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Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB $127.90 + Delivery ($6+ Standard/ $10+ Express) @ Core Electronics

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Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB $127.90 + Delivery ($6+ Standard/ $10+ Express) @ Core Electronics
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AssociatedCoreElectronics on 21/06/2023 - 22:37 core-electronics.com.au (2133 clicks)
Last edited 22/06/2023 - 00:22

One of the most asked questions we've had from people at OzBargain is "When will 8GB RPi be back in stock?"

We are happy to say, some stock has landed! Be amongst the first to get one, though as usual, stock is likely to run out.

Various delivery options (check our website for delivery costs to your location). Free pickup for locals in Newcastle (order must be placed online).

Most people know just how overpriced these boards are elsewhere and how scarce stock is. Examples:

  • $145 @ Little Bird (piaustralia.com.au)
  • $189 @ Jaycar
  • $200+ @ Amazon

Tech specs and details from our website:

The Raspberry Pi 4 is a huge leap forward for single-board computing. While the Raspberry Pi 4 is still a fantastic educational tool and piece of maker hardware, it's also now a true PC replacement for a wide range of uses at home, in school projects, and inside commercial products. This newfound performance is powered by a significant increase in processing power, dedicated multimedia hardware, and I/O technology.

We have a wide range of guides available for Raspberry Pi along with a step-by-step workshop. These guides are made for makers, by makers, and we're here if you need help along the way.

Key features

  • 1.5GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 CPU
  • VideoCore VI graphics
  • Hardware 4kp@60Hz HEVC decoding
  • True Gigabit Ethernet
  • 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
  • 2 × USB 3.0 and 2 × USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 × Micro-HDMI ports (1 × 4kp@60Hz or 2 × 4kp@30Hz)
  • USB-C for input power, supporting 5.1V 3A operation
  • 3 LPDDR4 RAM options available: 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB (this listing)
  • Supports the SDXC standard, allowing you to use microSD cards up to 2TB (we recommend 32GB for Raspbian OS)

We also have enough Raspberry Pi Zero W available to allow them to be purchased at the same time as another board variant. Yeee!

And because there is always some curiosity about what you can use these for, here are some project ideas for Raspberry Pi boards. ChatGPT is just as helpful with building all of those types of projects, as are we over on our Maker Forum :)

Computing Raspberry Pi Foundation Single Board Computer

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  • netsurfer on 21/06/2023 - 22:44
    +8

    Store rep, any chance to get some hint / info on when Pi Zero 2 W will be in stock?

    • superroach on 21/06/2023 - 22:50
      +1

      Not upto them, Rpi have solved these, and the Zero 2 W is low priority for the moment (it didn't take off in the industry yet due to stock)

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 22:54
      +3

      No good news on single board stock sorry. Pi Zero 2 W Kits are available due to an undersupply of boards and an oversupply of accessories.

      With that said, Pi Zero W is available, and for the first time in over 2 years, we have enough to accommodate purchase alongside other boards at the same time!!

      The supply chain is slowly recovering, there is more to go. The last thing we ever wanted to do was make something hard to buy (just like Woolies selling 1-per-customer pasta and toilet paper…. …). Though there was no one-size-fits-all solution during this time of hardship - silicon and other raw materials continue to be in shortage due to global events.

      • netsurfer on 21/06/2023 - 22:57

        Already bought a Pi Zero W from you guys back in 2020 so your system won't let me buy another one. Pi Zero is too slow for me (mine has been collecting dust for 2 years).

        • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 23:02

          You might have our store mistaken for another. We stop people buying RPi's over and over to prevent ongoing challenges with price gouging on secondary markets. However, you are not going to have any issues ordering as any usual maker would.

          Give it a go - and enjoy the Pi Zero W projects that you've put aside for all this time.

          • netsurfer on 21/06/2023 - 23:06

            @CoreElectronics: I know CoreElec's policy on RPi's. For Pi Zero W, I also bought the GPIO header pins from CoreElec and soldered onto the board. Have too many toys.

    • windix on 22/06/2023 - 09:23
      +2

      I back ordered several pi zero 2 w via element14. The eta they get back to me is December this year.

  • Bluto Mindpretzel on 21/06/2023 - 22:46
    +2

    Good to see the Pi coming back into stock. Love your store, and the tutorials you put up on youtube!

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 22:48

      Cheers!

  • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 22:47
    +3

    And because there is always some curiosity about what you can use these for, here are some project ideas for Raspberry Pi boards. ChatGPT is just as helpful with building all of those types of projects, as are we over on our Maker Forum :)

  • ColonialBoy on 21/06/2023 - 22:48
    +3

    The horse has horse has bolted, I've moved to Orange Pi, some models have a M.2 slot, that's where the buzz is at the moment.

    • netsurfer on 21/06/2023 - 22:50
      +1

      My Rock Pi 5 Model B has been collecting dust. Pi 4 is running 24x7 though. Software support on Pi 4 is a lot better.

      • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 22:55
        +4

        The stable life is the best life :)

      • ColonialBoy on 22/06/2023 - 12:26

        Orange Pi is the only serious alternative. I'm running Debian and its rock solid. I have it with a USB hub, running tvheadend with 2 tv tuners, a 1TB SSD, as well as Samba and NFS. It does not use more than 10% cpu. https://imgur.com/xAeKlbH

    • jong on 22/06/2023 - 01:20
      +3

      The software support is so iffy, though.

      I have a bunch of non-Pi SOCs lying around, but only the Raspberries are still in use.

  • superroach on 21/06/2023 - 22:49

    Thank you!

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 22:57

      :) enjoy!

  • bhakharvadi on 21/06/2023 - 23:03

    purchased one last wednesday and got the delivery today 🕺🏽

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 23:04
      +3

      Yeah, that stock last week was not nearly enough to high-five our friends at Ozbargain. There would have been upsets!

      Glad to hear you got an order in though, all the best with your projects!

  • rompastompa on 21/06/2023 - 23:06
    +2

    One of the most asked questions from people at Ozbargin

    We don't mind gin, but we love to gain more!

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 21/06/2023 - 23:22
      +1

      Fixed :)

  • Man10United on 21/06/2023 - 23:25
    +2

    If you want to buy a case, buy Argon one v2.

    • pinkybrain on 22/06/2023 - 09:09

      Argon one v2 = $50.30

      why this case over official case = $13.75
      or the argon neo = $25.30

      • Man10United on 22/06/2023 - 10:15

        Official one is a plastic case. Argon One v2 is all metal with better heat sink and more features. Google it.

        • Deals For Days on 22/06/2023 - 14:39

          Who wants to spend half the computer cost on a case? Unless it’s a display piece, waste of money IMO.

  • 0 0 0 on 22/06/2023 - 00:00
    -6

    Where's the discount? No deal here, not Ozadvertising

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 22/06/2023 - 00:16
      +5

      Perhaps we should have made it clearer what other Australian sellers with stock are selling them for, and the scarcity :|

      Edit - added context to the deal description :)

    • G-rig on 29/06/2023 - 15:47

      Pi Aus sell for $129..
      Still a lot more than the $92 I paid in 2001.
      Core were consistently cheaper but it's supply and demand, what's the point if they are hard to come by and always out of stock.

      People that want or need one will probably still pay it.
      The whole idea is for it to be a real cheap mini PC though.

  • unclebob88 on 22/06/2023 - 08:02

    Does not come with Power Supply Adapter?

    • pinkybrain on 22/06/2023 - 08:26
      +1

      no power supply
      no case
      no mini hdmi cable

      add those needed items as extra purchase
      which will push the total price up $170+

  • pinkybrain on 22/06/2023 - 08:27

    what project needs 8GB over the 4GB etc?

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 22/06/2023 - 08:48
      +3

      8GB is certainly the most popular variant, likely as they support all of the use cases of smaller RAM models in addition to applications such as workstations, machine learning, servers, virtual machines and containers, etc.

      And it seems that many just like to develop on an 8GB and then migrate the uSD to another board of choice once they know their project is stable.

  • bazingaa on 22/06/2023 - 09:04
    -2

    what is the point of RPI for this price?just get a Dell 3040 or Lenovo M700 USFF for cheaper than this from frequent OzB Deals. i5-6500T with 16GB ram

    • pinkybrain on 22/06/2023 - 09:14
      +4

      some people want/need
      -leave it on 24/7
      -no noise
      -very low power
      -very small form factor / foot print

      the USFF can also be on 24/7
      but it will
      -use more power
      -CPU fan on all the time (which would wear it out
      -while small, it is still bigger footprint than the pi.

      • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 22/06/2023 - 10:11
        +3

        Lifetime power cost of ownership; should be a spec on computing devices :)

      • Steve90pct on 22/06/2023 - 12:01
        +1

        The compromise could be a second hand tablet or laptop, they could be bought for a similar amount or slightly more, but they would have display, camera, battery, power supply, no case required and be potentially more capable than the RPI4. The point is if RPI4 is trying to market itself as a capable computer then I would argue there are better options. For makers this may be overpowered / expensive for most of the projects so it kinda fails there too.
        It feels like RPI has lost its way a bit.
        My vote is for OP taking the time to answer questions here.

        • Scrobo on 27/06/2023 - 13:54

          We buy them for projects like PiKVM where we need a tiny, low power box that is on 24/7. Much better for us than a full PC or laptop.

    • rumblytangara on 22/06/2023 - 12:57
      +1

      I've got 4-5 SBCs and 5 USFF PCs. They have totally different, largely non-interchangeable use cases.

      For over $100, I would just refuse to buy an SBC but that doesn't make an USFF PC any more attractive with its larger form factor and dust-collecting fan.

      I've got some almost hybrids- USFF industrial PCs which are fanless and rely on casing for heat dissipation. But they are still ten times the size of a Pi and cannot be powered via PoE.

      Every Pi thread has this question and comparison come up. Every. Single. Thread.

      Seriously, if you cannot figure out why people still buy SBCs, this is simply a failure of imagination on your part. It's like saying "why buy this $100 8 port switch when you can get a secondhand Juniper 48 port E4200 for the same moneys?"

      • pinkybrain on 22/06/2023 - 18:13

        Pi has lost their original way though
        which is
        -cheap SBC…

        Pi3b was in the $50 price range which made it very good for many projects.

        Nowadays pi cost at least $100-300+ or even more (pandemic price)
        which means it is too expensive for an SBC when.
        And this is before adding in the extra needed parts (power supply, case, mini hdmi cable)

        Many people as a result turned to the cheap old DELL USFF and SFF (which is much more powerful than the pi).
        But it is not that suitable for many of the projects where the pi is better suited for (24/7, low power, no fan etc).

        So we still yearn for the day when pi4 will drop back down to the $50 price range.

        • rumblytangara on 22/06/2023 - 19:01

          Pi Zero 2s or whatever they're called run around the same computing power as the 3B iirc, and (when available) are still cheap.

          The 8GB Pi 4 models do confuse me a bit as to why they exist. At least in the consumer world. In the past we would have used something like that in a corporate setting.

          • pinkybrain on 22/06/2023 - 20:57

            @rumblytangara: yeah not interested in pi zero 2 etc,
            already got a few pi3b

            interested in pi4 but at $50 price range with at least 2 to 4GB..
            prefer the 4GB for more better use cases..

            the 8GB probably is for the portable desktop users
            who needed more than 4GB.
            the chrome tabs + other apps can use alot of memory.

            Most of the other jobs 4GB is probably good enough

            • rumblytangara on 23/06/2023 - 15:22

              @pinkybrain:

              the 8GB probably is for the portable desktop users who needed more than 4GB. the chrome tabs + other apps can use alot of memory.

              FWIW I've tried this and would not use a Pi as a desktop replacement. Even if all it's doing is running a couple of browser tabs. It stutters just running Youtube.

      • opt on 13/07/2023 - 12:03

        Every Pi thread has this question and comparison come up. Every. Single. Thread.

        Seriously, if you cannot figure out why people still buy SBCs, this is simply a failure of imagination on your part.

        IMO the main reason why people bring up this comparison is because retailers including OP, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation labelling the Pi as a cheap PC. Op claims:

        it's also now a true PC replacement for a wide range of uses at home, in school projects ….

        And if you go to the official products page https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/ the very first offering they have on the top of the age is the Pi 400 personal computer kit (essentially a Pi4 in a keyboard case), they claim:

        Raspberry Pi 400 is your complete personal computer

        A used x86 SFF/USFF that comes bundled with a free copy of Windows is a far better choice as a cheap general-purpose PC for anyone who actually want a PC for work/study/entertainment, no question about it, anyone who says otherwise IMHO hasn’t actually tried using a RPi as a PC.

        Bottom line: people will stop comparing Pis to to cheap PCs when everyone stop advertising it as a cheap PC. ;)

        • G-rig on 14/07/2023 - 03:28

          Agree, they aren't cheap PCs, they at mini PCs capable of a vast array of open source projects requiring limited resources. Doubt anyone has loaded windows and worked on word documents..

          I don't consider them cheap but did when mine was $92.

  • ManUnitedSydney on 22/06/2023 - 09:11

    Anyone care to explain what is that Raspberry Pi 4 Model B?

    • xoom on 22/06/2023 - 09:26
      +2

      Its a single board computer. People have ran raspberryOS, linux and theres even some who managed to get the arm version of windows.

      People have used these for automating stuff in their homes like lights, blinds and others.

      They have used it as a firewall, adblocker and other internet related stuff.

      • ManUnitedSydney on 23/06/2023 - 09:41

        Wow how interesting. I am just trying to understand what they offer differently from other products. i.e. normal PCs or smart plugs for smart automation etc.

        Appreciate your response.

        • xoom on 23/06/2023 - 09:43
          +2

          This is low powered. So leaving it on 24/7 will just sip power.

          Can even run this off a powerbank if you really want to.

  • pinkybrain on 22/06/2023 - 09:17

    your site has bugs

    -Error occurred during "countryId" processing. The "array" value's type is invalid. The "string" type was expected. Verify and try again.

    -Please enter less or equal than 255 symbols.

    • AssociatedCoreElectronics @ Core Electronics on 22/06/2023 - 10:10

      That’s a new one - perhaps you could send us an email via our contact us page and please include a URL and screenshot if user information is needed to replicate it. That would help us out a lot, and you betcha, we will get it sorted!

  • Dankmemes on 22/06/2023 - 20:49
    +3

    Perfect for a low powered server. Great for self hosting things that don’t require a lot of grunt.

    Here is my current use case for my 8gb pi 4, I have a 20tb ironwolf pro hdd connected to it and this is an always on machine that only draws 5w at idle and 12-15w (this is the pi and the hdd) under heavy load or doing large read and writes to the drive, the 8gb of ram is great for running a bunch of docker containers.

    Currently running raspberry pi os 64bit with CasaOS along side it and portainer to manage a ton of docker containers like plex, qbittorent, the arrs, Pi-hole, pi-vpn, audiobookshelf, Snapdrop, Homebridge and more! If you don’t need transcoding plex runs great, no issues streaming 4k remux stuff.

    25-30 bucks a year to keep that always on in a win imo

    *edit - almost forgot SMB shares, photoprism paired with PhotoSync on iOS, and next cloud to have your own “cloud”

  • LaTerrible on 23/06/2023 - 07:33

    Hey rep, regular customer here, thanks for the heads up, I'll grab some boards for work (light up stairs, here we come!)

    Any word on pijuice hats will be back in stock? Busting to make some fully solar/battery driven pis

  • flapperino on 24/06/2023 - 06:37

    Good lord, is this how much Raspberry Pi boards are now these days. I've bought plenty in the past of all versions, but I haven't looked for a while. Looks like prices have doubled recently..

    • Scrobo on 27/06/2023 - 13:57

      This is the 8GB Pi4, there are much cheaper Pi boards if you don't need that amount of RAM and processor.

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