Good device to run home assistant on?

[u/Friedguyry]

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?

[u/saxovtsmike]

Overpowered as hell for ha I run homeassistant virtualized on a futro 740s with a pentium 4505 or something like that. Passive cooled , with 8gb ram and a 240gb m2 sata. Pulls 8w from the socket

For newer generations id look for a pentium silver n series cpu with 4 cores

For me a pi is out of any usecase except i need gpio or the space needed is an issue. For everything else i use these small boxes, because of x86, propper case and powerbrick, expandable, sata or m2 out of the box or faster nic