# Singleboard computer recommendation
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** arm
**Created:** [2017年八月5日 20:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536 "2017-08-05T20:32:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Seferi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seferi)
#### Post date: [2017年八月5日 20:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/1 "2017-08-05T20:32:55Z")
Hi, I’m planing to create a small forum. Which single board computer would you recommend for it? Like Raspberry pi 3, Odroid c2, xu4 etc. I appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [2017年八月5日 20:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/2 "2017-08-05T20:34:51Z")
O one would recommend any of those except as a proof of concept. A 1gb droplet on digital ocean, or its equivalent is the minimum for a forum that you expect to work.
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### Author:  [@Seferi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seferi)
#### Post date: [2017年八月5日 20:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/3 "2017-08-05T20:46:33Z")
Well, I’m willing to spend some money for it. Important thing for me is that it’s low powered.. Would a zotac box work for example? Or what would you recommend in that category?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2017年八月5日 21:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/4 "2017-08-05T21:14:44Z")
A zotac box would be x86 right? We recommend that instead of ARM.
@codinghorror have a recommendation on mini PCs here: [How much is Discourse affected by a faster CPU?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-is-discourse-affected-by-a-faster-cpu/58407)
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### Author:  [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)
#### Post date: [2017年八月5日 23:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/5 "2017-08-05T23:23:29Z")
People have tried Raspberry Pi 3 before, but I don’t know if anyone has had much success. The official image is for x86-64 which will limit your singleboard choices a lot. Or brave the worlds of unsupported installs. 😄
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-on-a-raspberry-pi-3/54891/6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-on-a-raspberry-pi-3/54891/6)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年八月6日 01:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/6 "2017-08-06T01:25:18Z")
Any modern Intel i3 chip with 4gb (financially it is silly to put less ram than that in any PC these days) plus any brand of 128gb ssd should run Discourse great – I recommend Skylake family or later though. You can search Ali Express for mini pc and there are tons.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2021年十二月7日 14:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/7 "2021-12-07T14:09:57Z")
现在支持此功能
> **[Discourse on a Raspberry Pi](https://blog.discourse.org/2021/12/2021-12-07-discourse-on-a-raspberry-pi/)**
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> Running a production instance of Discourse in a $35 Raspberry Pi 4
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2021年十二月7日 14:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/singleboard-computer-recommendation/67536/8 "2021-12-07T14:10:01Z")