REVIEW – I love running Linux on single board computers. And I’m unashamedly a huge fan of the Raspberry Pi range having used them since their first incarnation.
The iRasptek Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Starter Kit gives you everything you need to get started with your adventures with the Pi 5.
What’s in the box?
- Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB RAM
- Pi 5 Metal Case
- Active Cooler
- 128GB SanDisk microSD card with the Raspberry Pi OS pre-installed
- 2x4K Micro HDMI to HDMI cables
- Card reader
- 27W USB-C Power Supply
- Quick start guide and GPIO reference card
Installation
The assembly is very straightforward. it’s just a few steps and only takes around 10 minutes. The only fiddly parts are removing the tiny plastic hat on the pins to connect the fan to the Pi board, and fitting the plastic power button cap which took a few attempts to keep it in place. The quick-start guide could be improved but as the installation process is very simple that’s not really an issue.
I’m now going to look at the main components included with the kit.
Next page: Page 2 – Single Board Computer
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction and Installation
Page 2 – Raspberry Pi 5 single board computer
Page 3 – Metal Case and Active Cooler
Page 4 – microSD card
Page 5 – Summary
All articles in this series:
| Raspberry Pi 5 Series | |
|---|---|
Hardware | |
| iRasptek Starter Kit | All the kit you need to get started with the Pi 5 |
| Pironman 5 Case Review | Transform the Pi 5 into a beautiful desktop mini PC |
| Passive Cooling the Pi 5 | Passively cool your Pi 5 the right way. Silent yet cool |
| Benchmarking | Benchmarking the Pi 5 against an Intel N100 mini PC |
| Overclocking | Let's increase the clock speed of the BCM2712 SoC |
| Power Consumption | Compare the power consumption of the Pi 5 with Intel Mini PCs |
Configuration | |
| raspi-config | Useful text-based tool to configure the Pi 5 |
| PiGro | GUI tool that streamlines the process of managing the Pi 5 |
| Increase Swap Memory Size | Increase the swap size from 512MB to 2GB |
| ZRAM swapdrive | Simple script to use a ZRAM swapdrive instead of a swapfile |
Software | |
| Installing Software | Different ways to install software on the Pi 5 |
| df snap pollution | Replace df with dysk |