I am currently using the xiaomi and shelly app for their devices, but I would like to integrate everything into one.
at the moment everything is working phenomenally for me, for more than a year.
Reading the forums, I think the best HomeAssistant is for that.
I have a total of about 20 pieces of devices (shelly, xiaomi, aqara).
I found in my country these devices that suit me in terms of price, I would not like to go in a lot, because I am not a very demanding user of all this. And I would use it exclusively for HA.
I would like you to tell me what is best for me, and whether this will finish my job without any problems.
NUC5CPYH with 4gb ram, 120gb ssd. (60 euros)
Raspberry pi 3, model B, with 32GB sd card. (25 euros) - possibility to buy ssd (120gb, 20 euros)
Raspberry pi 4, model B, 2GB, with 32gb sd card (60 euros)
I initially tried home assistant on a Pi 3. It seemed fine at first, but once I had all my integrations setup and built some dashboards it felt like it was struggling a bit. Personally I would avoid the Pi 3.
I currently have it running on a Pi 4. It runs just fine. I have a lot more devices that you, have built some reasonably complex dashboards, and performance isn’t an issue. Mine is an 8GB Pi4, but I run lots of things on in in addition to home assistant and it is often has < 2GB of RAM in use. so I’d guess a 2GB Pi4 should be OK. I’d be inclined to get a 4GB model just to be safe but you probably don’t need it.
I haven’t tried it on a NUC. I would expect it to be better than the Pi 4 but can’t say for sure.
I’d look into power consumption too. The NUC might well consume a bit (lot?) more power that a Pi 4, and so might cost a non-trivial amount more to run over the long term.
An SD card is fine as long as it is a high endurance card. High endurance SDs will outlast many cheap SSDs. People get burned on SD cards because they try to use cheap throw-away SD cards that are designed for storing photos and videos on cameras and phones.
here’s the thing, I pulled out the information
nuc i3 are over 100 euros, and some do not have wifi and bluetooth
do you think that for HA in this case nuc is stronger, faster and better than rpi 4?
here I have made combinations that suit me in terms of price, so help what is best
nuc5cpyh (60 euros)
Intel celeron N3050 1.6ghz dual core
4gb ddr3 ram (replace this with a total of 8GB, with a surcharge of 15 euros)
Ssd 120gb
Rpi 4 (60 euros)
Cortex A72 1.5Ghz quad core
2gb ddr4 ram
Sd card ( instead of sd card buy and put ssd 120gb, 2.5 inches, insert in 2.5 inch case, surcharge about 20 euros)
Rpi 3 model B (25 euros)
Cortex A53 1.2Ghz quad core
1Gb ddr2 ram
Sd card ( instead of sd card buy and put ssd 120gb, 2.5 inches, insert in 2.5 inch case, surcharge about 20 euros)
again I repeat, the device would be used exclusively for HA, with a detailed description from the first post
You don’t need more than Rpi3 if nothing fancy is required.
But you will see huge difference if for example need it to stream video ( Wyze docker in my case)