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Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
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Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again.
From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched at $120 back in 2025, rose to $205 in early 2026, and later incremental increases got it to $305.
And it’s not the only model whose price tag will be making wallets wince.
A $40 price hike hits the Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) with 16 GB RAM.
For now at least, the (not exactly cheap) Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard PC is unchanged.
The rises are, of course, not ones the foundation makes willing. It’s down to the ongoing memory crisis caused by colossal demand from the AI industry and data centre hyperscalers, exacerbated by a lack of diversified supply chain.
It says it looks forward to “rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again”. When will that be? Some industry bods say not until the mid-2030s.
Raspberry Pi is putting forward to creative solutions to try and help. It launched a 3GB model of its Raspberry Pi 4 and, earlier in the crisis, a dual-RAM model using lower-density chips. It also suggests would-be buyers consider how much RAM they actually need.
But it is the case that smaller hardware companies are hit worse by industry volatility, mainly because of (a lack of) purchasing power.
This year saw Pine64 nope out of making Linux devices at all due to the compounding factors from component cost rises, which had inflated to the point it rendered their whole ‘affordable’ hardware pitch to encourage hacking and tinkering utterly moot.
You’re to blame, buddy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently blamed memory supply chain issues on selfish users buying up RAM to run open-source AI models locally, saying it’s “quite terrible”1 for people to have “a bunch of the world’s limited supply of [DRAM] sitting in their own computer”.
If you’re reading this, tutting at the latest round of price rises, have some self awareness.
That monster gaming rig or a tricked-out workstation you’re using? Do the altruistic, public-spirited thing and remove the RAM and post it to your nearest data centre.
They need it more than you, sucker.
Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again.
From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched at $120 back in 2025, rose to $205 in early 2026, and later incremental increases got it to $305.
And it’s not the only model whose price tag will be making wallets wince.
A $40 price hike hits the Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) with 16 GB RAM.
For now at least, the (not exactly cheap) Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard PC is unchanged.
The rises are, of course, not ones the foundation makes willing. It’s down to the ongoing memory crisis caused by colossal demand from the AI industry and data centre hyperscalers, exacerbated by a lack of diversified supply chain.
It says it looks forward to “rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again”. When will that be? Some industry bods say not until the mid-2030s.
Raspberry Pi is putting forward to creative solutions to try and help. It launched a 3GB model of its Raspberry Pi 4 and, earlier in the crisis, a dual-RAM model using lower-density chips. It also suggests would-be buyers consider how much RAM they actually need.
But it is the case that smaller hardware companies are hit worse by industry volatility, mainly because of (a lack of) purchasing power.
This year saw Pine64 nope out of making Linux devices at all due to the compounding factors from component cost rises, which had inflated to the point it rendered their whole ‘affordable’ hardware pitch to encourage hacking and tinkering utterly moot.
You’re to blame, buddy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently blamed memory supply chain issues on selfish users buying up RAM to run open-source AI models locally, saying it’s “quite terrible”1 for people to have “a bunch of the world’s limited supply of [DRAM] sitting in their own computer”.
If you’re reading this, tutting at the latest round of price rises, have some self awareness.
That monster gaming rig or a tricked-out workstation you’re using? Do the altruistic, public-spirited thing and remove the RAM and post it to your nearest data centre.
They need it more than you, sucker.
Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
I bought a Pi 5 for a project recently, and it just isn't worth it anymore.
The price wasn't even the part that razzed me the most, it was how utterly shit the Bluetooth signal was compounded with the fact they don't even offer a simple u.fl jack. The lines are there, you can actually scrape some solder mask and mod one in, but it looks like a pain.
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Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again.
From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched at $120 back in 2025, rose to $205 in early 2026, and later incremental increases got it to $305.
And it’s not the only model whose price tag will be making wallets wince.
A $40 price hike hits the Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) with 16 GB RAM.
For now at least, the (not exactly cheap) Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard PC is unchanged.
The rises are, of course, not ones the foundation makes willing. It’s down to the ongoing memory crisis caused by colossal demand from the AI industry and data centre hyperscalers, exacerbated by a lack of diversified supply chain.
It says it looks forward to “rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again”. When will that be? Some industry bods say not until the mid-2030s.
Raspberry Pi is putting forward to creative solutions to try and help. It launched a 3GB model of its Raspberry Pi 4 and, earlier in the crisis, a dual-RAM model using lower-density chips. It also suggests would-be buyers consider how much RAM they actually need.
But it is the case that smaller hardware companies are hit worse by industry volatility, mainly because of (a lack of) purchasing power.
This year saw Pine64 nope out of making Linux devices at all due to the compounding factors from component cost rises, which had inflated to the point it rendered their whole ‘affordable’ hardware pitch to encourage hacking and tinkering utterly moot.
You’re to blame, buddy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently blamed memory supply chain issues on selfish users buying up RAM to run open-source AI models locally, saying it’s “quite terrible”1 for people to have “a bunch of the world’s limited supply of [DRAM] sitting in their own computer”.
If you’re reading this, tutting at the latest round of price rises, have some self awareness.
That monster gaming rig or a tricked-out workstation you’re using? Do the altruistic, public-spirited thing and remove the RAM and post it to your nearest data centre.
They need it more than you, sucker.
Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Aren’t they a publicly traded company now?
Gotta keep the shareholders happy… -
I bought a Pi 5 for a project recently, and it just isn't worth it anymore.
The price wasn't even the part that razzed me the most, it was how utterly shit the Bluetooth signal was compounded with the fact they don't even offer a simple u.fl jack. The lines are there, you can actually scrape some solder mask and mod one in, but it looks like a pain.
Pi was made popular by "cheap price, decent enough product". You get good value, and accept its quirks. But now when you can spend a bit more and get a "better" product, the usecases for Pi aren't really there in my opinion.
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Pi was made popular by "cheap price, decent enough product". You get good value, and accept its quirks. But now when you can spend a bit more and get a "better" product, the usecases for Pi aren't really there in my opinion.
I do expect bluetooth connectivity more than 2 feet away though, even if it were half the price.
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Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again.
From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched at $120 back in 2025, rose to $205 in early 2026, and later incremental increases got it to $305.
And it’s not the only model whose price tag will be making wallets wince.
A $40 price hike hits the Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) with 16 GB RAM.
For now at least, the (not exactly cheap) Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard PC is unchanged.
The rises are, of course, not ones the foundation makes willing. It’s down to the ongoing memory crisis caused by colossal demand from the AI industry and data centre hyperscalers, exacerbated by a lack of diversified supply chain.
It says it looks forward to “rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again”. When will that be? Some industry bods say not until the mid-2030s.
Raspberry Pi is putting forward to creative solutions to try and help. It launched a 3GB model of its Raspberry Pi 4 and, earlier in the crisis, a dual-RAM model using lower-density chips. It also suggests would-be buyers consider how much RAM they actually need.
But it is the case that smaller hardware companies are hit worse by industry volatility, mainly because of (a lack of) purchasing power.
This year saw Pine64 nope out of making Linux devices at all due to the compounding factors from component cost rises, which had inflated to the point it rendered their whole ‘affordable’ hardware pitch to encourage hacking and tinkering utterly moot.
You’re to blame, buddy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently blamed memory supply chain issues on selfish users buying up RAM to run open-source AI models locally, saying it’s “quite terrible”1 for people to have “a bunch of the world’s limited supply of [DRAM] sitting in their own computer”.
If you’re reading this, tutting at the latest round of price rises, have some self awareness.
That monster gaming rig or a tricked-out workstation you’re using? Do the altruistic, public-spirited thing and remove the RAM and post it to your nearest data centre.
They need it more than you, sucker.
Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Remember when a raspberry pi was meant to be a cheap computer for hobby projects? I think I paid $20 or $30 for my 2B at the height of its popularity.
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Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again.
From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched at $120 back in 2025, rose to $205 in early 2026, and later incremental increases got it to $305.
And it’s not the only model whose price tag will be making wallets wince.
A $40 price hike hits the Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) with 16 GB RAM.
For now at least, the (not exactly cheap) Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard PC is unchanged.
The rises are, of course, not ones the foundation makes willing. It’s down to the ongoing memory crisis caused by colossal demand from the AI industry and data centre hyperscalers, exacerbated by a lack of diversified supply chain.
It says it looks forward to “rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again”. When will that be? Some industry bods say not until the mid-2030s.
Raspberry Pi is putting forward to creative solutions to try and help. It launched a 3GB model of its Raspberry Pi 4 and, earlier in the crisis, a dual-RAM model using lower-density chips. It also suggests would-be buyers consider how much RAM they actually need.
But it is the case that smaller hardware companies are hit worse by industry volatility, mainly because of (a lack of) purchasing power.
This year saw Pine64 nope out of making Linux devices at all due to the compounding factors from component cost rises, which had inflated to the point it rendered their whole ‘affordable’ hardware pitch to encourage hacking and tinkering utterly moot.
You’re to blame, buddy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently blamed memory supply chain issues on selfish users buying up RAM to run open-source AI models locally, saying it’s “quite terrible”1 for people to have “a bunch of the world’s limited supply of [DRAM] sitting in their own computer”.
If you’re reading this, tutting at the latest round of price rises, have some self awareness.
That monster gaming rig or a tricked-out workstation you’re using? Do the altruistic, public-spirited thing and remove the RAM and post it to your nearest data centre.
They need it more than you, sucker.
Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Old laptops are way better than R pi's at this point. Saves e-waste too.
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Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again.
From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched at $120 back in 2025, rose to $205 in early 2026, and later incremental increases got it to $305.
And it’s not the only model whose price tag will be making wallets wince.
A $40 price hike hits the Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) with 16 GB RAM.
For now at least, the (not exactly cheap) Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard PC is unchanged.
The rises are, of course, not ones the foundation makes willing. It’s down to the ongoing memory crisis caused by colossal demand from the AI industry and data centre hyperscalers, exacerbated by a lack of diversified supply chain.
It says it looks forward to “rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again”. When will that be? Some industry bods say not until the mid-2030s.
Raspberry Pi is putting forward to creative solutions to try and help. It launched a 3GB model of its Raspberry Pi 4 and, earlier in the crisis, a dual-RAM model using lower-density chips. It also suggests would-be buyers consider how much RAM they actually need.
But it is the case that smaller hardware companies are hit worse by industry volatility, mainly because of (a lack of) purchasing power.
This year saw Pine64 nope out of making Linux devices at all due to the compounding factors from component cost rises, which had inflated to the point it rendered their whole ‘affordable’ hardware pitch to encourage hacking and tinkering utterly moot.
You’re to blame, buddy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently blamed memory supply chain issues on selfish users buying up RAM to run open-source AI models locally, saying it’s “quite terrible”1 for people to have “a bunch of the world’s limited supply of [DRAM] sitting in their own computer”.
If you’re reading this, tutting at the latest round of price rises, have some self awareness.
That monster gaming rig or a tricked-out workstation you’re using? Do the altruistic, public-spirited thing and remove the RAM and post it to your nearest data centre.
They need it more than you, sucker.
Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
These weren't worth it at the $120 price point, let alone now. I'm going to be recycling older SFF PCs I guess, at the penalty of higher noise and TDP.
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Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again.
From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched at $120 back in 2025, rose to $205 in early 2026, and later incremental increases got it to $305.
And it’s not the only model whose price tag will be making wallets wince.
A $40 price hike hits the Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) with 16 GB RAM.
For now at least, the (not exactly cheap) Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard PC is unchanged.
The rises are, of course, not ones the foundation makes willing. It’s down to the ongoing memory crisis caused by colossal demand from the AI industry and data centre hyperscalers, exacerbated by a lack of diversified supply chain.
It says it looks forward to “rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again”. When will that be? Some industry bods say not until the mid-2030s.
Raspberry Pi is putting forward to creative solutions to try and help. It launched a 3GB model of its Raspberry Pi 4 and, earlier in the crisis, a dual-RAM model using lower-density chips. It also suggests would-be buyers consider how much RAM they actually need.
But it is the case that smaller hardware companies are hit worse by industry volatility, mainly because of (a lack of) purchasing power.
This year saw Pine64 nope out of making Linux devices at all due to the compounding factors from component cost rises, which had inflated to the point it rendered their whole ‘affordable’ hardware pitch to encourage hacking and tinkering utterly moot.
You’re to blame, buddy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently blamed memory supply chain issues on selfish users buying up RAM to run open-source AI models locally, saying it’s “quite terrible”1 for people to have “a bunch of the world’s limited supply of [DRAM] sitting in their own computer”.
If you’re reading this, tutting at the latest round of price rises, have some self awareness.
That monster gaming rig or a tricked-out workstation you’re using? Do the altruistic, public-spirited thing and remove the RAM and post it to your nearest data centre.
They need it more than you, sucker.
Raspberry Pi announce another eye-watering price hike - OMG! Ubuntu
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
The Raspberry Pi was a $35 computer when it came out.
Who the fuck would pay $300 for one?
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