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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24823173

Hi folks, looking for a bit of steer to get off the ground with self hosting. My goals to start with are pretty straight forward:

  • I want to set up Home Assistant to move my smart devices off the cloud and fully contained within the walls of my home.
  • I want to set up my own little Pixelfed server for my family's use, along with some other federated socials.

From what I was looking at, I think my easiest route to doing both of these things is with a Home Assistant Yellow (built-in Zigbee and Thread system) with a Raspberry Pi 4.

I've never done anything like this before but I'm interested in learning. If anyone more experienced has any insight or direction, I'd really appreciate it! Cheers!

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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

as i see it you can get an n100 mini pc with a 6w tdp for as much as a 8-16gb rasberry pi 5 kit

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Typically how close is the TDP of the CPU to the full system power draw? Can see a few refurbished on ebay that don't look too bad

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

looks like the total power draw of an n100 mini pc is 8-27 watts total, while the pi is 4-9 watts but it has a faster cpu, better video decode, vastly better gpu and better compatibility, being x86.

Ultimately the decision is up to you, but i think that outwheighs the higher power costs.