How much ram should I get?

TSX · January 9, 2023, 1:15pm

Hi,

It’s more or less impossible to find a new RP4 at the moment, and I’m in doubt if I find one, if I should go for the 4GB or 8GB model? Or less?
I’ll be using it as an ethernet hardwired Roon endpoint connected to a USB DAC only.

Thanks

Bernd_Kurte · January 9, 2023, 1:18pm

RoPieee support document claims even 1GB is enough. But you might want to be more generous so you have more options for future use of the RPi.

TSX · January 9, 2023, 1:18pm

Thanks!

Stefano_Antonelli · January 9, 2023, 1:19pm

4GB is more than enough

TSX · January 9, 2023, 1:21pm

thanks!

Frank_M · January 9, 2023, 2:09pm

I am using a RPI 3B+, which has only 1GB of memory. It works perfectly with Ropieee.
You can always check the RPI-stock via https://rpilocator.com/ . Very handy.

Patrick_Conroy · January 9, 2023, 5:08pm

In older versions where you could ssh into the pi, I looked a couple of times and never saw more than 0.25GB in use. Of course ssh is no longer possible but I would be surprised if the memory usage had changed much. I have two 3B+s and have never had any issues with either running RopieeeXL for several years.

Nathan_Wilkes · January 9, 2023, 5:34pm

1gb of ram is more than sufficient for RoPieee.

TSX · January 10, 2023, 5:37am

Thanks to everyone