Which SBC Should You Buy?

Pick your use case. We'll recommend the best single board computer with a link to our full review.

Home Server / NAS Raspberry Pi 5 (4GB)

Quad-core A76, PCIe NVMe for fast storage, Docker support. Best Pi for self-hosting.

Klipper Host (3D Printing) BIGTREETECH CB1

CM4 form factor plugs directly into BTT Manta. Cheapest dedicated Klipper host.

AI / ML Inference NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit (8GB)

40 TOPS, 1024 CUDA cores. Runs real-time object detection and LLMs at the edge.

Desktop / General Purpose Raspberry Pi 5 (4GB)

Dual 4K display, USB 3.0, NVMe. Genuine desktop replacement for light workloads.

Microcontroller (not Linux) Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W

Dual-core RP2350, WiFi, $7. If you don't need Linux, this is the cheapest path.

Cluster / Education Orange Pi 5 (8GB)

RK3588S 8-core, 4-32GB RAM, cheaper than Pi 5. Good for multi-node clusters.