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Anyone seeing any black Friday deals on SBCs? I haven't seen any as yet.
I love odroid devices. my current device is Odroid-XU4 and I'm loving it so far.
What do you use it for? How noisy is the fan?
Isn't it close to $100 w/ shipping?
I've had an XU4 for over a year now. It's a powerhouse in a small form factor. It's completely replaced my "desktop", handling my email client, browsers, music, IRC, simple image editing with GIMP, VPN and RDP to work, etc. The fan can get annoying, but there is plenty of documentation on the forums for improvements and even some fan less cases for purchase. It is pricey given the other Orange Pi boards, but performance wise it's tough to beat.
Don't forget to keep in mind what operating systems you can get to run on which devices.
If you consider second hand, cubietruck (cubieboard 3) has SATA and can be found at around 40 bucks.
I got a RaspberryPI 2 and I have an Orange Pi on the way. I'm pretty happy with the RPi so far for what I'm using it.
I've changed the fan with a noctua one. Fan was noisy indeed but it's now almost zero.
Yes, for my area at least Cost me $103 incl. shipping last year.
Fantastic, thank you! That's what I wanted to hear! Link or name please?
This is the fan:
http://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x10-5v
It has to be 5V, be careful with that while buying
I just followed this guide:
http://www.bitkistl.com/2015/09/noctua-nf-a4-flx-5v.html
I used a "heat shrink" to put the cable together.
Had to cut the upper case though.
This is where I bought:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00NEMGCIA/
Or from amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NEMGCIA/
I also got a fan grill from Aliexpress, just for cosmetic concerns:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/CAA-5-pcs-4cm-Diameter-Axial-DC-Fan-Grill-Metal-PC-Finger-Guard-Protector/32704171445.html
Works nicely together. Case itself holds the fan so I didn't need to solder or glue etc. anything.
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That's just plain awesome. Thank you very much @arda!
I think, Orange Pi Lite is the optimal choice for your purposes.
or the Orange Pi Zero and Expansion Board
I should have got more SBCs instead of vps.
I keep forgetting my new internet is unmetered 8-15mbit.
Get a handful. They're so useful.
I've got an ODROID-C1 as an OpenElec media center, ODROID-XU4 as my main computing system, an original Raspberry Pi Model B as a streaming webcam source, an Orange Pi Zero (256MB version) as a NAS, an Orange Pi Zero (512MB version) as a webserver, and an Orange Pi PC that I'm looking for new project for. I wouldn't mind getting a Nano Pi Neo to add to the collection but shipping to my location triples the price.
next one is probably going to be a odroid C2 to free up the rpi3 from media center duty for old lcd tv.
Bonus: it can munch x265 easily unlike rpi3.
@rm_ a bit off topic but you may find this interesting... maybe..
https://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/3045-support-of-helios4-intro/
First board put together for NAS use specifically in mind.. gotta say I am a bit excited to hear more about it... now to wait for the campaign...
Cheers!
Looks promising! Make sure to post the kickstarter link when it goes live
Crowdfunding makes me worry a bit, but...
FUCKING FINALLY
All I ever wanted was an arm storage appliance board
Necro'ing this thread to post about Orange Pi Win! 64-bit, 1GB RAM, GbE, onboard Wifi/BT....Similar to a Pine64?
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Orange-Pi-Win-Development-Board-A64-Quad-core-Support-linux-and-android-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2/1553371_32798200305.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.k4fA2a
YEP, I use one of these things for my 3d printer. I have it running repitier server and it runs off a 12v to 5v usb car socket thats hooked up to the printers supply.
Talking about SBC did someone know cheapest SBC that support SATA 3 natively? Tired with raspberry pi 3 that always get bottleneck with the IO.
Dunno about native SATA but some of the Odroid boards do ok with a USB3-SATA bridge. The Rpis only have USB2 which is much slower.
http://www.hardkernel.com/main/main.php
PC Engines APU2 (https://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm) and the Cubieboard (http://cubieboard.org/model/) come to mind.
https://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-72-marvell-espressobin.aspx
The ESPRESSObin is your best option for full throughput SATA, 3xGigabit NICs and a PCIe slot which you can put a m.2 sata drive in, a 2 port sata port multiplier or a single 7 pin SATA connector for additional connections. Also has USB 3.0. However, it is not a media center PC, it does not have video output and you do have to compile your first kernel your self, so takes a little bit of knowledge to use.
I participated in the Kickstarter and got an early bird board just last week, its already running a small NAS setup of mine very impressively.
Other than that you will want to look at an A20, such as BananaPi or pcDuino 3 Nano as they have native SATA. However, the SATA performance is limited to 45M/sec writes and about 100M/sec reads and the Gigabit NIC is limited to 45M/sec either direction by being tied to a single CPU core. On a budget though A20 may a bit more affordable, the ESPRESSObin is $49.
my 2 cents.
Cheers!
This is very impressive for its price!
I switched to a Intel Nuc (nuc6i5) from Pis and Odroid Devices as my home server, but I use Orange Pi Zero 512MB as pi-hole + dnscrypt as a tiny dns server - dns-level adblocker.. It takes power directly from my router.
Why switch? I haven't had a need for a windows "server" at home. Anything I want to run runs great on a variety of "Pi" devices.
How about one with proper GbE connected to a NAS?
Pavin.