8GB Raspberry Pis are back in stock. Go go go! https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/raspberry-pi/RASPBERRY-PI-4-MODEL-B-8G/12159401
Discussion
$75?!? Damn I don't know if I can justify that
I bought the 4GB model for $55 about 4 years ago. It was a fantastic purchase and worth it for all of my uses over the years.
I've got a 8GB but I honestly don't remember how much I paid for it. I would've sworn it was less than that. So maybe $75 is reasonable.
Maybe I'm unoriginal but I've struggled to find a satisfying use for it. But I also have WAY too many computers. Home server, NAS, workstations, NUC for HTPC. The best I've been able to come up with it not better suited for one of those is an Octopi server for my 3d printer.
I'm a huge fan of ESP32 though. Those little things are cheap as hell and so small you can put them anywhere.
Why are people so opposed to pi’s as nodes?
Because they're not powerful, but I used one for 3 years. It was a fantastic node for $55. I would do it again and again.
just less flexible.
given the premiums they were selling for over the past few years, you could get a Dell Optiplex Mini or Intel NUC for the same price and use something Proxmox to virtualise a whole bunch of VMs / containers on the same device.
for instance, i'm using an Intel NUC which runs my Pi-hole DNS instance, network hardware management server, Bitcoin node, Usenet clients (SABnzbd, Sonarr, Radarr), Torrent client, and some VMs for testing.
in doing so, i have been able to free up 2 switch ports, 2 GPO outlets and simplify management and backups.
Pi's are great at the right price point and use case. hopefully they increase manufacturing capacity and prices remain reasonable moving forwards.
75 dollarinos not like this and I think in my country Mexico are banned those raspberry.
Yet is possible to import them lol.
Uses alternatives, like Libre Computer (https://libre.computer/), Orange Pi, Rock Pi...
Banned? Why?
Here you find all places where they are available at any time ✌️
I think is worth buying a RockPi 5 with RAM 16GB
Wow, great price! 🏷️ 👍
Why buy one now when it’s at the end of its lifecycle?