“Massive improvement from the Pi 3. Reluctantly went for the 2gb model due to stock issues with the 4gb as I need it for relatively heavy use and it's exceeded all expectations. Only slightly negative thing I could say is they run a little on the warm side even at idle so would definitely recommend a well ventilated case with a fan and heatsink which can all be picked up fairly cheap.”
“It's ace. Recommend adding a FanShim. YouTube in full screen all day long. Far superior screen experience than the 3B+. Buy one from these guys. Grab a new HDMI cable, SD card and USB C power supply for a painless experience. Namaste”
“The 4GB board and Raspian combination make for an excellent desktop replacement system. It does all the tasks I ask of it, heavy office suite work, video playback, Nextcloud etc.
My only criticism is that the CPU, under load, runs at 60deg C. While I'm told that this is fine, it seems hot to me, so despite running this in a FLIRC aluminium case (which is also hot to the touch) I am coming to the conclusion that if I want this board to last, it will need positive cooling.
For me it has replaced an ASUS Tinker Board, Odroid XU4 and a Pine Rock64 (4gb), as Raspian is a more mature ARM OS, for the desktop, than the others that are currently available.”
“System works well and its nice to have the option for 4 GB of RAM, however despite getting the flirc case the device and now the case gets extremely hot to the point of unable to touch it. And this occurs when the device is idle.”
