a_fancy_kiwi, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

<span style="color:#323232;">Pi 5 w/ 8GB - $80
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Pi 5 Case - $10
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Pi 5 Charger - $8*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">UHS1 Micro SD - $5**
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Total - $103
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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

<span style="color:#323232;">* based off pi 4 charger
</span><span style="color:#323232;">** based off Microcenter website
</span><span style="color:#323232;">*** quick google search of both devices’ power consumption under load
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