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Raspberry Pi vs a 60 in 1 for a Cocktail Cabinet
Maximus:
So far I'm not very impressed with Mame4all. Donkey Kong struggles to maintain a steady 100% emulation speed on this quad core stick running Jellybean 4.2. Obviously this shows where the code is no where near optimized for the ARM architecture.
paigeoliver:
You can grab an older passively cooled mobile based x86 system and boot off something solid state, either a USB stick or an SSD and still get no moving parts on PC hardware. An old windows based tablet would be ideal as it would cost about the same as a Pi, except be dozens of times more useful. and wouldn't take up much more room once you factor in all those cables and adapters I see sticking out of every pi setup.
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--- Quote from: ahofle on June 19, 2013, 12:28:09 am ---Forget about a P3 or P4, I picked up a refurb Dell small form factor/pizza-box Core2Duo from newegg for $149 shipped a few weeks ago, including win7 home premium. They are on there all the time. More than enough power for even many modern games. If "moving parts" are that much of an issue, get an SSD, although that seems like a waste of money.
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I have a huge cab that plays pretty much every game, I don't need another. I am trying to do something very specific here, and other than one vent fan, I am trying to avoid all moving parts. I am assuming your Dell has fan or two in it. It is also a lot bigger than I want.
I think it is funny how many people keep posting "Get a P4" or other full size PC's. Is the title of the post unclear?
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Your original post said 'I am doing a cocktail cabinet' and listed two options for running MAME, both of which had drawbacks. The small form factor PC I suggested is tiny compared to a normal case, very inexpensive, is very quiet, and eliminates the need to only run a few old 80s games which is why I suggested it as an option. If your primary goal is a good cocktail computer it is worth considering...if your only goal is zero moving parts then not so much.
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Maximus:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 20, 2013, 06:53:40 pm ---You can grab an older passively cooled mobile based x86 system and boot off something solid state, either a USB stick or an SSD
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I like the idea but seriously doubt you'd be able to boot from a USB stick on these devices. I use MBR hacked USB sticks to boot and image boxes/servers on a daily basis and see many motherboards as new as 3 years old that cannot boot from these devices.
paigeoliver:
Well a quick check on google shopping shows that you can get a 64GB SSD for $14. That is cheaper than an 8 GB USB stick at Walgreens.
JDFan:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 20, 2013, 10:37:07 pm ---Well a quick check on google shopping shows that you can get a 64GB SSD for $14. That is cheaper than an 8 GB USB stick at Walgreens.
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Yep - but as is par for Google shopping when you click on the compuvest link it goes to a 1gb DDR800 ram module for that price not an ssd drive !! :banghead: (same as the $21, the $25 etc. !! )
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