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It's honestly good advice, but I much prefer original hardware when possible. (lemmy.world)
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[–] galloFino@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Where is the raspberry pi at 30$??? it is more than that nowadays

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They're inflated right now, depending on where you buy them. I got one for MSRP (around 30 bucks) last year at my local electronics store, but I had to give them my info to deter scalping.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

“Right now” for Pi inflation has been since like 2016. This is just their price now.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well that sucks. I've heard the competitors are pretty good now though.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, there’s a lot of competition in SBC these days. People seem to like the OrangePi lineup and some others.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

Or for anything where a miniPC would do the same job, there's tons of miniPCs running 7th gen and older processors available for peanuts since Microsoft arbitrarily declared them to be incompatible with Windows 11, and Windows 10 goes EOL in just 13 months.

HP prodesks for example are down to $100ish on eBay

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

An official raspberry pi isn't worth gettin imo. Especially after their artificial availability issues during the pandemic.

Plenty of alternatives out there, which is what I'd recommend. OrangePi is much more reasonable price wise.

And if you don't need arm, a used thin client will do the same job, cost a lot less, and have more compatibility.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It's got to the point were for the price of a Pi 5 plus necessary kit, youcan just get a Mini PC with an Intel N100 (maybe the only decent thing Intel has done in the last couple of years) which has a lot more power and expandability though it consumes 15W instead of 7W and would probably be a better choice for running emulators.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm hoping risc-v can join soon at reasonable speeds.

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 8 points 3 months ago

Yeah I’m a huge Raspberry Pi fan but not only is it practically impossible to find a pi at that price, pi’s also can’t reliably emulate games past the 32 bit era

[–] Slayan@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-3-model-b.html

Here ya go! You don't need the last edition pi to use retro arch, enjoy.

[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

Exactly what I was wondering!!!

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah I basically got this exact advice and was surprised to realize they cost much more than that anymore.