Comment on good alternatives to raspberry pi which are cheap and efficient?
richdotward@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I’m a big fan of dell wyse machines. Loads on ebay, ex business machines. X86 so decent support, decent dell power supply, on / off button / in cases and low power.
I have wyse 3040 for pihole cost 39.99
I have wyse 5070 with windows 10 for plex and running a Ubuntu 22 server in virtual box, cost 59.99
KDE@monyet.cc 8 months ago
Thanks for the suggestion (I am looking forward to other comments as well) Well , I like x86 in general but not for self-hosting maybe? i have heard that they are bulky and take a lot of energy
cron@feddit.de 8 months ago
You can expect a thin client to use about 10 watts idle (but more under load), which adds up to about 100 kWh per year. Some models use even less.
Source,
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 8 months ago
Even less. My thin client draws 5W in idle.
richdotward@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/3040/ www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/5070/
Both mine are there was a tested for power.
Running 24/7 for a good 6 months. Certainly not noticed any difference to power cost.
folkrav@lemmy.world 8 months ago
When people say x86 is not power efficient, it usually means it’s not very efficient for battery powered devices, or is kind of wasteful in situations like in data centers where they’re running thousands of machines. For home use, with a machine that’s gonna probably end up idling most of the time, my best guess is it would cost you a couple tens of dollars a year to run vs a slightly smaller amount.
Personally, just so I don’t have to deal with software compatibility on different architectures, I’ll gladly pay that small difference in power usage, but this will of course vary depending on what you’re looking to run on there.