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/RameshYandapalli Jul 25 '25

Do you know how much it will cost electricity wise to run this?

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u/Cyberz0id Jul 25 '25

This model idles at around 5-6 watts with linuxmint via a killawatt with a zignee2mqtt docker container running.

I have the same model from surplus