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Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] WallEx@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago

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

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That’s decent. They sell for over $130 on Amazon. And that’s the issue. You can check decent stock and prices here: https://raspistock.com/

[-] WallEx@feddit.de 2 points 8 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

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 2 points 8 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.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago

MSRP is $80 I believe

[-] WallEx@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

That sounds okay with taxes and stuff

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl -1 points 8 months ago

It's "okay" but you can do much better for the price.

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

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

Reduce, REUSE, recycle.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 8 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.

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 points 8 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

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Can you attach any RPi HATS to it? No? Not an alternative then.

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