The setup seems quite beefy relative to anything I ever owned. I understand that my power bill will be more costly if I leave this running 24/7.

Compared to 4 RPi’s running 24/7, how much more energy do you suppose I’ll be expending?

I ask because my basic understanding of electrical engineering states that my system will only draw as much power as it needs (not the full rated 650W), so I’m not really sure how that compares to all 4 RPi’s running.

Thank you for your insight, I see your point.

Why do you say they abandoned desktop computers though? Aren’t they still designing and selling iMacs? Aren’t those considered desktop computers?

That is a great explanation. It makes perfect sense to me know. Thank you

Can you please explain to me the difference? How does a swapdisk compare to RAM? I don’t mind googling it but I highly doubt I’ll get a straightforward ELI5 style answer from there.

I would really appreciate it if you can elaborate, if you have the time that is.

Thank you.

How do you monitor your wattage?

Doesn’t swap reduce the lifespan of storage though?

Lol 😂

Most of my services use a network mounted drive so storage isn’t really a factor (although the more the merrier of course).

My main bottleneck is computation power.

Just curious, why is an x86 architecture a sought after feature in your opinion? My understanding is that ARM is more “bang for your buck” in terms of computation effort to power draw.

I say this because my M2 (ARM based) MacBook does all sorts of heavy lifting and still lasts me more than a day on a single charge compared to my old Intel MacBook running the same services doing the exact same stuff.

Please correct me if I am wrong. I would really appreciate to learn more from people who have more knowledge than I am.

Valid point, I see where you are coming from.

Bruh, I love you.

Thank you

At this price point, why are RPi’s even a thing? Wow!

Where do people find equipment this cheap? Ya’ll are mind blowing with your ability to score things for such low prices.

Any links?

That looks very sexy, what’s the price range on those?

I’ve been looking all over for something in that price range, where did you find them for those prices?

I don’t know you, but I love you, complete random stranger. Thanks for the laugh 😂

I’ve got a RaspberryPi 4B running dietpi and hosting plex with a debrid service. The setup is very flawless and easy to maintain.

Also very minimal footprint

And I’ll give you $10 for it