For myself, the main reason I want to run HomeAssistant on something other than a Rpi, is because even the best SD-cards tend to fail eventually. I know I can add an ssd or emmc to a pi, but a well-priced Intel Atom based box is even more attractive to me.
I use a Lenovo PC with Win10, soon 11, that runs HA in Hyper-V as well as the Firewall, also Linux-based, also on a Hyper-V Pc.
Multiple uses for this Lenovo, it also being the āmedia centerā, and the central encrypted data storage.
Think it uses like Ā±30w sitting there.
What I do is, run proxmox on the intel nuc, then run HA in a VM. Then you can easily backup the whole VM which in my opinion is easier to restore than reinstalling HA and then restoring a backup.
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Thank you. This video has really been informative. I managed to get an Intel NUC i7 for a very good price.
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I am going to look into the Proxmox option. Thanks for sharing.