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2 HN users recommended this between 2021 and 2023, in 2 comments.
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I'd like to see that reseller. A german comparison site list 37+4 Euros for the 3B+ [0] and 39+4 for the 4 2GB [1]. Reichelt, an official reseller, list 37 Euros for the 3 [2]. Amazon lists 66 Euros for the 4 4GB [4].
[0] https://geizhals.de/raspberry-pi-3-modell-b-a1785657.html
[1] https://geizhals.de/raspberry-pi-4-modell-b-a2081127.html
[2] https://www.reichelt.de/de/de/raspberry-pi-3-b-4x-1-2-ghz-1-...
[3] https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Raspberry-ARM-Cortex-A72-WLAN-ac-...
> Amazon sells 16GB SD cards for 5€, and a charger is really the least of your budget problems.
A 5 port USB charger is 25 Euro: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Anker-PowerPort-Port-Charger-Sing...
You can go a bit cheaper, but not too much in order to avoid brown-outs (very possible with the Pi 3/4, but 1A charger struggle even with the older models).
You can save on the SD cards, if disk performance does not matter, I give you that.
Still, these small amounts add up quickly. When we're talking about a sub-100 Euro project, throwing in 20 euro for the charger and another 20 for SD cards quickly drains your budget. Even with your pricing, a Pi 3+ cluster would run us (28+5)*[3/4]+4+20 = 123/156 Euros - close to double the original estimate and without any cables whatsoever.
I don't mean to say the Pi is overly expensive - it's good value for what it is. But these small project do quickly add up and when you don't play it's strengths, you end up in a situation where you pay more money for the Pi project than more powerful hardware would have cost you in the beginning.
A 4GB Raspberry Pi 4 costs... $169 USD actively on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Model-2019-Quad-Bluetooth/d...).
I can find more powerful laptops for cheaper. I can get a Dell R720 which has drastically more computing power (32x RAM, much more powerful CPU) for twice the price.
RPI used to be economical. If it still cost $50 USD, I'd grab them in a heartbeat to do these types of projects, but as it is, on price, they are almost Apple levels of overpriced (if not more).