I would like to buy an RPi4. But I wonder if LibreElec would benefit from a Pi with more than 1GB RAM?
RPi4: Are there benefits of more RAM?
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July 8, 2019 at 7:58 AM -
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As with all computing stuff, buy the most you can afford at the time.
1G Fine for basic use - All previous RPi had 1G or less and they all worked fine.
2G Ideal if you can afford another $10
4G Probably overkill - but it's only another $10 and it allows you to run more addons and other stuff - TVH etc.
Remember that in 2020/2021/2022 (Whatever) there maybe a RPi5 so your choice is only going to be short term.
I'd go for the 2G as is satisfies most solutions.
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For example if you use Tvheadend you could use 3gb RAM as timeshift if you choose the 4gb model
But I would always choose at least 2gb if use LE, just to have a bit room for future things.
4gb are great but just for LE not needed at all
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I use LE for media streaming (from an External HD) to my TV and to other RPIs around my house via the network.
Aditionally I play retro games with retroarch.
Will i get any benefit from the 4gb over the 2gb?
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Does it hurt? Nope
Does it directly help? Likely not
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stable 50MB/s via qbittorrent via docker on sandisk extreme usb3 stick !
new rpi4 is a beast!
can do home nas and watch bdrips on it , nothing can stop that powerful demon.
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I still feel they should have simply not made a 1GB model - it's holding it back.
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stable 50MB/s via qbittorrent via docker on sandisk extreme usb3 stick !
new rpi4 is a beast!
can do home nas and watch bdrips on it , nothing can stop that powerful demon.
Is that portainer and qbittorrent?
