daggs
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minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:16 pm

Greetings,

I'm looking for the minimal set of hw to get the rp4 to work, I'm looking at this list:
  1. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TX ... UPHT&psc=1
  2. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TY ... AJ0A&psc=1
  3. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V1 ... AJ0A&psc=1
the sdcard and the us to eu ac converter I'll get locally because it is cheaper.
is that all I need?

Thanks,

Dagg.

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topguy
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Re: minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:26 pm

The absolute minimal hw list is just the AC and a SD card.
Why buy a power that needs a socket converter ?

daggs
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Re: minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:27 pm

how do I power it? AC powered usb hub?

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Re: minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:44 pm

daggs wrote:
Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:27 pm
how do I power it? AC powered usb hub?

The best Power Supply is the Official one:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/ty ... er-supply/
Rather than negativity think outside the box !
RPi 4B 4GB (SSD Boot)..
Asus ChromeBox 3 Celeron is my other computer...

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Re: minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 4:21 pm

Speaking minimally, you don't need to buy a case. Lots of Pies run naked.
But if you do buy a case you can surely do without those "heatsinks", the fan will be more than adequate to keep it cool[ish].

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Re: minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 4:31 pm

You're pi seems overpriced by a large margin I'm guess there's some regional issue that you can't get it from an official supplier. But most countries have official suppliers that sell them for $35 USD(or equivalent)for Pi 4 1GB

The absolute minimum to turn it on and interact with it in some capacity (through some remote network connection like VNC or SSH) is.

- Pi
- Power supply,
- Ethernet cable (optional but you'll need to set some configuration files to auto-connect to Wi-fi without it)
- Micro SD card

If you want to use it as a Desktop add (you can drop the ethernet cable in this case)
- KB/M
- Micro HDMI to HDMI cable

If you want to have a better experience with it (it'll with run no issues without a heatsink but will underclock itself to maintain thermals)
- Heatsink/Fan

If you want it to look nice add (unless you're getting a case that doubles as a heatsink or serves some other function it's purely aesthetic)
- Case
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Re: minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 4:54 pm

daggs wrote:
Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:27 pm
how do I power it? AC powered usb hub?
Why buy a PSU with US socket if you live in EU, there are many available with correct plug.

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Re: minimal rpi4 hw

Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:46 pm

thanks for all the tips, indeed, ordering from pihut is cheaper and closer to my home

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