| Standing screen display size | 0.01 |
|---|---|
| Processor | a_series |
| RAM | 1 GB DDR3 |
| Memory Speed | 1.4 GHz |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 1 |
| Wireless Type | 802.11bgn, 802.11ac |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 4 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 3 |
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Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2018
PROS:Does the Pi 3 B+ work great? Yep. It's a Pi, hence the 3 stars, table-stakes award for product operation/usabilityCONS:2 stars off for half-assed rushed manufacturing approach at best or cost-savings at the end-user expense at worse. Either way, it seems to be a race to the bottom with manufacturing these days, and was shocked to see corners cut like this with such a great open community that supports this product.What do I mean? Well, apparently the "Element14 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Motherboard" has a cool NEW feature that defies the laws of physics! It is apparently impervious to ESD damage since Element14 thought it was a good idea to sell this product as "board bare in box" with no protection whatsoever. Board. Piece of cardboard. Manual - that is the packing order and is unbelievable.That said, in reality, the fact is Element14 couldn't be bothered to spend $.05 in ESD packaging to properly conform ANSI/ISO specifications for transportation of ESD sensitive products and instead, have engineered obsolesce by omitting these key protective measures - typical. Feel free to google "ESD Damage Photos" if you think I'm crazy and think this concern is a "non-issue". I'd rather pay the $0.50 fully-loaded cost to add an ESD bag rather than wonder how many paws were on this and who zapped what and therefore, how soon each respective component will fail (or have latent random issues, like lockups and kernel panics, reboots - which is typical of ESD damage).Also note this is my second Pi 3 B+ purchase, so this isn't an one-off. The first Pi 3 B+ came from Element 14 directly (as it wasn't on Amazon yet) and it too came with no ESD Bag and I thought it was fluke. Now, the second purchase here on Amazon lacks the same, so clearly this is conscious decision on their part to not include an ESD bag or any form of board protection whatsoever!
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This version comes with a 1.4 GHz Broadcom CPU, 1 GB RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI Audio-Video out, Composite Audio-Video out, Gigabit Ethernet (delivers about 300 Mbps). Indeed the only thing I had to supply was Keyboard, Mouse and Power.
The power recommendations are higher (5V DC 3A) but it will also work with an older mobile phone charger that is rated at-least 5V DC 1.5A as long as do not connect too many peripherals. In headless more (no peripherals, no HDMI out, no Wi-Fi), it will just about work with 5V DC 1A adapter. I purchased a 5VDC3A adapter from Element Engineers on Amazon and the board is working well it it.
The heating of the CPU has been normalized by using a heat-spreader. The CPU does touch 80+ degrees centigrade during benchmarking tests but remains stable. I purchased a basic plastic case and heat-sinks from REES52 on Amazon and the board is working well. I applied a little thermal transfer paste while mounting the heat-sinks and these Aluminum blocks are certainly picking up a lot of heat away from the CPU.
The Raspbian "Stretch" OS is a delight. In the Console-only version, it only takes 22MB RAM on start. In the Desktop version, it takes about 50MB on start. Compare this to Ubuntu on PC which takes over 300MB on start and does not work properly on a system with less than 2GB RAM. The OS starts in 5 seconds. Even the Desktop version starts in less than 10 seconds when loading from a Sandisk 16GB Class 10/U1 MicroSD card.
On the Internet, there are tons of reviewers who will talk about better boards from other manufacturers. What they do not get is the mission of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and how hard they work in staying true to their mission. For example, the Asus Tinkerboard is twice as fast at twice the price. Is it that Eben Upton (the founder of Raspberry Pi Foundation) cannot invent a faster Raspberry Pi board and charge a higher price? Certainly he can, but his mission is to deliver the best technology experience while staying under the $35 price point. Consider this:
- Boards such as Orange Pi (from Schenzhen Xunlong, China) are available at $35 price but are highly subsidized by the Chinese government. Without the subsidy, they would cost nearly $60. I recently purchased a Orange Pi board and after paying for shipping ($5) and Customs duty (nearly 44%), the board costs me Rs.4000/-. In comparison, the Raspberry 3B+ board costs me Rs.3400/-. Not to mention the painless warranty/return support I get in case of the Raspberry Pi board.
- Boards such as Odroid / Asus Tinkerboard are way faster than the Raspberry Pi but at the$70 price point, you are better off buying an Intel Atom processor integrated motherboard than can run Windows.
If you are looking for raw-power, then considering a SBC is ridiculous. But if you want to create devices around the house that serve specific functions such as a Firewall, Ad-blocker, VPN Gateway, Printer Sharer, HDD Sharer, Media Player, Retro-game machine, then you should consider the Raspberry Pi because of it's engineering and developer support.
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