Get the Pi 5, it's $5/$10 more for a lot more performance. 4GB would be fine for usual browsing, 8gb will give headroom for future software.Interesting!We keep making (almost) all the old Pis, and will probably continue to do so until no-one wants them. Pi 4 EOL is NET 2034.
I see a lot of Pi 5 kits with heat sinks or fan and heat sink, almost like it is recommended. I don't notice that for the Pi 4. I don't feel I need the processing power of a Pi 5, just more memory than my Pi 3 for the Pi desktop and browser to run reasonably smooth. Is my thinking wrong?
I'm just writing and debugging code and devices on the Pi 4/5 to be deployed headless down the road on some Pi Zero W or maybe some Nano's.
Statistics: Posted by jamesh — Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:09 pm