Looking for a specific type of single board computer

teaearlgraycold
2025-06-13T03:43:42Z

I have a project I'm working on that could be performed by a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB of RAM. But almost everything on the Pi's board besides the SoC and RAM will be unused. And for this project size is important. I don't need WiFi/Bluetooth/ethernet/USB3/PCIe/Cameras/etc.

Here are my requirements:

Performance at or above the SoC on the Pi5

At least 8GB of RAM

Either one USB port (for a mic/headphone jack combo USB sound card) or integrated analog audio input and output

A couple of GPIO pins for buttons/LEDs

Cost around the Pi5 - $80

Runs Linux

Looking at the Pi5 I feel a properly stripped down version that meets my needs could be as small or smaller than a Pi Zero. I looked around and other SBCs are either much slower, much bigger, and/or much more expensive.

My current best option is to buy a Pi5 and trim its PCB as best as I can. But given there are so many competing options I assume one of them will have what I'm looking for.

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