RasperryPi 2 Model B 1GB

Nedved85

The new Rasperry Pi 2 has just been released and is on sale here for £29.93 to Parcel motel:

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=SC13793

or €46.64 from their Irish site delivered to an Irish Address:

http://cpcireland.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=SC13793

Also slightly cheaper here (£27.42 including delivery to Parcel Motel):

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/832-6274/

==> A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
==> 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
==> Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1

Details and specs here:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52315

Pretty good value for the spec.

RossieMan

might finally take the plunge, seems like this should run everything smoothly.

Do-more

Where does the price end up after you add on essentials like case, power supply, SD card plus the additional codec packs that are required to use as a media streamer?

TerrorFirmer

Windows 10 is also coming to the Pi2 in the future. Excellent little device.

utyh2ikcq9z76b

Do-more wrote: »

Where does the price end up after you add on essentials like case, power supply, SD card plus the additional codec packs that are required to use as a media streamer?

You should be able to get cheap cases €2-3, but its not needed, I'd be surprised if you didn't have a spare power supply or spare USB port to charge from, I have mine charging from USB on eircom router, you can get really cheap SD cards...I never purchased the add-on codec and never run into problems playing stuff

GY A1

rs has an irish site also
priced at 30 euro


Also slightly cheaper here (£27.42 including delivery to Parcel Motel):

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/832-6274/

==> A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
==> 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
==> Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1

Nedved85

GY A1 wrote: »

rs has an irish site also
priced at 30 euro


Also slightly cheaper here (£27.42 including delivery to Parcel Motel):

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/832-6274/

==> A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
==> 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
==> Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1

Works out at €43.03 including VAT though

KomradeBishop

Nice - ordered one there. I can't seem to find any cases that are compatible with it though, it seems to have a different layout; anyone see one?

pabloh999

I have the previous model raspberry would this handle 1080p high bitrate much better?
Mine struggles at times with the higher quality bitrate.

Also i was going to get the pipo x7 anyone know would this raspberry compete with that??

DubDJ

Nedved85 wrote: »

Works out at €43.03 including VAT though

Yeah I seen it earlier this morning and tie final price including VAT and delivery was ~€43. The Windows 10 thing makes it all the more interesting. I had the original 256MB RAM model and never really found much use for it.

KomradeBishop

Ya this should handle higher bitrates much better.

so what would be an actual use for this new model then with windows 10?
with anyone I know who bought the first one the novelty soon wore off and it wasn't used for much
obviously for kids who want to get into coding etc it's a great idea.

pabloh999

glasso wrote: »

so what would be an actual use for this new model then with windows 10?
with anyone I know who bought the first one the novelty soon wore off and it wasn't used for much
obviously for kids who want to get into coding etc it's a great idea.

I use it as a htpc running xbmc it plays most hd stuff, pretty decent media player

My experience was that although it could be put to a wide number of uses it did none of them very well. I think if you're in the profession of coding and tech stuff then it has appeal but to me the first one wasn't very good at all.

Do-more

KomradeBishop wrote: »

Ya this should handle higher bitrates much better.

No expert, but reading the thread on this on the Kodi forum they were saying that the video engine (whatever that is) is no different from the previous Pi but the extra performance of the new one will help in scrolling through menus which was the weak point of the previous model. But don't take my word for it!

beauf

KomradeBishop wrote: »

Ya this should handle higher bitrates much better.

Open to correction. But this, seems to have the same graphics/video hardware as the old one. Thats what does all the heavy lifting on video playback. AFAIK there was no problem with video playback on the old one. But everything else should be faster depending if it can take advantage of the quad cores.

KomradeBishop

Ya I could be wrong so - I definitely had problems with some very high quality videos stuttering though.

beauf

I dunno how other bottlenecks like low RAM, I/O (disk access) effect large files. Or what would be considered a large for Pi.

Etnies

I never had a problem scrolling on my v1 Pi on xbmc, as long as you changed the overclock settings up one.

lawred2

anyone doing ready to go kits with the Pi2 yet?

I'll be probably looking for 2 wireless Pi2 kits for xbmc..

p15574

pabloh999 wrote: »

I use it as a htpc running xbmc it plays most hd stuff, pretty decent media player

Me too, plays movies over the network, great interface, just downloaded a self-install package so no technical knowledge required, powered from the TV's USB port so switches on and off with that and it works using the existing TV remote control.

Mantis Toboggan

What advantages would this have over a Google Chromecast?

fish fingers

I've the 2nd edition (512mb) running full time in my bedroom with Openelec for over a year with no problems. The menus are slow enough, but playback is perfect. I'll definitely be getting one of these.

Alanstrainor

Tyson Fury wrote: »

What advantages would this have over a Google Chromecast?

This is a computer in it's own right, and doesn't need a phone/laptop/tablet to cast from. By the looks of it you will get a version of Windows that will run on it, but it's not needed. You can essentially turn it into a media centre for watching movies on your tv. All for under 50 quid. It can also do much more if you're so inclined.

Raoul

Tyson Fury wrote: »

What advantages would this have over a Google Chromecast?

You don't need a second device to cast something to the raspberry pi. On pi you can install an OS called KODI (previously XBMC) which you can install add ons on which can be used to view lots of things .

Important to note though that this is just the board itself. You would need other things to go with it.

Do-more

For anyone without easy access to Parcel motel the cheapest option for direct delivery appears to be the Pi Hut @£;30 + £2 international delivery

Raoul

Is it not 39 euro on the farnell website? Surely that is the most hassle free and cheapest way.

RossieMan

Do they have stock yet though?

Raoul

I think so.

CountingCrows

Seeing as it'll run with Windows 10, does that mean it should work with Sky Go?

Do-more

Raoul wrote: »

Is it not 39 euro on the farnell website? Surely that is the most hassle free and cheapest way.

Bumps up to €46.64 when you get to the checkout when they add the €6+vat Paddy handling charge!