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Mini computer for garage?

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iroc409

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I am looking to put something out in the garage for when I'm out there dinking around. It would be nice to have something to play music across the network or Pandora, run a web browser and watch YouTube videos for how-tos on things I'm tearing apart, and maybe even play a movie from my file server (with the device doing the decoding)--but the last one is the least interesting of the list.

I was just going to make a box I could stuff the laptop into that seals it off from the flying dust/parts/etc, but that's work to build the box. I don't necessarily want to toss a machine out there, as it'll just get beat to hell. At our last house, that we owned, I was going to put a shelf in the laundry room inside and run cables through the wall for monitor/keyboard, but never got around to it and we sold it.

Would something like the new Odroid be a reasonable substitute? I have a dirt cheap TCL TV I figured I could put out there with an antenna, and won't cry if a screwdriver or grinder disc or whatever goes through it. However, I'm worried about the horsepower. I have an rPi3 running Unifi (among other things), and Java often will use 100% CPU when going into the web interface--so I am not sure they are enough for one of these.
 
A Chromebox might work, and my second thought was passive cooling to handle the environment.
 
I haven't heard much about the Odroid myself, but one alternative could be an Intel Compute Stick, which can "hide" in the HDMI slot of your TV (akin to the Chromecast).
 
The Chromebox and Compute Stick both look compelling. Most of the Chromeboxes are more than I'd hoped to spend, and the Intel gets awful reviews. However, I see ASUS makes a cheap Chome stick that gets pretty good reviews. That looks quite interesting.

Passive cooling would be best as I do make a fair amount of dust, some of it metal. Climate is also 100+ for part of the summer, and reasonably cold in the winter at times--but fairly dry.

KarsusTG said:
This would be a perfect job for a raspberry pi.
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Is it? Well, in that case I'd be happy with that and it's a good price. I was just assuming it didn't have enough power. I've been impressed using it as a server for a few items at home.
 
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