Hi all, finally bit the bullet on a uconsole, bought it without a mainboard due to trying to get faster shipping. I’m having trouble deciding whether to go with the CM4 or CM5..
I’m leaning towards the CM4 due to it sounding easier / less hassle, but wondering about people’s experiences on here. Is the CM4 too underpowered to make the uconsole useful for anything? Or does the CM5 have good speed but drain batteries too fast to be useful for anything?
Also what would you recommend to do on a fresh uconsole to improve the experience?
Awesome, thanks for the link! I was also thinking of getting some replacement trackballs, I heard the default one is a bit crappy so I can replace it I don’t like it, or just keep them as spares
I made a handheld device with both Regular RPi4 and RPi5 and the difference in performance is abysmal. Currently I’m using a RPi5 (8gb w/m.2 SSD) in my HackberryPi5 and it works flawlessly, everything is super smooth in comparison to the handheld I’ve made with the RPi4 (4gb w/MicroSD)
I bought a uConsole and still haven’t been able to use it because I’m waiting for the CM5116064 version that will release in Q2 2025, as this model has 16gb RAM and 64 eMMC, which is much faster and reliable than an SD card. 8GB version should be more than enough as well.
Another thing to keep in mind, I talked with Alex from ClockworkPi and he mentioned that they are working on a new motherboard, but he didn’t mentioned any dates or more details, so its very likely that eventually a motherboard with ssd capabilities will appear eventually either by clockwork or by the community, which the CM5 can support. Besides all issues with the CM5 are logical/software so eventually they can be fixed.
TLDR buy CM5, all the issues will eventually be fixed, and whatever you buy, make sure it has wifi.
I’m managing to watch YouTube with a maxed overclock on Firefox with hardware acceleration turned off. I get dropped frames but it’s not so bad that I can really tell.
