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Review on πŸ”₯ CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Basic Starter Kit with Fan: Ultimate Versatility and Enhanced Performance by Nick Kirschenmann

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Wonderful kit for an "unmatched " RPi4 experience

I've built a dozen Raspberry Pi 3B+ SBCs with my grandkids and others, and each blue and yellow box was filled with wonder and happiness. When the Raspberry Pi 4 was released I immediately went with the 4GB version of CanaKit knowing all the necessary parts would be there - I wasn't disappointed. RPi4 is fast and the new Raspbian Buster OS (based on Debian 10) is a definite step up from Jessie. The two 4K HDMI ports work great. How on earth they can pack so much performance into such an affordable board is a mystery, but they do it. Like 3B+ before it, SSH and VNC come pre-installed and will work once you enable them in the Control Panel. The Real VNC Viewer works great, and with dual screens and RPi4 speed, it could easily be a dedicated admin computer to remotely control other computers or control headless Pi boards in built-in apps. I highly recommend buying or making a 32GB NOOBS SD chip. It's very simple and installing Raspbian is much faster than on 3B+. Every computer scientist needs at least one of these. We will use many of them.

Pros
  • CanaKit Premium Clear Raspberry Pi 4 Case, CanaKit Fan, Heatsink Kit
Cons
  • Update Availability