Comment by schappim
4 hours ago
Some folks might have missed that memory prices on the whole are up [1] 90% since Q4.
The memory used by the Pi 5 is up 700% [2]!
Raspberry Pi are working the issue by releasing new memory variants that are cheaper[2].
Edit: You can still walk into a Microcenter and get Pi 5 16GB for US $289!
1. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/
2. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-fo...
Microcenter doubled the price of the 500+ kit shortly after I bought one. Still $90 cheaper than Adafruit, unsurprisingly.
You'd have to imagine that the 500+ Kit's cost of goods is impacted twice, first on memory and again on solid state storage.
>Raspberry Pi are working the issue by releasing new memory variants that are cheaper[2]
Raspberry Pi are working on the issue but letting you spend the same amount of money per GB, for fewer GB.
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