Raspberry Pi 5 Reviews

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“8GB version. Performance is much better than the RPi 4. Bought when on sale for £75 (normally ~£80), that helped to offset the relatively high cost of the accessories. However that up front cost is mitigated by the lower running cost especially if you are leaving it on continuously. Overall quality of the product itself is very high. The only problem I experienced was inserting into the USB sockets was very tight and I had to poke a slim tool into the socket to push the glide to the side out of the way. I bought the Argon Neo 5 NVME case, so the device is slient most of the time. However when I for example run a C++ compilation build across all the cores, then the CPU temperature is raised and the fan starts to get furious. With this high stress the fan noise is definitely noticeable and feels similar to the continuous noise of my N100 mini PC when idle. So given the RPi 5 is silent when idle, I think this is the massive plus point of the RPi when compared to my N100 mini PC. As long as the extra performance of the N100 is not mandatory for your requirements, then for me the RPi is the overall winner. Also I think if you don't need the extra RAM, then when the 1GB and 2GB versions eventually come available, then these will offer unbeatable value for the performance/price level.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“So far very pleased. Surprisingly straightforward to build an M.2 booting machine, though do not know why they did not just put an M.2 slot on the back!”

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Posted 9 months ago

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Posted 9 months ago

“It's a Raspberry Pi 5, does all the cool stuff that earlier models did but faster”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Bought as a gift for my partner, he loved it.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“The installation of the PiOS follows the same methodolgy as previous models. The Pi5 has a special installation version available and I used that to set it up. It gets hot so you will need a heatsink and I used the solid aluminium block type as I wanted it to be quiet. I haven't applied it to anything specific yet so I don't know how it will perform but it has to be faster than all the others right?”

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Posted 9 months ago

“This 8GB Pi5 runs rings around a heavily overclocked Pi4B! I've set it up as a desktop PC replacement with a Pimoroni NVMe Base and Lexar 1TB NM790 SSD (870MB/s reads!). It handles everything I do with ease except for really heavy duty tasks like AAA gaming and video conversion. I couldn't be happier, and The PiHut got it out to me in two days too. Thank you.”