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Not really. It's made to run headless, and isn't always used for compute tasks. I use mine for running servos. But accessories for the desktop are also not included, so your point doesnt stand regardless.

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Bondrewd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
My brother in christ. A used PC has powersupply, case, storage and cooling. This is about the basic kit you need for a proper pi5 experience. You can very easily hit the 100 dollar mark.

Also, most of the used business PC will have 8G RAM, which would put your little ARM funsies up to the $130 budget range.

And you would still only have 4 shitty cores.

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- DaGeek247@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  And it wouldn't have gpio, would require at least a square foot of floor/desk space, and it would cost more to run. Price. Size. Gpio. Nobody is running their remote controlled car with a cabled desktop sat on it.
  
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  - Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    If you’re running a remote controlled car you want something way down the power scale like as ESP32 or even an ATTiny + radio HW.
    
    Mind you, I don’t disagree with your point, juts tought the example wasn’t correct for it.
    
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  - Bondrewd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Not sure how much more it would cost to run. If you only really talk about stuff a pi can do as well, you wont be maxing out your cores. You will use a bit more maybe. Nothing sort of whatever you only really keep in mind for monero mining.
    
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  - MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    USFF boxes are quite a bit smaller footprint than 1 sq/ft, about 7"x7"x1.4"
    
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  - TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    If you just need GPIO for low level electronics there are 20$ SBCs that get the job done. No need for a full RPi5.
    
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- BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You’re assuming use-case.
  
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TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Oh his point stands, as soon as you add a case and a power adapter/cable you’re near 100$.

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- DaGeek247@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Oh his point stands,
  
  No it doesn't. The power supply is 8$ and the case is 10$, from the official store. That's 72$. Stop lying.
  
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  - TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah sure.
    
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    DaGeek247@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You're funny. That makes the total 77$. Still not the 100$ + required accessories that a desktop needs.
    
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- BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ve got easily 50 power adapters for things like Pi. Doesn’t everyone?
  
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