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Cheap SBC x86-64 ? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 4 points 1 year ago

I also hate systemd and use slackware and devuan, both of which works on aarch64. I believe Void also works but I never tried it.

USD $60 seems a bit low for an x86 SBC.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    For me an ABC is really a PCB with components on it à la RPI, I haven't see a lot of x86 like that except industrial one and they are $$$.

    Have you thought of a beelink mini PC? This one is $149... https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-Lake-N150-Upgraded-Computer-Business/dp/B0F3C6R47G

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Nope. If you're talking SOC, nothing like that exists anywhere near this price point. If you just mean a cheap x86 machine, find a used minipc or something on eBay, but it's going to be a crapshoot.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Do you want x86-64 (amd64) or arm64? Those are two very different things.

    Devuan supports arm64.

    Or, relax your SBC restriction and get a mini-pc board like a NUC or N100, or similar embedded system. Even an HDMI stick PC.

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The cheapest SBC x86-64 I can find is LattePanda Delta. But it cost ~$200.

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Have you tried MX Linux? It is based on Debian, they have a distro for RPI, and they have no systemd

    https://mxlinux.org/download-links/

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    • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Thank you all for your input's ! \

    So I have created a table , that I'll put in my first post.

    Feel free to post update like

    |brand|model|Price €|GPIO pair|CP|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|||

    or even without the row header

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