Jeff GeerlingApr 2

Yesterday's news about the Pi 5 16GB being $299.99 was *not* an April Fool's joke (sadly)—DRAM pricing is killing the hobby SBC market, and it's not just Raspberry Pi that's affected.

I wrote more on my blog, here: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/

Show threadDave McApr 2
@geerlingguy an N100 mini PC with 16GB RAM costs less, is a fair bit quicker... and includes a case and SSD. Unless you really need GPIO, these high end Pis are effectively dead.
Show threadstfnApr 3
@guigsy @geerlingguy in my opinion, the two main points that Pis have over something like an N100 or a Thinkcentre are GPIOs and running from PoE. If you need those, Pis are unbeatable, but if not, a used M720 or a M710 or even a M625 wins by miles.
Show threadDave Mc
@stfn @geerlingguy those old chips don't sip power like an N100. You'll burn through £50 more of electricity a year just on idle. And there's not as much of a performance gap as you'd expect either. If you need more punch, the Ryzens have capable GPUs for only slightly more juice.
Apr 3 at 9:04pmWeb