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Raspberry Pi Zero W $22.95 + $3 Delivery ($0 NSW C&C) @ Core Electronics

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Raspberry Pi Zero W $22.95 + $3 Delivery ($0 NSW C&C) @ Core Electronics
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fredk1000 on 16/02/2023 - 20:30 core-electronics.com.au (2237 clicks)
Last edited 16/02/2023 - 20:38 by 1 other user

Got an alert that is is back in stock.
Not sure if it is a deal but in stock.

Max 1 per customer.

In the fashion of PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in stock posts, this should be a valid deal post otherwise will get banished to the forums.

Computing Raspberry Pi Foundation Single Board Computer

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  • HomeAlone on 16/02/2023 - 20:36
    +8

    Used to be $17.95

    Why is now priced the same as Pi Zero 2 W?

    • boomramada on 16/02/2023 - 20:52
      +5

      Because its 2023 not 2019

      • smartazz104 on 16/02/2023 - 21:35
        +12

        Computer hardware usually drops in price after a few years, the Pi foundation is just taking the piss. Of course they need to cater to their corporate customers first don’t they.

        • boomramada on 16/02/2023 - 23:35
          +4

          Between, 2019-2023
          Covid , chip shortage, inflation, transportation issues and the demand.
          We talking about pi zero here , which was primitive since the day it designed, not Surface Pro, two different things.

        • giordan0 on 18/02/2023 - 04:03

          *Nvidia take a bow

    • macmanluke on 16/02/2023 - 21:21

      Yea thats dodgy as

      I got a notification this morning that it was back in stock but appeared to be sold out (assumed in the 20mins from email it sold out)
      but it was definitely still $17.95 then…

    • Johnsmithaus on 17/02/2023 - 08:04
      -1

      It’s $4 mate, are we seriously having this discussion? If it matters that much to you then don’t buy it. Small price to pay in the current market as the user below this comment explains.

  • jbird84 on 16/02/2023 - 20:43
    +5

    Bit steep for not being a Pi Zero 2 W. These are so so slow.

  • stewface on 16/02/2023 - 20:46

    Bloody finally!!! Thanks op.

    “ Ordered 1”cause that the dang limit.

  • hashtagbargain on 16/02/2023 - 20:47

    Can this play 4k YouTube stutter free?

    What is its primary use case?

    • nuker on 16/02/2023 - 20:53
      +16

      Hoarding

      • Borkbork on 17/02/2023 - 10:03
        +3

        Ha, too true. I have pi 1,3,4 and zeroW sitting in a box "waiting for a project".

        • s12321 on 23/02/2023 - 02:31
          +1

          sell them. and get a pi5 later. :)

    • jbird84 on 16/02/2023 - 20:56
      +3

      No, you won't be watching 4k YouTube. It would be fine for low computational things like a pi-hole ad blocker or a project where you needed to use physical sensors.

      • hashtagbargain on 16/02/2023 - 21:26

        What about just 720p/1080p YouTube?

        • garage sale on 16/02/2023 - 22:32
          +1

          buy a google chrome for $50 if you want to watch you tube has remote and will also do. Netflix and prime and tube tv …..by the time you get a case and cables and power supply this zero will cost you $50 anyway ….

        • beefsandwich on 16/02/2023 - 23:17
          +1

          I bought one to run dakboard which is literally just a webpage which gets refreshed every 5 minutes and it struggled with that. I could not imagine it coping with YouTube.

    • reductive on 16/02/2023 - 20:57
      +2

      What is its primary use case?

      Pihole. w/ unbound if you don't trust your ISP/RSP.

      • medium_tight on 17/02/2023 - 08:48

        Pihole can not block youtube ads

        • Laserface on 17/02/2023 - 09:06

          but it does block all other ads. 10% of my traffic as reported by my pihole is ads.

  • Javin on 16/02/2023 - 20:50

    Can it work to setup home assistant ?

    • XeKToReX on 16/02/2023 - 20:55

      Wouldn't imagine it would be an amazing experience but I guess you could, sure.

    • stewface on 16/02/2023 - 20:57
      +4

      Best get a full sized pi for that, old versions of ha might work but isn’t recommended

    • fredk1000 on 16/02/2023 - 21:00

      I think it should be able to.
      I used it for Retro Pi (Did a good job playing Super NIntendo and older arcade games), and a local webserver.
      But they take forever to boot up off SD, I found it unbearable and pretty much stopped using it.
      But I guess once it has booted up, it would be fine.
      I only every bought a Raspberry PI Zero (no wireless) because it was under $8, great bang for buck but I did wish I bought the this one later because I had a USB wireless dongle and USB bluetooth adapter connected to it, this simplifies things a lot being built in. But I have lost interest in these. These have their uses still.
      Maybe Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W would be the go if they ever come into stock and the right price.

    • xmagic on 16/02/2023 - 21:10

      Try Wyse 3040 on eBay - $55 a piece. Looks neat and comes with AC adapter. You can mod it to be powered by USB, too.
      Add a USB dongle or M.2 card for WiFi, Bluetooth or Zigbee/ZWave

    • SickDmith on 16/02/2023 - 21:19
      +2

      If you are serious about Home Assistant get a better device for better experience.
      Something like Odroid N2 with eMMC module - really good thermals, no flimsy microSD, wired Ethernet.

      • boomramada on 17/02/2023 - 08:42

        Or Pi4

        • syousef on 17/02/2023 - 09:22
          +1

          Whole point of these units is:
          1. Price.
          2. Size.

          If you don't care about size, these things are not good value at all anymore. The whole selling point was that they were cheap as chips. Now they're just underpowered mini-PCs that can't run Windows.

          • boomramada on 17/02/2023 - 12:15
            +2

            @syousef: Pi4 is still cheap for running HA, VPN, torrents, fileserver but not so cheap for catching dust or pi hole or impulse buying.
            I bought it for the size, power saving, reliability and support.

            Technically Pi2/3 also good enough for HA, not sure about Zero.

            My best use case on Raspberry Pi Zero W, would be running a remote device powered by solar as a wireless soil moisture sensor.

            • 0jay on 18/02/2023 - 10:42

              @boomramada: This may be a stupid question but is Pi4 capable of serving 1080/720p x265 via Plex to an Apple TV HD?

              • boomramada on 19/02/2023 - 17:29
                +1

                @0jay: Sorry, I can't answer your question but I have tried to run the pi4 PLEX server without hardware encoding; sometimes it gets laggy on 4K.
                However, currently, I'm using Pi4 as a file server (among other services), running Plex on Nvidia Shield Pro, and can play anything 4k without any issue.

                • 0jay on 19/02/2023 - 18:22

                  @boomramada: Thanks, I found that the Libre Renegade board has hardware 265 support, uses less power and is cheaper than the pi and also available to buy.

                  I’m not quite ready to jump but seems there are some pretty good alternatives to the pi and importantly are affordable and in stock.

  • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 16/02/2023 - 21:00
    +1

    Just my luck lol. Don't need one anymore.

    I'll leave mine for someone else to grab.

  • Euthyphro on 16/02/2023 - 21:08
    +2

    For running Pi-hole?

    • Laserface on 17/02/2023 - 09:07

      I run mine as a pihole w/ a USB ethernet adapter.

      I run the pihole off the USB port on my router, 10cm ethernet between them. neat little package.

      • 0jay on 17/02/2023 - 09:42

        PoE?

        • Laserface on 17/02/2023 - 09:50
          +1

          Im using the USB port on the router to power the pi via its micro USB power-in.

          then i use the other microUSB port to run an ethernet adapter which plugs in to one of the router LAN ports.

  • Yekul on 16/02/2023 - 21:09
    +1

    Crap price let’s be real. Will push the 2 2 well past $30 now no doubt.

    • xmagic on 16/02/2023 - 21:12
      +5

      It was supposed to be US$5 a piece, remember?

      I believe I got mine for $9 + shipping when it first came out here in Oz.

  • comer on 16/02/2023 - 21:25

    not sure if this is a deal, however pi zero w at $26 (delivered to vic) will definitely make $80 pi zero 2 w a deal.

  • kingmoron on 16/02/2023 - 23:08

    Thanks, got one to make a printer wireless

  • iLikeBargainz on 16/02/2023 - 23:19

    Damn. I really need a cheap Pi for adguard:/ but this is Wi-Fi..

    • NatDan on 16/02/2023 - 23:40

      A cheap micro USB to Ethernet adapter from Amazon or Ebay will remove the need for wifi. I have 2 for primary / secondary Pi-holes.

      • 0jay on 16/02/2023 - 23:58
        +2

        Secondary pihole..?

        • redpen on 17/02/2023 - 12:39
          +3

          Multiple DNS, so if one goes down for maintenance or crashes etc.

          • 0jay on 17/02/2023 - 12:41

            @redpen: Ok so just a backup as distinct from two running simultaneously

            • redpen on 17/02/2023 - 12:43
              +1

              @0jay: No no, run both at the same time. Look in your network adapter settings - you'll see a primary and secondary DNS field. If your machine can't access the primary for whatever reason, it'll just use the secondary for lookups (until it can get back to the primary - or whichever it can get to the fastest).

              • 0jay on 17/02/2023 - 12:48

                @redpen: That seems like overkill for a home network

                Two separate units I mean

                • NatDan on 17/02/2023 - 18:09
                  +1

                  @0jay: @0jay I totally understand your point of view, but losing DNS brings my household to a halt. Having 2 units (bought prior to current pricing) and keeping both in sync allows for updates, relocating, etc with no downtime. It’s a small price to pay for resilience in my network.

                  Note: DNS requests generally have no concept of primary & secondary. All OSes are different and I estimate a 80/20 split between both at home. This has changed after adding PiVPN to the secondary and having both my phone and tablet resolving via Pi-hole when away from home.

              • SickDmith on 20/02/2023 - 20:28

                @redpen: They are not primary and secondary, they are the first and the second. OS will use them both.

  • hughc on 17/02/2023 - 15:33
    +4

    this dialog box shits me:

    If this product is sold out then check the Pi Zero W Starter Kit. In the event of a stock outage (if the add to cart button is not available) then no ETAs are available (we get stock every few months).

    Consider the Raspberry Pi Pico - an ultra low cost microcontroller that can be programmed with MicroPython!

    Which could be rewritten as:

    How desperate are you, really? If so, get set to pay 4x over the odds for a bunch of stuff we've bundled up with our allocation of this product, just so you can get your hands on the thing you need.

    As for comparing a microcontroller to a general purpose computer… :facepalm:

  • rx8pilot on 17/02/2023 - 17:27
    +1

    I use a Pi Zero WH (the H is for header pins) to drive my Hyperion ambient lights on the TV…boot time takes a while, but otherwise it's great. Perfect for an always on use case…

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