If one needs more ressources than a Pi like plateform :
For Windows user : GIGABYTE - Desktop PC - Mini-PC Barebone - GB-BXBT-2807 (rev. 1.0) :
it's cheap if you look at the spec : here 115 euros with taxes. It's Sata ready, no fan. Need 12V 2.5A max : well suited for a little motorbike LiPoFe battery for a DRC/active system/streamer unit !
Odroid C2 is not totally fixed yet !
..... Any thoughts ?
For Windows user : GIGABYTE - Desktop PC - Mini-PC Barebone - GB-BXBT-2807 (rev. 1.0) :
it's cheap if you look at the spec : here 115 euros with taxes. It's Sata ready, no fan. Need 12V 2.5A max : well suited for a little motorbike LiPoFe battery for a DRC/active system/streamer unit !
Odroid C2 is not totally fixed yet !
..... Any thoughts ?
Agree, pretty handy and I am using something similar.
The Intel NUC5CPYH and NUC5PPYHH have TOSLINK out too:
Intel® NUC Kit NUC5CPYH Mini PC
Intel® NUC Kit NUC5PPYH Mini PC
There is another model which comes with Win 10 preloaded:
Intel® NUC Kit NUC5PGYH Mini PC
The Intel NUC5CPYH and NUC5PPYHH have TOSLINK out too:
Intel® NUC Kit NUC5CPYH Mini PC
Intel® NUC Kit NUC5PPYH Mini PC
There is another model which comes with Win 10 preloaded:
Intel® NUC Kit NUC5PGYH Mini PC
I'm happy with my Pipo X9 (they have like 4 models now, similar); the X9 is ~ $150 US delivered. + keyboard + mouse + "real" hard drive or SSD (comes with 32 GB EMMC). The only thing I don't like about these Intel Bay Trail (?) PCs is the very odd EMMC: you are forced to use UEFI (boot) and my old disk management and backup software doesn't work 🙁 But what's not to like? 12 V dc powered, no fan, etc.
Another cheap box is the HP Chromebox with Intel Celeron 2955U, 2GB DDR3, 16GB EMMC SSD for US $120 or so brand new on ebay.
It can be hacked so that you can load an operating system of your choice - instructions can be found on the net.
I have one playing music, with Debian and MPD. It oversamples using SOX with no problem - 44.1kHz to 176.4kHz with approximately 13% cpu usage.
I am very happy with it. If only it has I2S out.
It can be hacked so that you can load an operating system of your choice - instructions can be found on the net.
I have one playing music, with Debian and MPD. It oversamples using SOX with no problem - 44.1kHz to 176.4kHz with approximately 13% cpu usage.
I am very happy with it. If only it has I2S out.
Not sure what level of computing power you need... but I built a couple of systems based on an Asrock motherboard with a J1900 CPU onboard, including a passive heatsink. The motherboard uses an external a laptop "brick" power supply, so no fans anywhere, and it has onboard 7.1ch audio (ALC892) with analog outputs on the rear panel. I built the system (mobo, CPU, PS, memory, and HDD) for under $200.
That motherboard is discontinued, but Asrock just came out with something similar using the J3160 CPU, which I believe has slightly better performance than the J1900 but I have not yet seen it for sale. If you don't need DC power input you can still get an Asrock Q1900 mobo at Newegg (in the USA) for about $60. Yes, that includes the J1900 CPU! Just add a pico PS and you are good to go. These Baytrail systems have very low power needs - I think you can run a system with a single HDD with as little as a 36W supply! This means you can leave them powered up all the time.
I believe that these CPUs only have a few times more computing power than a Raspberry Pi. If your needs are modest, the R-Pi is plenty for IIR crossovers, audio playback, etc. There is not really a need to move up to an i5 level processor unless you need to process video, too.
That motherboard is discontinued, but Asrock just came out with something similar using the J3160 CPU, which I believe has slightly better performance than the J1900 but I have not yet seen it for sale. If you don't need DC power input you can still get an Asrock Q1900 mobo at Newegg (in the USA) for about $60. Yes, that includes the J1900 CPU! Just add a pico PS and you are good to go. These Baytrail systems have very low power needs - I think you can run a system with a single HDD with as little as a 36W supply! This means you can leave them powered up all the time.
I believe that these CPUs only have a few times more computing power than a Raspberry Pi. If your needs are modest, the R-Pi is plenty for IIR crossovers, audio playback, etc. There is not really a need to move up to an i5 level processor unless you need to process video, too.
I agree, but it makes a big difference between using a model 2 or 3, and older model 1 B or B+. One order in magnitude ?
Jessie vs Wheezy also matters...
Ive been happy with my qotom m180. N2810 cpu, 4g ram, 64gig msata ssd, tiny fanless case, brick power supply, totally fanless for $115. The hdmi ports dont work very well, but im running headless or using nomachine nx.
I would be interested, how this scales for audio-applications. Along with their "Landing Ship" product, that has 60 GPIO.
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