Rasberry Pi - Best Places to Buy?
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Rasberry Pi - Best Places to Buy?
Looking for a good price on a Rasberry Pi 3 Model B+.
So hoping someone here can point me in the right direction to save me time trawling through ebay & the like...?
Also would there be any Black Friday specials from previous years / experience seen?
So hoping someone here can point me in the right direction to save me time trawling through ebay & the like...?
Also would there be any Black Friday specials from previous years / experience seen?
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Re: Rasberry Pi - Best Places to Buy?
Element 14 are the only official reseller's I think. I'd buy it there. A lot of compute for $55
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Make sure you know some Linux if you want to play with Pis.
If you do, they are fucking great.
If you do, they are fucking great.
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Thanks guys.
Yes Linux, well I'll just try learn on the fly as the projects I have are pretty straight forward from what I have researched so far.
Project 1: A RetroPi mounted inside my X-Arcade Dual Stick Controller for a portable retro gaming system.
Project 2: Pi as a Media Centre (XBMC equiv) hooked to an external HDD for my sister
Yes Linux, well I'll just try learn on the fly as the projects I have are pretty straight forward from what I have researched so far.
Project 1: A RetroPi mounted inside my X-Arcade Dual Stick Controller for a portable retro gaming system.
Project 2: Pi as a Media Centre (XBMC equiv) hooked to an external HDD for my sister
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Dont forget to factor in good SD cards. Dont get the cheap shit ones, they fuck up. I know
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Seems to be a decent step forward in performance with the latest board.
I've ordered one, though not sure what I'll do with it beyond playing media. I've been looking at the nvidia shield but this is 1/2 the price and potentially more flexible,
I've ordered one, though not sure what I'll do with it beyond playing media. I've been looking at the nvidia shield but this is 1/2 the price and potentially more flexible,
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I have a few as crypto nodes. This new one will be my new media centre I reckon.
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Looks like it might need cooling to play media. I'll see how it goes with a stick on heatsink from jaycar or something. If that doesn't work the Flirc case might be available by then.
https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-4-case
https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-4-case
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Got mine this week and set it up dual boot raspbian and libreelec. Kodi is just what I was looking for to play video and music off the NAS. Watched a movie without issue in the standard case with no heat sink but it did get warm. Going to look into something like the flirc case towards summer.
Performs better than expected as a basic linux desktop, though I didn't do much more than a little web browsing etc.
I've found myself wanting a power button on it. Will have to do something like this, or just a power board with individual switches.
https://howchoo.com/g/mwnlytk3zmm/how-t ... spberry-pi
Performs better than expected as a basic linux desktop, though I didn't do much more than a little web browsing etc.
I've found myself wanting a power button on it. Will have to do something like this, or just a power board with individual switches.
https://howchoo.com/g/mwnlytk3zmm/how-t ... spberry-pi