Cheapest? No, the desktop PCs that have come off lease will always be even cheaper than a Pi5. For example, this: https://www.newegg.com/dell-7010-business-desktops-workstations/p/1VK-0001-0PGF2 Refurbished: Dell OptiPlex 7010 USFF 500 GB, Intel Core- i5- 3470S 2.9 GHz, 4 GB No OS newegg.com If you want more “power,” the refurb PC is still cheaper https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-0001-11BH6?Item=9SIAKDCEME3218 Refurbished: Dell OptiPlex 9020 MT/Core i7-4790 @ 3.6 GHz/32GB DDR3/1TB HDD/DVD-RW/No OS newegg.com These are easy to find. But if you have time to kill, the local thrift stores sell any desktop PC for $35.
> On Oct 3, 2025, at 9:50 AM, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > A new Pi-500 built into a keyboard > https://www.elektormagazine.com/news/raspberry-pi-500 > > Coupled with an Ethernet MESA BoB is this perhaps the cheapest route to go? > John > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
