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I have a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 8GB of RAM, and I'm looking for a bit more powerful solution that would have similar power consumption. I would like to host a Minecraft server, but chunks take too long to generate. Do you have any recommendations?

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[–] ripe_banana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

First off, I think you're completely right in that laptop batteries are definitely a non-ideal solution. And, I'm really not an expert in this, so take my words with a grain of salt.

You could mitigate a bit of the dangers by doing some of the following (I only did the first):

  • Reducing the max charge level to 50% of the capacity.
  • Monitor your batteries health to alert for any discrepancies.
  • Switch out your batteries every couple of years (which is super easy without downtime on the aformentioned old thinkpads).

If you are an under $100 budget, there seems to be an argument that maybe you are willing to risk a little bit for that extra power reliability.

[–] Krtek@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For that the laptop has to support a charge level on a hardware level though, just setting a limit will cause it to constantly switch between using the battery and charging the battery which would be much worse than keeping it at 100%. Most older and budget systems don't support that

[–] ripe_banana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I see. On the surface, that seems to make sense. I might need to rethink how I configure my batteries.