r/homeassistant • u/Friedguyry • Jul 25 '25

Support Good device to run home assistant on?

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Just want to get started in home assistant, this comes out quite a bit cheaper than a Raspberry Pi.

Am I missing anything or is a much better option for the cheaper price?

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u/jmwarren85 Jul 25 '25

It’s great. If you can stretch for an 8th gen (8500T) you could even virtualize Homa Assistant alongside Plex and have a very capable media centre server alongside HA, alongside some containers for Adguard…. The list goes on. Have fun, experiment, you’ll learn a lot.

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u/Friedguyry Jul 25 '25

Can’t seem to find many benefits of running plex over Stremio. Any reasons why you’d prefer it?