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Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by garciasn » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC

nekooooo wrote: post #7

we've lost the plot. this is no longer a hobbyist computer.

Two months ago I bought a M4 Mini w/16GB and 512GB HDD for $599. Granted they're up to $799 right now, but a Rpi is now $350 when they used to be $35?

You're correct; they've jumped the shark.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by Levitating » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC

greenavocado wrote: post #8

nekooooo wrote: post #7

we've lost the plot. this is no longer a hobbyist computer.

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Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by schappim » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC

nekooooo wrote: post #7

we've lost the plot. this is no longer a hobbyist computer.

This is because on a COGs basis it is memory with a side of compute.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by havaloc » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

Come on, a one gigabyte Pi is under $50. There's no plot lost, it's just expensive RAM. 2gb is $75. That's where Pi plays well.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by honeycrispy » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

This is really sad. Me and my girlfriend at the time watched all of our movies off of a Pi 1 and a USB hard drive when it came out. Those days are long gone.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by hnlmorg » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

I think people commentating here are missing the point. The cost of that pi is for the 16 GB of RAM. Which in fairness, is a lot of RAM for a device of that type.

You can still buy a Raspberry Pi on a budget if you don’t need that much memory. For example, the 2 GB model is $75.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by Levitating » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

nekooooo wrote: post #7

we've lost the plot. this is no longer a hobbyist computer.

I really don't know who this is targeted at. As a development board these are extremely expensive and as a mini computer you're far better off with something N100 based or similar.

What market is this trying to compete in?

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by bitcrshr » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC

2 years ago I bought a Dell R630 for about this much with 128GB of RAM and 2 beefy xeons (for their gen, anyhow). Oh, how the times have changed.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by jollyllama » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC

"Don't you know there's a war on?"

Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM

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Post by schappim » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC

garciasn wrote: post #11

nekooooo wrote: post #7

we've lost the plot. this is no longer a hobbyist computer.

Two months ago I bought a M4 Mini w/16GB and 512GB HDD for $599. Granted they're up to $799 right now, but a Rpi is now $350 when they used to be $35? You're correct; they've jumped the shark.

Two things to note:

1) Apple had long term contracts for memory which will run out. Afterwards it will be very interesting to see what they do.

2) RPi uses older memory that is much much more expensive to buy in the market as manufacturers have dedicated capacity to newer formats used by AI boxes for KV caches