See my comparison video last year, when the Mini PC was cheaper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TORg5FhKf-4And Happy New Year! Hope the rest of 2026 has mor...
A Mini PC with an N100 (exact same performance as the microprocessor in the Pi5 according to this) and 8GB RAM will cost you around $140, which per what a previous poster dug out is exactly the same price as a Pi4 with only 4GB if we’re talking about something with the equivalent kit (i.e. with box, dissipators, power supply and HDMI cable)
What about ddr4 mini pc’s with i5-8500t’s? Couldn’t possibly be a worse bang for buck
A Mini PC with an N100 (exact same performance as the microprocessor in the Pi5 according to this) and 8GB RAM will cost you around $140, which per what a previous poster dug out is exactly the same price as a Pi4 with only 4GB if we’re talking about something with the equivalent kit (i.e. with box, dissipators, power supply and HDMI cable)