• WallEx@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    So what is the price supposed to be? I’m seeing ~90€ for the 8gb variant

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      10 months ago

      £79 is official RPi5 8GB price in the UK. So €90 sounds correct.

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            10 months ago

            I bought an old thinkcentre for $50 on ebay that trounces the Pi’s performance.

            Reduce, REUSE, recycle.

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              10 months ago

              I agree that’s a better device but I don’t think it’s fair to compare new to used. You could probably buy a used Pi4 for $20, and if that is sufficient for your needs, would be a much better deal.

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                10 months ago

                I suppose looking at it from a gaming/emulation perspective. While the Pi4 was fantastic, there are definitely out there foe that usecase

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        10 months ago

        Yeah okay, that is way out of line, are there really scalpers, that buy raspis? 50 bucks for shipping one of those sounds like a decent business model … But scalpers suck nonetheless

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          10 months ago

          Yes plenty of scalpers were mass buying boards to increase the shortage. Now adafruit requires an authentified account to buy them with a quantity limit.