Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit

koolpc · 10 Jan 2017 at 11:02

Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit

Anyone got one? Or, recommend a good kit. Ta

Jamesyboyjim · 10 Jan 2017 at 11:08

koolpc said:
Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit

Anyone got one? Or, recommend a good kit. Ta

All you really need is a micro sd card and ideally a case to keep it safe, you don't need to pay over the odds for kits. Just grab yourself a cheap keyboard to use with it.

koolpc · 10 Jan 2017 at 11:37

I will need everything though as got no psu, cables, SDHC card, motherboard, case etc.

Tealc · 10 Jan 2017 at 16:50

For PSU you could use a redundant USB phone charger with micro USB. The power draw of a pi3 is not 2A under normal use. It only becomes an issue if you need to add loads of peripherals.

SD cards can generally be had cheaper than those provided with the kits and any OS you need to be installed can be done simply enough with any SD card reader and the relevant image and free software.

What are you planning to do with the pi3?

koolpc · 10 Jan 2017 at 17:04

Tealc said:
For PSU you could use a redundant USB phone charger with micro USB. The power draw of a pi3 is not 2A under normal use. It only becomes an issue if you need to add loads of peripherals.

SD cards can generally be had cheaper than those provided with the kits and any OS you need to be installed can be done simply enough with any SD card reader and the relevant image and free software.

What are you planning to do with the pi3?

Use it for watching films off of external HD and internet stuff like youtube and maybe some games. Kodi looks good. All new to me though. All new learning curve.

koolpc · 10 Jan 2017 at 17:11

Would a Fire TV box be a better bet? I could watch content from my external HD plugged into it? Plus, i could put kodi on it?

Machasm · 10 Jan 2017 at 22:52

If your gonna run Kodi (which is great btw) then have a look at openelec.
It is a stripped down Linux distro which runs great on the pi3. I have 3 of these running in the home in the various bedrooms and as has already been stated you can run them off old redundant phone chargers. If you pick them up from RS components they are dirt cheap ( do overclockers sell them?).
Amazon are selling them too.
The fire stick is another alternative as you can load Kodi onto that too.

koolpc · 11 Jan 2017 at 08:22

Machasm said:
If your gonna run Kodi (which is great btw) then have a look at openelec.
It is a stripped down Linux distro which runs great on the pi3. I have 3 of these running in the home in the various bedrooms and as has already been stated you can run them off old redundant phone chargers. If you pick them up from RS components they are dirt cheap ( do overclockers sell them?).
Amazon are selling them too.
The fire stick is another alternative as you can load Kodi onto that too.

I seen the kits. Lots about. I would need a full kit.

bledd · 11 Jan 2017 at 09:02

Machasm said:
If your gonna run Kodi (which is great btw) then have a look at openelec.
It is a stripped down Linux distro which runs great on the pi3. I have 3 of these running in the home in the various bedrooms and as has already been stated you can run them off old redundant phone chargers. If you pick them up from RS components they are dirt cheap ( do overclockers sell them?).
Amazon are selling them too.
The fire stick is another alternative as you can load Kodi onto that too.

LibreELEC is better than OpenELEC.

koolpc · 11 Jan 2017 at 11:32

bledd said:
LibreELEC is better than OpenELEC.

How come?