Small x86 machines and single-board computers.
Mini PC & Single-Board
GIGABYTE
GIGABYTE BRIX Intel N250 Barebones
The N250 barebones BRIX, a step up from the N150 on the same build-it-yourself terms. A quiet always-on box for a media front end, a small server or a point-of-sale terminal.
Unverified: Memory and storage slot counts, supported capacities and port layout were not stated in the retailer listing.
Mini PC & Single-Board
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi 5 / 16GB
The 16 GB Pi 5, for a workload that actually needs the memory rather than the cores: a larger container stack, a self-hosted database, or compiling on the board itself.
Mini PC & Single-Board
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Kit (8GB)
A complete Pi 5 desktop in one box: board, case, official keyboard and mouse, 27 W supply, both HDMI cables, a preloaded microSD card and the beginner guide. Connect a monitor and it runs.
Unverified: The bundled microSD card is listed as carrying the 32-bit OS image. Confirm which image actually ships before advising a customer who wants 64-bit.
Mini PC & Single-Board
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi 5 / 4GB
The 4 GB Pi 5. Enough for Pi-hole, Home Assistant, a print server or a light Docker host. It needs a power supply, storage and cooling, none of which are in the box.
Mini PC & Single-Board
GIGABYTE
GIGABYTE BRIX Intel N150 Barebones
A barebones x86 mini PC with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth already fitted. Barebones means no memory, no drive and no operating system, so budget for all three; the payoff is choosing them yourself.
Unverified: Memory and storage slot counts, supported capacities and port layout were not stated in the retailer listing. Confirm from the GIGABYTE spec sheet before advising on an upgrade.
Mini PC & Single-Board
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi 5 / 8GB
The 8 GB Pi 5, and the version to pick if it will run several containers at once or double as a small desktop. Roughly three times the CPU throughput of a Pi 4.
Mini PC & Single-Board
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Active Cooler for Raspberry Pi 5
Clip-on aluminium heatsink with a temperature-controlled blower. A Pi 5 under sustained load will throttle without active cooling, so treat this as part of the board rather than an extra.
Mini PC & Single-Board
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ for Raspberry Pi 5
Brings the Pi 5 PCIe lane out to an M.2 slot, so an NVMe drive can replace the microSD card as the boot device. Around 500 MB/s, and a far longer service life than a card under constant writes.
Mini PC & Single-Board
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi 27W USB-C Power Delivery Supply
The official 27 W supply. A Pi 5 raises its own USB port budget from roughly 600 mA to 1.6 A only when it detects a PD supply of this class, so a generic charger quietly costs you peripheral power.