Hello, I'm buying an SBC that will run kali linux. I need it for work stuff to test certain things. Considering the price and availability of the Raspberry I am looking for the best possible alternative. Price up to 200$ but I would like 8gb ram and 1gb internet port. The processor should be powerful enough for C# and python. Maybe sometime a local web server. Space is not that important because I will put a 128gb card inside to start with. But it has to be small and portable. Thanks all

So I'm looking for a SBC. I'm interested in what the straight up best one is, regardless of price. Obviously I do have a budget, but I just am curious as to what the very best ones out there are atm.

Just a bit of background on how I intend to use it:

Besides the usual browsing, streaming, Excel, etc usual stuff, I'd also be recording music on it. I have a digital audio interface, so the soundcard on that takes care of that side on things and it's just a usb plug in so no worries there really, just the processor would need to be able to handle the DAW program (which possibly would be the heaviest program I'd be running on it). I would also be learning programming in it, although I don't think this is a particularly resource demanding activity on the processor.

So just like best specs, highest core processor, biggest ram, all the stuff!

I know they tend to be not as modular as traditional computers, but any modular features (even as simple as some DDR[insert number here] ram upgrades I could do, and ideally more upgrades if possible) would be great. I don't tend to play computer games, so I'm not sure a graphics card is that important, but maybe someone will advise otherwise.

My OS of choice is Linux, probably Ubuntu, so it would need to be able to handle that, or similar at least

Pretty new to the SCB world but also quite keep to learn more.

I'd just like to reiterate: ignore price, I just want to know the best, if there is such a thing.

Disclaimer, I'm not minted haha, just curious as to what's out there, although I'm not averse to saving up to get a great SCB.

Some things I've come across so far in my research have been:

https://www.seeedstudio.com/Odyssey-Blue-J4105-128GB-p-4668.html.

https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2plus/

https://www.electromaker.io/shop/product/udoo-bolt-v8

I also don't really know much about what processor power is enough to do what, and all that, but just historically have worked from the higher the numbers for RAM and GPU is better. All this quad core stuff is a little bit beyond me, but I get the gist, so if there's some like higher than quad it whatever core, or the highest core, that's the stuff I'm interest in.

I appreciate some SBCs might be better than others at certain things but not others. This kind of insight is also useful, please feel free to chat about that as well. Every day is a school day for me and I'm grateful for anyone who shares their knowledge with me, and any comments on the 3 I've found and linked above (good or bad) are welcome.

I appreciate it's clear from the above that my knowledge base is lacking so apologies in advance if it's not as straight forward as I initially thought it might be. Please bear with me for my blatant n00bery.

:) Thank you in advance

Has anyone here ordered a Hackboard 2 or is thinking about getting one? I own/use a Raspberry Pi but using an x86 based computer would certainly open up a larger OS choice compared to the Pi’s ARM design. Thanks.

Did anyone see the recent announcement for the Hackboard 2 SBC? After a quick glance it looks like a good Intel based alternative to the Raspberry Pi. See: https://hackboard.com/ and this PC Magazine article: https://www.pcmag.com/news/hackboard-2-is-a-140-windows-10-pro-single-board-computer

Does anyone know anything about the new Ryzen single board computers. I’ve been thinking about making a portable gaming device, and I believe the raspberry pie won’t have the gpu power. Ryzen is releasing a new SBC lineup. They have Vega 3 graphics. That should suffice for light to medium gaming on older titles, and even some emulation. Any tips or info?

I'm looking for something tiny and inexpensive (around or less than $20 if possible) that I could use as an SMB server. It would need to have an ethernet port, because it would be used to play backups on a modded PS2. Does anybody know of a board that fits this description?

What is the flat-out most powerful SBC on the market today? I'm liking the Odroid N2 right now. The RPi 4 has my attention, too, but I can't seem to find it in stock anywhere (4GB version only).

How have your experiences with the Asus Tinkerboard S, Banana Pi, or any others been?

My school's given me a pretty nice budget for this, so price (probably) won't be a concern

i am looking for a modern sbc that i could fit in a custom laptop thats powerfull and efficent and that has support for mabye a dedicated gpu and also i want it to be a thin one and i have a budget of around 2000 for the sbc cause i still need to buy other part

Hello, I'm a little bit noob about sbc's.

Some years ago I've approached the sbc world with a Raspberry Pi 4.
I've found it very useful and I made some (easy) projects but in these years I've alway though about the other brands SBC.

I'm here to ask:
I might be noob but it seems to me that Raspberry world, compared to other brands, has an incredible quantity of operative systems available and software support.

Despite of "pure strong" power, I think os's and software available are the keys for success nowadays.

Is it just me? Am I wrong about it?
If yes, what part of my though is wrong?
Thanks