I am planning on getting a rasberry pi b+ for a specific use case and I have many questions(mostly about kits)Do I need the kit versions?Do they have things I need to use the rasberry pi?(Other than the case)Can I just buy only a rasberry pi?(of course ill need things like an HDMI cable to use it on a monitor but do these kits have necessary things or can I just use a rasberry pi by itself?)

  • @Hagels_Bagels
    4•3 years ago

    I don’t think you really need kits, when I bought mine they seemed very expensive compared to the cost of the Pi and accessories alone. You just need the SD card with adapters, and you can put the OS image on it yourself using easy online tutorials.

    Purchasing a case is good as well to protect it from possible damage through rough handling.

    I have a raspberry Pi 3B (not 4) from a few years ago. The performance I’ve heard is much better with the model 4 Pi, but also draws a bit more energy, so I agree with poVoq that it’s a good idea to have a heatsink to prevent overheating at least, especially if it will be used for long periods of time.

    According to this site, at 400% CPU load, the Pi 4B draws 6.4 Watts of energy, the Pi 3B+ draws 5.1 W, the Pi 3B draws 3.7 W. It really isn’t much energy at all, but the chips will get hot over time.