LoveRPi Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Computer with Heatsinks

I wanted a Hi-rez digital audio player but didn't want to spend 1-2k usd. So there are alot of dac hats on the market for the Raspberry Pi line of single board computers.

The boot up time is noticeably better than the Raspberry Pi 2. The user interface of Raspbian works so smooth. Raspbian is an OS designed for the Raspberry Pi. I works similar to a Apple interface with the menu at the top. If I didn't have a computer or laptop I would happily buy one of these for school if I were very poor since Raspbian comes with their own version of standard Microsoft software like Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc. I've used the included software and it works very good considering this is a $35 mini computer. I was in elementary school in the 90's and typing up homework as a requirement was pretty rare then. I'd imagine today a lot of schools are requiring kids to type up assignements and print them out at a much earlier age. Buying a laptop is pretty expensive even with the cheap ones. If you really needed a computer for a elementary school student this would seriously do everything you need it to without breaking the bank. When my little boy is in school that is what I am going to do for him.The built in bluetooth and Wifi is a real life saver. I never really used my original Raspberry Pi or Raspberry Pi 2 since it was so hard to set up a wifi dongle or be close enough to a router to connect it to the internet. There were so many cables I needed to plug into it to get it to work. Now I can easily use this with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard without any dongle and I can connect to WiFi without any adapter. I really just need to plug in power and HDMI and that is it. I don't even need HDMI actually. I can remote into the Raspberry Pi with a VNC server from a VNC app on my iPhone and my iPhone becomes the monitor. If a nearby power outlet is hard to find then get a cheap USB powerbank and you can power this anywhere you want. This is a very fun all in one computer. I wish these were around when I was a kid. I would have learned so much more a lot faster.These are also great for prototyping or making your own cheap security system. The possibilities are endless with this little computer. Just buy one. if you don't know what you will do with it just buy it. You come of with a lot of ideas just by holding it in your hand. Google helps too.

I have several Raspberry Pis running at home, one acts as my Network File Server connected to a 2TB drive. I attempted to use an old Raspberry Pi 2+ as an Octoprint server for my 3D printer, but it was not quite up to the task. It worked okay until I added a couple of plugins, which bogged it down too much for the purpose.I decided to upgrade so that my Ender 5 3D printer could be monitored remotely, so I went to Amazon to find a Pi 3 that would not cost too much. I settled on the Loverpi raspberry Pi 3 B+ as it was well priced, and I did not need a case or power supply for my purpose. The included heat sinks were a nice plus as well.I got the Pi, stuck on the heat sinks, popped in my Octoprint sysem on micro SD card, plugged in my camera and power supply and booted up.The new pi booted up much faster than the old one, and within a minute or so I was able to connect to the Octoprint web server and connect to my Ender 5 Printer. I enabled all my plugins and was pleased to note that everything worked well and responded quickly.I am very happy to have the versatility of the Octoprint server running on Raspberry pi to upload, handle and monitor my print jobs. Now I can remotely check on things and halt a failed print if need be.The Loverpi is a great little Raspberry Pi kit and I am glad I bought it.

I blew out the previous Pi. I swapped the SD card and powered up. Worked great.Although the price now is quite expensive. You can buy a complete Chrome book for $200. This Pi cost $165.

Worked perfectly

I upgraded from my first Raspberry Pi 3B to this model 3B+. The kit included two heatsinks, but the smaller one was missing any adhesive so could not install it. The larger one for the processor did have adhesive and I was very pleased that it was taller than the one that came with my original model 3B and had been inadequate. Please ship a replacement small heatsink that has its adhesive so I can complete my installation.Update 1-27-2018, Amazon technical support issued a $5.00 refund for which to purchase a replacement heatsink kit from the same seller and I have done that. Now giving this a 5 star rating. Very pleased now with my purchase. Also Berry Boot has been updated, as have each of the OS it installs for you, since my first raspberry pi 3B. I have installed Kali, Raspberian Stretch, Ubuntu 16.04 Mate, and 2 versions of Kodi media player all on a single 32GB microSD card.Update 1-29-2019: The replacement small heatsink with proper adhesive arrived today at my nearby Amazon locker. Very pleased with Amazon's remedy and speedy shipping.

Love this product. Was a breeze to install and works flawlessly. Running Ubuntu desktop on it and it is so configurable. You can put a ton of memory on the base card as well as add on's Also provides multiple connections for dual monitors if you like.

Love RPI, I have many units from its inception almost ten years ago. Zero for remote switches, other connected to my alarm system, Alexa, sdr following airplanes (piaware plus others), monitor marine traffic etc.But, but this is the first time I receive a unit with seal open and no antistatic bag: to bad for this vendor.