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I was shocked that TFA’s recommended kit was $155! When did Raspberry Pi’s get so pricey?
by mikestew 1y ago
I was shocked that TFA’s recommended kit was $155! When did Raspberry Pi’s get so pricey?
- ChrisLTD 1y agoSame. I thought it'd be ~$50.
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- jamesgeck0 1y agoI don't _think_ you need a whole Raspberry Pi 5 kit. It seems like an older Raspberry Pi 3b+ would get the job done for $35 or so. Maybe even a Raspberry Pi Zero ($5) with an micro usb ethernet adapter.
- mikestew 1y agoOh, it will definitely work on older ones. The one I have, w/o logging in and explicitly looking, is a 3-$SOMETHING, probably 3b+. Works just fine.
- shrikant 1y agoMy Pi-hole runs on a ~13 year old Model B, which has survived several house moves. Definitely don't need top of the line hardware for it!
- m000 1y agoRPi5 is definitely a huge overkill. Plus, it needs a power adapter, probably some cooling, and some space to seat it. Pi Zero 2W + micro usb ethernet adapter works perfect for Pi-Hole, and has an almost invisible physical footprint: Small enough to hot-glue on the back of your router, happily runs with power from one of the router's USB ports, and you get a 10cm ethernet cable to avoid network cable management.
- GloriousKoji 1y agoI recommend against the Pi Zero. Once you add in the cost of the microUSB to USB-OTG adapter and the ethernet USB adapter you might as well buy a 3B or 4. Price aside it adds an extra mechanical point of failure as microUSB is not very robust.
- fortran77 1y agoIf you want a machine to run 24/7 for a long time, running it of an SD card is a bad idea. The NVMe support on a Pi 5 is important for somthing like a PiHole
- GuB-42 1y agoThe latest, overpowered version with all the accessories is that pricey. But you can do for much cheaper. For example: https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus-basic-kit.html https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus-basic-ki... Add a MicroSD card (if you don't already have one) and a case (if you need one) and you get to ~$75. You can do even cheaper by getting a $15 Pi Zero 2 W and an Ethernet adapter off AliExpress. You probably already have an old phone charger and microSD card somewhere, but if you don't they are less than $5 each on AliExpress, so maybe a total of around $30 plus shipping.
- theshrike79 1y agoAnd if you're getting close to $75 and don't need ultra-low power use, you should get a N97/N100 MiniPC anyway - or a used business PC like a Lenovo ThinkCentre. All can be bought for around $100 and are upgradeable with standard parts AND are multiple times more powerful than any raspberry pi.
- wkat4242 1y agoIt's BS anyway. Pihole doesn't need anywhere near pi 5 kinda speeds.