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good alternatives to raspberry pi which are cheap and efficient?
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Thanks for the suggestion (I am looking forward to other comments as well) Well , I like x86 in general but not for self-hosting maybe? i have heard that they are bulky and take a lot of energy
You can expect a thin client to use about 10 watts idle (but more under load), which adds up to about 100 kWh per year. Some models use even less.
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Even less. My thin client draws 5W in idle.
https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/3040/ https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/5070/
Both mine are there and tested for power use.
Running 24/7 for a good 6 months. Certainly not noticed any difference to power cost.
When people say x86 is not power efficient, it usually means it's not very efficient for battery powered devices, or is kind of wasteful in situations like in data centers where they're running thousands of machines. For home use, with a machine that's gonna probably end up idling most of the time, my best guess is it would cost you a couple tens of dollars a year to run vs a slightly smaller amount.
Personally, just so I don't have to deal with software compatibility on different architectures, I'll gladly pay that small difference in power usage, but this will of course vary depending on what you're looking to run on there.