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Recomend a Mini PC to host home assistant on (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by x4740N@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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must not add insane amounts of cost to my power bill
Has to be upgradable if I need to add upgrades to the hardware in the future
Has a speaker
may want to possibly also set up node red but it depends on if I need it or not because I may just be fine with home assistants automation
has to have wireless connectivity
mainly setting this up to add automation around my reolink cameras linked through the reolink home hub for example getting a second camera in the same area to start recording when one detects motion or link other smart home security products like sirens or floodlights

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[–] 18107@aussie.zone 16 points 1 month ago (10 children)

If you want really cheap and low power, a Raspberry Pi will do for most tasks.

If you want more processing power, an old Thinkpad laptop is reliable and has a built-in UPS (a laptop battery).

Any desktop computer will give you the customisation and upgradability you want, but you'll need to decide on each part individually. I don't have any specific recommendations here.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Eh, RPI pushes you to use a microSD card which sucks in a few ways. They also aren’t all that cheap.

Used thin client is the way to go

[–] Amberskin 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can leave just the /boot partition in the SD and put the root fs in an external USB drive (SSD or mechanical).

I’have a SIMH emulation farm running inside a Pi3 which has been up literally for years. Zero trouble.

[–] claude_flammang@dju.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@Amberskin
On Pi5 no need for SD it boots and runs perfectly well from SSD.

[–] Amberskin 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, really? I guess I’ll have to check the EEPROM stuff…

[–] claude_flammang@dju.social 1 points 1 month ago

@Amberskin
The Pi4 needs some updates and settings but the 5 natively boots from SSD.

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