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Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385 (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 43 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't get how they can justify this. I can get a proper mini PC with 16GB RAM and an 500GB NVME SSD for less than that.

[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The parts SBCs use have been hit the hardest in terms of price increases. And mini PCs aren't a good replacement for the Pi in embedded applications.

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

use have been hit the hardest in terms of price increases. And mini PCs aren’t a good replacement for the Pi in embedded

I mean, yeah I'm aware that LPDDR SDRAM chips are in short supply as a lot of the capacity was shifted for other types of SDRAM, but is it enough to allow for an entire SSD to be included at the same price? Its not like flash prices haven't also increased a ton.

I was also thinking that there are cooling systems (fans are expensive!), cases, etc. that add costs to mini PCs that mean they really shouldn't compete with SBC in price.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just wait for a few months for an existing stock of prebuilt PCs to run out, and you'll see their price jump even higher.

Cheap Chinese Pi knockoffs like OrangePi are also becoming more expensive, it's because the cost of the components increases. AI companies now buying all RAM and every RAM, even ancient DDR3.

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I doubt AI companies are buying DDR3, it’s just second-order effects of new hardware being unobtainium.

[–] 404found@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

I don't know but this guy seems to understand it

https://lemmy.world/comment/26698708