Been running on Windows PC's for eight years, but am having some WiFi issues with the current old PC - a refurb HP from Woot at least six years old. Old enough to need a PCi WiFi card. Rather than replacing it, I'm thinking of going the Raspberry PI route. Have read over some of the relevant threads over the last few days and am hoping someone more current can provide some advice.
Looking at a kit with the RPi 3, case, power supply & heat sinks, but no fan. I'd like to hardwire this to the network, that means putting it in the same room as our home theater, so quiet/silent would be required.
Current library is 110GB, 20K tracks, 2100 folders/albums.
Players - 5 Receivers, 2 Radios and 1 Boom
Favorite plug ins - Spotify, Pandora and TuneIn Radio
It looks like the Spotify plug in has a doubtful future, so not critical if not available, but would like to have it as long as possible.
Questions:
Is heat a concern if I leave it on 24x7?
Would it be possible to run everything, including the OS & library from a 200GB SD?
Any other concerns based on my setup?
Many thanks in advance!
Jeff
Looking at a kit with the RPi 3, case, power supply & heat sinks, but no fan. I'd like to hardwire this to the network, that means putting it in the same room as our home theater, so quiet/silent would be required.
Current library is 110GB, 20K tracks, 2100 folders/albums.
Players - 5 Receivers, 2 Radios and 1 Boom
Favorite plug ins - Spotify, Pandora and TuneIn Radio
It looks like the Spotify plug in has a doubtful future, so not critical if not available, but would like to have it as long as possible.
Questions:
Is heat a concern if I leave it on 24x7?
Would it be possible to run everything, including the OS & library from a 200GB SD?
Any other concerns based on my setup?
Many thanks in advance!
Jeff
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