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question: The 2GB version is enough?
I have no USB keyboard or remote. Meaning that I would have to pay an remote with keyboard or remote + keyboard. Which would be +~30€.
Is the remote/keyboard recommended? I can see that it would be useful for searching in Kodi.
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2G is more than enough, mine never uses more than 50% of RAM.

While the MINIX A2 Lite is a very good remote/keyboard, I learned that I don't actually need it.
Bought the remote and the N2 at the same time, and the remote is now collecting dust..
Granted, I never search.. and only use Kodi to play my media on my NAS..

All I need is the TV remote. With HDMI CEC I could control Kodi with the TV remote.
I only need the Navigation, Enter, Back, and 4 colored buttons to control Kodi.

CoreELEC HDMI CEC default is ON, so you can use the TV remote on the first setup.
The most important thing when first setting it up is to install Keymap Editor Add-on, and map the "Context Menu" to one of the button in your remote.
You can do pretty much anything on Kodi after that.
Mapping "Info" to another button is also useful.