Raspberry pi might beat it for speed but not for half the price. Even the barest-bone 4gb pi5 is $60, and that’s without storage or power supply. You’re at at least 3/4s the price once those are factored in.
And that’s just considering raw speed. If you expect to play “PC” games, you’re probably going to want an x86. Raspi may well lose at that point
I honestly tell people not to buy a RasPi unless they really need the specific hardware form factor (GPIO, etc). For virtually every application, a second-hand USFF PC is cheaper and more powerful, has better I/O and comes with a quality PSU.
1000%. Used PCs are the way to go over a raspberry pi unless you have specific accessories or something. Almost everyone just uses a raspberry pi as a USB host or for network services anyway. Gpio use cases tend to be better served by Arduino or esp32 too
I liked SBCs when they were more like $35, but the price is now out of control for what they offer. I will probably just get used mini PCs instead if I ever need something similar. I’ll be able to replace RAM, SSD, and potentially even the CPU. I’ll get a case and PSU with the base price.
What does the Pi even offer over the low wattage mini PCs now? I don’t need a whole Linux to run a few GPIOs, I could buy ESP32 things for a few dollars each. The only benefit is the small size and being able to run off the ubiquitous USB wall plugs.
Raspberry pi might beat it for speed but not for half the price. Even the barest-bone 4gb pi5 is $60, and that’s without storage or power supply. You’re at at least 3/4s the price once those are factored in.
And that’s just considering raw speed. If you expect to play “PC” games, you’re probably going to want an x86. Raspi may well lose at that point
I honestly tell people not to buy a RasPi unless they really need the specific hardware form factor (GPIO, etc). For virtually every application, a second-hand USFF PC is cheaper and more powerful, has better I/O and comes with a quality PSU.
1000%. Used PCs are the way to go over a raspberry pi unless you have specific accessories or something. Almost everyone just uses a raspberry pi as a USB host or for network services anyway. Gpio use cases tend to be better served by Arduino or esp32 too
I liked SBCs when they were more like $35, but the price is now out of control for what they offer. I will probably just get used mini PCs instead if I ever need something similar. I’ll be able to replace RAM, SSD, and potentially even the CPU. I’ll get a case and PSU with the base price.
What does the Pi even offer over the low wattage mini PCs now? I don’t need a whole Linux to run a few GPIOs, I could buy ESP32 things for a few dollars each. The only benefit is the small size and being able to run off the ubiquitous USB wall plugs.