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Choosing a Raspberry Pi
From the course: Raspberry Pi Essential Training
Choosing a Raspberry Pi
- Raspberry Pi computers come in all kinds of shapes, sizes, and capabilities. At the low end, the Zero here, gives you a single core CPU running at one gigahertz, and just 512 meg RAM running the operating system of a microSD card. At the high end, the 5 gives you a four-core CPU running at 2.4 gigahertz with 16 gig of RAM, and optionally a high-speed solid-state drive. To put that into context, not counting your keyboard, your mouse, and your monitor, the low-end would run you about $30. You're looking at about $10 each of the Raspberry Pi, and the SD card, and the official power supply. The high-end will run you about $175. That's 120 for the Pi, 40 for the 256 gig SSD kit, and $12 for the power supply. Raspberry Pi makes a great desktop computer. Now, if you don't need one of the camera modules, and you value not having your desk covered with wires, then get a 400 or a 500. If you need the camera module, you're better off sticking with the 4 or the 5. And if you want performance…
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