Michael HorneAnyone know if a #RaspberryPi 3 is powerful enough to host #HomeAssistant?
ray@recantha Running HA OS baremetal on a Pi4 with 8GB RAM. Memory use is fairly light, so 8GB is probably overkill. Also running off an SSD drive (via USB/SATA adapter) to avoid memory wear issues with Micro SD cards. #homeassistant #raspberrypi
Ro@ray @recantha that's a serious heatsink. Have you any temp figures before using that? I have a similar setup, minus huge heatsink, and its running at about 42°. Granted I have it in an enclosure, but if there was a silent option like that I'd consider it. The fan in the enclosure is very loud when on.
@ropatrick @recantha It's actually a heatsink on top of a heatsink-type enclosure. The larger one (bare aluminium) lowers the Pi temperature by few degrees, maybe 3 or 4C tops. It's not really necessary, but I had it on hand... I was looking for a fanless solution. There is also a thin thermal pad underneath that large heatsink. If you zoom in you can see it. I also have popsicle-sticks underneath it to encourage a bit more air circulation around the bottom.