PositivDenken 🤯Thinking of getting a new raspberry pi. Should I get a model 4 or 5? The 4 would still work with my existing USB power adapter and it has an audio jack that I might wanna use. Any downsides I’m overlooking? I’d like to host some web-services. Maybe even mastodon. But sure there’ll be more tasks I’ll throw on it as time goes by. Home assistant, kodi, jukebox …
andy 🤍🌈💚@zeank Moin.
In former days I used some Raspberry 3 and 4 for different tasks.
If you like, giving you another idea:
Meanwhile I switched to one tiny and used bought PC Lenovo M720q, using Proxmox as OS hosting several virtual clients. Examples: Nextcloud, HomeAssistant, Pi-Hole, OpenCCU for Homematic, OpenHab, NGinx Proxy Manager, NodeRed…
In my opinion Mini-PC is also energy-saving, powerful and flexible regarding RAM and storage (SSD).
In former days I used some Raspberry 3 and 4 for different tasks.
If you like, giving you another idea:
Meanwhile I switched to one tiny and used bought PC Lenovo M720q, using Proxmox as OS hosting several virtual clients. Examples: Nextcloud, HomeAssistant, Pi-Hole, OpenCCU for Homematic, OpenHab, NGinx Proxy Manager, NodeRed…
In my opinion Mini-PC is also energy-saving, powerful and flexible regarding RAM and storage (SSD).
@andyoww more expensive, comes with windows (over my dead body), needs more energy, larger, intel (don’t like). But yeah, sure worth mentioning. Just not for me, I guess.
A Matt with a Dog@zeank I have the same question. I’m thinking of RPi 4 4GB for hosting web server and content build containers for blog site, but haven’t put a lot of thought into it yet. Still experimenting with the software.
Claude Flammang@zeank
Pi5 is 2 to 3 times faster compared to Pi4, last time I checked price was similar, 10€ difference.
Usb audio adapter 5-10€
27W USBC poweradapter +-15€
In my eyes it’s a no-brainer.
Pi5 is 2 to 3 times faster compared to Pi4, last time I checked price was similar, 10€ difference.
Usb audio adapter 5-10€
27W USBC poweradapter +-15€
In my eyes it’s a no-brainer.
@claude_flammang I saw an Pi4/8gb going for 75€ last Friday (here in Sweden), whereas the Pi5/8gb goes for about 120€. Plus all the extra costs. But I just found out that offer is gone now unfortunately. Waited too long. Now it’s 100€ for the Pi4. 🤷♂️😭
Oliver Seiler@zeank the more powerful Pis tend to be overprized and if you're planning to deploy a bunch of services permanently then you might be better off looking for a 'proper' small form factor mainboard or old laptop etc. Having said that the Pi 4 is powerful enough for quite a lot of stuff, especially if you add proper nvm storage to the notoriously slow and unreliable SD slot. A good power supply is key, and you might need sufficient cooling.
FWIW the built-in audio DAC is pretty poor quality and prone to interference from the pi. You can get good audio HATs, but it adds to the cost and form factor.
Also you might be able to get a few used Pi 3 for the price of a 4/5 if you don't mind splitting the load.
FWIW the built-in audio DAC is pretty poor quality and prone to interference from the pi. You can get good audio HATs, but it adds to the cost and form factor.
Also you might be able to get a few used Pi 3 for the price of a 4/5 if you don't mind splitting the load.