I have a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 8GB of RAM, and I’m looking for a bit more powerful solution that would have similar power consumption. I would like to host a Minecraft server, but chunks take too long to generate. Do you have any recommendations?

  • @ripe_bananaEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    First off, I think you’re completely right in that laptop batteries are definitely a non-ideal solution. And, I’m really not an expert in this, so take my words with a grain of salt.

    You could mitigate a bit of the dangers by doing some of the following (I only did the first):

    • Reducing the max charge level to 50% of the capacity.
    • Monitor your batteries health to alert for any discrepancies.
    • Switch out your batteries every couple of years (which is super easy without downtime on the aformentioned old thinkpads).

    If you are an under $100 budget, there seems to be an argument that maybe you are willing to risk a little bit for that extra power reliability.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      For that the laptop has to support a charge level on a hardware level though, just setting a limit will cause it to constantly switch between using the battery and charging the battery which would be much worse than keeping it at 100%. Most older and budget systems don’t support that

      • @ripe_bananaEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I see. On the surface, that seems to make sense. I might need to rethink how I configure my batteries.