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Cheap SBC x86-64 ? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Rick_C137@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi,

is it exist cheap ~$60 SBC in X86-64 ??

No thank you for Rapsberry PI
I used Raspberry PI SBC for a while now.

But it's really hard to found a Linux distribution that support

  • RPI (arm64)
  • sysVinit 💖
  • And that I like

Please don't bring systemD in this discussion thanks.

( first row is for reference )

brand model Price € GPIO pair CPU Lan Ports idle watt Surface area cm² Storage ports WiFi / BT url
Raspberry Pi Pi 5 B (4GB) 52 12 Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz. 1x 1GbE 3 47 SD
radxa[^NEU] X4 90 12 N100 ▼ 1x 2.5GbE 18W ? 47.6 M.2[^boot], eMMC[^boot] W6, BT5.2
HardKernel ? ODROID H4 109 ?? N97 ▲ 1x 2.5GbE N.C -> 60W ? 144 eMMC, M.2*, SATA* https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4/

last update: 2025-08-31

[^NEU]: Seem unavailable on the europe market..

[^boot]: Might not be bootable ! TBC

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[–] passepartout@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Buy a used 1l mini PC like the Lenovo thinkcentre tiny (or similar Dell or HP models). You will have to spend a bit more, but you could get one with a pretty capable Intel CPU from gen 7 or 8 upwards for virtualization with Proxmox.

If you're really just looking for a x86 SBC, get a Radxa with an Intel N100 or something similar. They sell at about your price limit with low specs on Aliexpress:

https://radxa.com/products/x/x4/

[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've bought some refurbished 1l PCs in places where others might have bought RPi. Drawbacks are more energy consumption and, generally, no GPIO (at least built-in). Also bigger in size. I have one Lenovo M600 which has four serial ports (DB9) and one parallel port (DB25) on some kind of extension module. Because of the module it also has more space for cooler, thus making it passively cooled.

OS: Gentoo Linux x86_64
Host: 10GJS01G00 (ThinkCentre M600)
Kernel: Linux 6.6.101-M600-minimal-0.1
Uptime: 1 day, 23 hours, 59 mins
Packages: 567 (emerge)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Display (ACER H235HL): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz in 23" [External]
Terminal: tmux 3.5a
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) N3010 (2) @ 2.24 GHz
GPU: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller @ 0.60 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 312.46 MiB / 7.37 GiB (4%)
Swap: 0 B / 32.00 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 8.90 GiB / 19.94 GiB (45%) - xfs
Disk (/var/cache/pkg): 4.41 GiB / 4.84 GiB (91%) - ext4

Fast it ain't, but does fit the bill.

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

one parallel port (DB25)

You might even be able to use the parallel port as basic GPIO, especially if it's on the I/O bus and not some sort of PCI adapter.

[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it's connected to internal USB...

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ah that sucks.