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Jeff Geerling: "Raspberry Pi 5: Everything you need to know" (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by unsaid0415@szmer.info to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pi 5 w/ 8GB - $80
Pi 5 Case - $10
Pi 5 Charger - $8*
UHS1 Micro SD - $5**

Total - $103

That’s pretty steep. I can get a Beelink with an N95, 8 GB of memory, and 256 GB of storage on Amazon, right now, for $127. Comes with intel quick sync, I can upgrade the RAM later if I want, and the SSD isn’t going to corrupt anytime I sneeze.

The Pi Pico and Pi Zero 2 W are still great but their high end Pis don’t make sense anymore. Form factor and/or that 6ish*** watt difference between the Beelink and Pi 5 have to be really important

* based off pi 4 charger
** based off Microcenter website
*** quick google search of both devices’ power consumption under load

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then please, buy the Beelink thing so I can get a Pi 5 for projects. I already have chargers, plenty of SD cards, a 3D printer for an enclosure, and a box of 50 heat sinks of various sizes. And I'll be just fine with the base $60 model, so that's all I need to spend.

[–] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m more confused than anything.

I didn’t have a lot of money as a teenager. My family had 1 computer we all shared. I couldn’t tinker with it, what if I broke it? Cheap Pis were the gateway to my lifelong computer hobby. Because of that hobby, I was able to get a job where part of my role is full-stack web dev. I don’t know what I would be doing now if I didn’t have access to cheap Pis when I was younger.

Especially in this economy, those prices just make me sad :/

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pi 4 is still for sale, and it's in stock now for a change