This $45 PC can run on Android or Linux and offers serious competition to Raspberry Pi 2

If investing in an expensive personal computer is way above your budget line, then you might want to invest $40 in a Raspberry Pi 2 rival, which is called Hardkernels Odroid-C2 computer.

While Raspberry Pi 2 costs $5 cheaper, Hardkernel states that its latest product delivers more horsepower compared to its rival.

To get a better idea of what the computer is capable of, the specifications have been listed below:

Amlogic S905 (ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 2GHz quad core CPU) 2Gbyte DDR3 SDRAM ARM Mali-450 MP3 GPU (OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1 for Linux and Android) HDMI 2.0 4K/60Hz display H.265 4K/60FPS and H.264 4K/30FPS capable VPU Gigabit Ethernet 40+7pin GPIO port eMMC5.0 HS400 Flash Storage slot / UHS-1 SDR50 MicroSD slot USB 2.0 Host x 4, USB 2.0 OTG x 1 (power + data capable) Infrared(IR) Receiver Ubuntu 16.04 and Android 5.1 Lollipop based on Kernel 3.14 LTS Board dimensions is identical to the ODROID-C1+

The board also features an ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit CPU, the same cores that you have seen present in smartphone and tablet SoCs, PCs and servers.

$40 PC, Linux, Android, Raspberry Pi 2, Raspberry Pi 2 rival

The CPU is complemented with 2GB of DDR3 RAM, along with Gigabit Ethernet port, USB 2.0 ports, microSD slot and eMMC slot.

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source: www.techworm.net