the SBC market has been heating up
Yes, the Rock 5B and other RK3588 based boards seem to be trickling out now, not cheap though.
AB> Yes, the Rock 5B and other RK3588 based boards seem to be trickling out
AB> now, not cheap though.
Keep yer eye on the Orange Pi 5 - RK3588 @ $60; pre-order only ATM @ AliX.
www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-ceo-talks-shortages-next-gen-pi
I was reading an article this weekend where Eben Upton said he thinks the Raspberry Pi shortages should be all fixed in a years time
A quick look at CPU comparison sites suggest the RK3588 is as powerful
as my Desktop PC (Intel 2500k), 10 Years old, but no slouch. Indeed, I
have put off buying a new PC because modern performance advantages seem slight, many recent NUC style PCs are still slower than the 2500K.
Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:
A quick look at CPU comparison sites suggest the RK3588 is as powerful
as my Desktop PC (Intel 2500k), 10 Years old, but no slouch. Indeed, I
have put off buying a new PC because modern performance advantages seem
slight, many recent NUC style PCs are still slower than the 2500K.
Perhaps it depends on your workload. My last three home-desktop CPUs have been, from oldest to newest:
* Core 2 Quad Q6600, purchased in 2008
* Core i5 4690K, probably purchased around 2014-2015
* Ryzen 7 3800X, purchased in 2020
* Not counting POST, though that adds maybe 3-4 seconds. I just rebooted
my Framework Laptop (with a Core i7-1165G7) to see how long it'd take.
From GRUB to the login prompt took about 7 seconds, and from hitting Enter
on my password to the KDE desktop was maybe a bit under 2 seconds more.
In fact a x386 Geod (333Mhz CPU) from 2007 here boots in 10secs from a CF card and consumes at max. 12W. I couldn't find replacement. I tried Orange
PI with two network cards. It turned out the second one is connected to the USB bus and with pure debian stable it stops working for unknown reason
after 1-2 days. I now ordered one more expensive based on intel.
scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
* Not counting POST, though that adds maybe 3-4 seconds. I just rebooted >> my Framework Laptop (with a Core i7-1165G7) to see how long it'd take.
From GRUB to the login prompt took about 7 seconds, and from hitting Enter >> on my password to the KDE desktop was maybe a bit under 2 seconds more.
you are may be aware that using SSD or NVMe in recent years boosted the boot time, right? So I wonder why you did not mention what disk you used inside.
Deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
SSDs boost the speed of just about everything. I even managed to
get one running in an ancient G4 Mac mini to some small benefit,
though the bigger benefit is arguably the removal of a mechanical
device subject to breakage. As SSDs were becoming cheaper (and more
common), I saw how they were squeezing more life out of older
computers by keeping them usable a little bit longer.
SSDs boost the speed of just about everything. I even managed to get one running in an ancient G4 Mac mini to some small benefit, though the bigger benefit is arguably the removal of a mechanical device subject to
breakage. As SSDs were becoming cheaper (and more common), I saw how they were squeezing more life out of older computers by keeping them usable a little bit longer.
2. the price is a factor. I calculated recently the benefit of replacing
the WD Red spinning disk with SSDs (2 TB in RAID pairs). The conclusion
was that the power saved does not rectify the replacement - the price of
the SSD is still too high. So I just left the spinning rust inside. Some
of them are running for 8-10y already
In November last year I was able to get a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, and in April this year I got a Pi 4 1GB to use as a web server.
BG> In November last year I was able to get a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, and in
BG> April this year I got a Pi 4 1GB to use as a web server.
I still haven't been able to score a Pi Zero 2 W. Sure, I don't scour the interwebs to find one, but... I really wanna take a look at them.
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In November last year I was able to get a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, and in April this year I got a Pi 4 1GB to use as a web server.
I still haven't been able to score a Pi Zero 2 W. Sure, I don't scour the interwebs to find one, but... I really wanna take a look at them.
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