which rasberry Pi to buy?

[Bateman1950x]

Hi,

 

Just wondering if anyone who owns (has experience) with rasberry pi's give some valuable advise. Planning to buy a rasberry Pi for experiments purpose. Please suggest which one to buy among -

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ABOX-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Motherboard/dp/B07DB8591S/ref=sr_1_4?crid=26IZNZR9H8HMS&keywords=rasberry+pi+3+b+%2B&qid=1557343690&s=gateway&sprefix=rasbe%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-4-spell

 

OR

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CanaKit-Raspberry-Plus-Complete-Starter/dp/B07BR61P39/ref=sr_1_7?crid=26IZNZR9H8HMS&keywords=rasberry+pi+3+b+%2B&qid=1557343690&s=gateway&sprefix=rasbe%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-7-spell

 

OR anyother??

 

£5 price difference b/w the above.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Bananasplit_00]

11 minutes ago, James Evens said:

Don't buy those kits. They are more expensive then buying it separately and those guides aren't much of a value added. Also a heat sink isn't necessary but I nice to have. Heat think and case could be order in china since they aren't necessary to get it up and running.

isnt the heatsink kinda needed on the 3? i havent been paying much attention since the OG B+ but i remember there being talk of the 3 being hot af

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3 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

isnt the heatsink kinda needed on the 3? i havent been paying much attention since the OG B+ but i remember there being talk of the 3 being hot af

I have a Raspberry 3 B+ and it can rather warm in its case with heatsinks, especially if it's near anything else producing heat (my PC). 60C+ if it's working hard.

[BrinkGG]

31 minutes ago, Bateman1950x said:

Hi

Just wondering if anyone who owns (has experience) with rasberry pi's give some valuable advise. Planning to buy a rasberry Pi for experiments purpose. Please suggest which one to buy among -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ABOX-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Motherboard/dp/B07DB8591S/ref=sr_1_4?crid=26IZNZR9H8HMS&keywords=rasberry+pi+3+b+%2B&qid=1557343690&s=gateway&sprefix=rasbe%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-4-spell

OR

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CanaKit-Raspberry-Plus-Complete-Starter/dp/B07BR61P39/ref=sr_1_7?crid=26IZNZR9H8HMS&keywords=rasberry+pi+3+b+%2B&qid=1557343690&s=gateway&sprefix=rasbe%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-7-spell

OR anyother??

£5 price difference b/w the above.

Thanks!

I've got 4... (Don't ask)

2 have the old PCB without heatspreaders, 2 have heatspreaders. 

The two with could care less if they had a heatsync, and those are the ones currently shipping. So you're probably fine without it. 

rPi's seem to be picky when it comes to power supplies, so I usually go with the cheapest CanaKit I can find on amazon, (Usually a case and power supply) then buy a cheap microSD card. 

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

isnt the heatsink kinda needed on the 3? i havent been paying much attention since the OG B+ but i remember there being talk of the 3 being hot af

3 runs hot, 3b is not as bad. Especially with the new heat spreader, but I still buy it since mine are usually running overclocked. (Using them for MotionEyeOS, 720p48fps)