Budget hardware suggestions for hass.io, will Orange Pi work?

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Hi, I’m planning to set up hassio for my smart home system. I am trying to choose hardware for hassio. My options are Orange Pi Zero 512 MB for 170TL, Orange Pi One 512MB for 170TL, Orange Pi PC 1GB for 230TL, Orange Pi PC Plus 1GB for 330TL, Orange Pi Zero Plus 2 512MB for 330TL, Raspberry Pi 3 A 512MB for 280TL, Raspberry Pi 3B + 1GB for 380TL. My intension is getting the Orange Pi PC 1GB as it’s the cheapest 1GB option. I have to wait and save up if I choose getting the Orange Pi Zero Plus 2 or Raspberry Pi 3B. Electronics are very expensive here, for perspective 1TL equals to 0.14 USD.

I’m planning to add many DIY smart sensors and lights made with esphome to my home so 512MB RAM probably won’t cut it. By the way can I use hassio with Orange Pi PC 1GB? I think it’s the solution at the time. Thanks for your help, have a nice day.

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Hassio has not been a thing for 12 months. Please stop calling it that.

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My bad, sorry. I’m just trying to get things wired up in my head. So what do you suggest for Home Assistant setup. Can I use a Orange Pi PC 1GB without any problems?

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Get this:

Home Assistant Blue! - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)

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He’s pretty clearly stated he can’t really afford to purchase an expensive item in the OP, so you then suggest a much more expensive item?

The Orange Pi will run Home Assistant, but as with many lower powered SBCs, it may struggle with some heavier tasks.

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Yeah, I completely agree with your point.

I want to have at least 2 sensor cards and 4-5 output cards. I already have a ESP8266 NodeMCU with 4 Output pins(My rooms main light relay, night lamp relay, smart plug relay, arduino that controlls my lock) in use. I’m planning to add a temperature-humidity-pressure sensor and a aRGB strip to my smart home as soon as I get my main controller. Should I wait for the 3B+ 1GB? Is 3B+ enough for heavy tasks. I don’t want to bother upgrading to a better card, I would like to wait more and get the long term solution instead of getting a cheap card.

Which card do you suggest?

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A Raspberry Pi 3b+ is no longer the recommended entry level for a SBC running HA - a Raspberry Pi 4 is. HA will run well on a Pi3, but again, if you give it intensive tasks it may run slowly. Running sensors is generally not very load intensive.

If you can wait longer and save some more money and purchase a Pi4 4gb, that would be a better option moving forward.

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So which operations are the heavier loads? Can I get away with an Orange Pi PC in my specified use case? Is a RPi 3B+ better than the Orange Pi? Which cheap alternative you would suggest to buy right now?

What you exactly mean by running slow, is it response time? Is it long enough
to give me headaches?

Thank you very much for your response.

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since the RPI 4 came out, I have been running HA in it but before that I have been running it in my Orange Pi PC2. It was working fine then. Please be advised it was then dont know if it is supported now.

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1GB memory will give your board a very rought time with HA…recommended still RPI4 but again if it too expensive, then unsure

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