Banana versus raspberry pi

[IDM]

That is a good question. When i first posted I hadn't realised how many different versions there were (I am ore used to Raspberry pi's). I wan one with a SATA interface to avoid using the HDD via USB2.0. So for a cheap price the Banana Pi M2 Berry, or the slightly older Banana pi 1 or the pro version would work. I assume the M2 Berry version would be better as it had a quad core 1GHz processor.

I will look into the other boards you mention as I am unfamiliar with them.

I should probably add that I currently use an old Raspberry pi B, which performs ok but does take time to find music and when I copy new files it can take a very long time. I also have a Pi 3 which is faster at copying music but is still a bit slow. Hence the question

Regards,
Ian