Raspberry Pi

[ddswh1pk0s]

I was interested in getting a really really cheap PC like a Pi 3 to watch twitch streams and use plex on a TV in my room.

Would the Pi 3 be capable or running this? Or am I better off getting something like an intel compute stick?

How has your experience with the Pi been if you own one?

 

Looking forward to your input

[piemadd]

2 minutes ago, ddswh1pk0s said:

I was interested in getting a really really cheap PC like a Pi 3 to watch twitch streams and use plex on a TV in my room.

Would the Pi 3 be capable or running this? Or am I better off getting something like an intel compute stick?

How has your experience with the Pi been if you own one?

 

Looking forward to your input

Hell yeah. It can run on older pi's to if i have my facts staight.

[Guest]

Ys should be good

[Rune]

Definitely! The signal strength isn't the best on the pi3, but as long as you are close enough for wifi its a super neat device for media streaming.

[johnny5c]

I have two RPi3s and they work good for Plex, a little slow but stable and easy to setup.  Also check out the Odroid C2, has a lot more power than the RPi3 and is able to stream 4K.

https://www.amazon.com/ODROID-C2-Project-Board-Quad-Gigabit/dp/B01CQBRXOQ

[bobhays]

The oDroid is the same processor clocked 30% higher, and an extra gb of ram for $25 more. Normally I'd say that's worth it but also remember Raspberry Pi's support is really good since it's so popular. That being said I'm sure the Odroid isn't too different and plex/twitch should be pretty easy to set up.