Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit - 4GB RAM，128GB Micro SD Card pre-Loaded with 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS

Excellently. Easy to get put together.

Super easy to assemble and get going. I bought one to run pi-hole, and just bought a second to run Home Assistant OS.

Great little kit that I got for a great price ($20 coupon)! I needed a Raspberry Pi to put together a GPS-synced NTP server, and I didn’t want to just have the raw board sitting around in the open. (yes, I did that before…) This worked beautifully for what I needed. As far as I can tell, the Pi, case and power supply are indeed the official items. The other included cables worked fine. The only criticism I have is that the included Micro SD is Seeed Studio custom branded, so I have no idea who is the actual manufacturer. But it did have the OS pre installed (I put my own copy on just because), and the capacity seems correct. And in any case, it seems to operate perfectly fine for my use case, it boots up very quickly and I haven’t noticed the system performing slowly. All in all, if I need another Pi, I’d be comfortable ordering this kit again!

Solid, compatible, reliable so far

Works great for my Home Assistant install.

Very powerful computer. Can be used in multiple ways.

It's a great sbc and it performance is amazing

Used as a streaming box for youtube (use included Firefox w/addons: ublock origin, and privacy badger (yes they do work with Pi’s bookworms OS); if you don’t like ads…). Performance is adequate at 1080p. Mouse can be a bit herky jerky at times. I added the app ZRAM. And the Rii i4 keypad, bluetooth. Will add ssd ($24) and see if that improves responsiveness, it just need a bit and is totally useable as is, video playback is excellant. At a simular price point, "GMKtec Mini PC NucBox G5, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake N97 (up to 3.6GHz), 12GB RAM 256GB M.2 SSD, Home & Business Mini Computer, Silent Office Pc 4K UHD Dual HDIMI, RJ45 Ethernet". I like them equally well, with the SSD the pi 5 is more expensive. Linux Mint with the mini pc. UPDATE: SSD made it snappier. I had issues with bluetooth function that I thought was ssd related but turned out to be upgrading the os to trixie (blue tooth drivers do not install correctly, not well documented at all, good luck). You do want to use the Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler - Aluminum Heatsink - SC1148, which is better than what this kit includes, and a case that breaths well.