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Select Micro Center Stores (link for reference only) has Raspberry Pi 5 on sale from $49.99. Offer is valid In-Store only at Select Locations.
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Note, offer is valid In-Store only at Select Locations.
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Thanks Community Member VTA for sharing this deal
Note, offer is valid In-Store only at Select Locations.
Available Options:
- Raspberry Pi 5 w/ ARM Cortex A76 Quad Core Processor
- 4GB LPDDR4X RAM (82AK0510) $49.99
- 8GB LPDDR4X RAM (82AK0511) $64.99
- 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor at 2.4GHz
- 2–3× faster CPU performance than Raspberry Pi 4
- 800MHz VideoCore VII GPU for enhanced graphics
- Dual 4Kp60 HDMI display output
- Advanced camera support with new Image Signal Processor which enables new industrial and embedded applications
Editor's Notes
Written by slickdewmaster | Staff- About this Offer:
- 8GB LPDDR4X RAM (82AK0511) is $5 less than this popular FrontPage Deal from December 2024 which received 80 Thumbs Up from the community.
- Warranty:
- Includes 1-Year Warranty on Parts and Labor.
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Select Micro Center Stores (link for reference only) has Raspberry Pi 5 on sale from $49.99. Offer is valid In-Store only at Select Locations.
Thanks Community Member VTA for sharing this deal
Note, offer is valid In-Store only at Select Locations.
Available Options:
Thanks Community Member VTA for sharing this deal
Note, offer is valid In-Store only at Select Locations.
Available Options:
- Raspberry Pi 5 w/ ARM Cortex A76 Quad Core Processor
- 4GB LPDDR4X RAM (82AK0510) $49.99
- 8GB LPDDR4X RAM (82AK0511) $64.99
- 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor at 2.4GHz
- 2–3× faster CPU performance than Raspberry Pi 4
- 800MHz VideoCore VII GPU for enhanced graphics
- Dual 4Kp60 HDMI display output
- Advanced camera support with new Image Signal Processor which enables new industrial and embedded applications
Editor's Notes
Written by slickdewmaster | Staff- About this Offer:
- 8GB LPDDR4X RAM (82AK0511) is $5 less than this popular FrontPage Deal from December 2024 which received 80 Thumbs Up from the community.
- Warranty:
- Includes 1-Year Warranty on Parts and Labor.
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For the old Pi price range, "35 dollar computer", right now you could get dirty cheap used business PC since windows 10 support ended. I got a few Dell Wyze 5070 and HP T640 in that price range, with 8 or16GB ram and a small SSD, and they are similar speed to a pi 5 and you have more OS options. The only downside is the size, but they are completely passively cooled, which is hard to achieve even for a Pi 5.
Community Reviews
The Raspberry Pi 5 stands out as a compact board for GPIO projects, home automation, emulation, and other tinkering, with strong community troubleshooting and long official support through 2035 at the earliest. The 8GB model at $64.99 is especially notable, though the deal appears to vary by store and listing, and the price has already jumped at some locations. Setup costs can climb once you add a power supply, storage, cables, and cooling. For general Linux or server use, cheaper mini PCs and thin clients often look more practical, especially when performance and included hardware matter.
Common Questions (5)
For general Linux or desktop use, a cheap mini PC or used thin client can be faster, fully assembled, and sometimes cheaper than a Pi 5 once accessories are added. The Pi 5 still makes sense for GPIO projects, Pi hats, and the larger troubleshooting/support ecosystem.
Yes. At minimum you need storage and power, and if you want to use it directly you also need a display and keyboard. A case is optional, but a power supply, microSD or SSD, and sometimes a micro HDMI cable are commonly needed, which can push the total cost above the board price.
The Pi 5 uses less power than many mini PCs, but the gap is often small in real-world use. One comparison puts it at roughly 4-5 watts versus 8-10 watts for an Intel N100 system, with about a $15/year difference in Southern California if run continuously.
Yes. It is commonly used for home automation stacks like Home Assistant, Pi-hole, and Z-Wave controllers, and it can also serve as an emulation box that runs arcade and console games smoothly up to the PS2 era.
It can work well as a Kodi player, but it is not a good fit for every media-server workload. Jellyfin has dropped Raspberry Pi boards from its hardware-acceleration pages because of encoding limitations, so transcoding-heavy setups may be a poor match.
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You don't need a case, that's just aesthetics. If you're just going to stick it in a closet with your router or such, who cares.
You only need their official power supply if you want to run a bunch of accessories. Mine is plugged into a Mac USB-C power brick I had lying around and it works perfectly fine with 3 amps (official PSU is 5A). I have a keyboard and z-wave controller plugged into USB on the RPi and no issues. You can also use a powered USB hub if you have one lying around and want to use a bunch of USB accessories; that will take all the USB load off the RPi.
If you're just going to use it for something like Home Assistant and you don't need logging enabled, any old MicroSD card will work. If you do want to enable logging or something else that's going to be constantly writing to the card, a 64gb high endurance card is currently $12.
If you're going to be doing something on it that results in high CPU loads, then you should invest in a cheap heatsink to keep the CPU cool, since even though it won't get damaged by running without one, it will downclock itself and you'll lose performance. Again, doesn't matter if you're just running background-ish processes like Home Assistant, PiHole/AdGuard, etc.
For the old Pi price range, "35 dollar computer", right now you could get dirty cheap used business PC since windows 10 support ended. I got a few Dell Wyze 5070 and HP T640 in that price range, with 8 or16GB ram and a small SSD, and they are similar speed to a pi 5 and you have more OS options. The only downside is the size, but they are completely passively cooled, which is hard to achieve even for a Pi 5.
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And would I need to learn Linux to use it?
Sorry, Im a newbie.
I'll admit I don't use it much but it's pretty cool having something so tiny with basically every old console and arcade game I care about on it.
And would I need to learn Linux to use it?
Sorry, Im a newbie.
I think you'd be better off buying a cheap mini PC off Amazon. They're fully assembled, will perform significanly better and you can install any Linux distro on it.
Raspberry Pi nickle and dimes you with all kinds of adapters and extras you need to buy to fully put it together. It uses an ARM based processor so it isn't compatible with some software. Besides the official OS, the only other desktop distros that fully support the Rpi5 is Ubuntu and MX Linux. So you can't really try out different implementations of Linux. There are a few other distros that have half finished Rpi4 compatibility, but given what I feel is declining interest, I doubt they're going to finish, much less start on the Rpi5.
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pi 5 16gb is $99, and seems like you can order online for instore pickup
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