On 04/17/2015 05:34 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 04/17/2015 09:51 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: >> On 04/17/2015 04:46 PM, Mandar Joshi wrote: >>> Hello everybody, >>> I was hoping to get some suggestions from you guys about which ARM >>> development hardware to purchase. >>> >>> The hardware will have just one purpose; compiling and testing CentOS. >>> With this in mind I'm leaning towards something Quad Core, good amount >>> of RAM,NAND Flash, SATA and that has a heatsink . Does SATA seem >>> reasonable or will a USB HDD serve just as well? >>> >>> I live in Mumbai, India. So, I might not have all the options you guys >>> have. I might be able to get Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, Cubie Board, >>> Radxa, Banana Pi or Odroid from these guys https://www.crazypi.com/ or >>> http://www.greenindiaelectronics.com/ >> I am very happy with the Odroid U3s I have, they are much faster than >> BB and there is no comparison towards RPi. RPi are cheap but very >> very very slow. If you are interested just in raw horsepower, Odroid >> XU3 are a better option, but more expensive >> >> Manuel >> >> PS: did I mention that RPi are very very very slow ? > > Is this the new RPi 2 which is an armv7 duo core? No sata though. I was speaking about the older Pis ( that's what I have around ) but even the newer RPi is still slow compared to the other boards due to the lower frequency they operate at.