[HN Gopher] Raspberry Pi 4 model Bs arriving with newer 'C0' ste...
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       Raspberry Pi 4 model Bs arriving with newer 'C0' stepping
        
       Author : geerlingguy
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2021-09-27 20:39 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | destitude wrote:
       | Who even has Pi 4s in stock in USA? Last I checked everyone was
       | out.
        
         | ISO-morphism wrote:
         | I wasn't able to find anywhere to buy just the board, but
         | starter kits with sd card/power adapter/hdmi/etc are available
         | on Amazon for ~100 USD as of this past Thursday.
        
           | pdx6 wrote:
           | 8GB kits run about $120 at Bestbuy for Canakit and Walmart
           | resellers are about $115 for a no name kit. If you are lucky,
           | you can buy 1 at a time from Chicagodist as a single board
           | for $75.
        
       | regularfry wrote:
       | Ooh, this is interesting. I've not bought any pi 4's yet because
       | I don't want moving parts on them. If this means passive
       | heatsinks are practical, I might retire some 3B's.
        
         | mhandley wrote:
         | I've had a good experience with using a passive heatsink case
         | on my Pi 4s. It's not lightweight, but there's a lot of thermal
         | mass and plenty of surface area for cooling.
         | https://thepihut.com/products/aluminium-armour-heatsink-case...
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         | I've got one sitting here driving some animations in chromium
         | on a spare display, currently running with a load average of
         | 1.1 (so not working flat out on all cores, but doing a moderate
         | amount of work). CPU temp is 49C, and the case/heatsink is just
         | pleasantly warm to the touch.
        
         | InvaderFizz wrote:
         | Passive has been practical for a while with the Argon or Flirc
         | cases.
        
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