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Our total was under $400 I recall, just the Zotac board + RAM + SSD should keep you under $400 no problem (and I'm pretty sure it would be counted each party individually anyway but I'm not completely sure).

Bootup time is very fast, under 30 seconds with an SSD, so plenty of time from when the FTAs have you power up the robot to when it's situated on the field ready to go.

IMHO you definitely want to go for a low-power, compact solution like Atom.