010 from about 2013. Upgraded those to 8 GB RAM and a bigger SSD. Have several of those running various services, too.

Electricity costs are a factor for me, so downsizing from my old setup has really been paying off.

[โ€“] fouc 1 points 1 year ago

These refurbished x86 thin clients are a fantastic value for money and they are idling at single digits watts. Unless you need GPIOs they are quite a decent alternative to RPi and given the shortages they might actually be cheaper!