Post Time: 2026-03-13
Country: United States, Australia, United Kingdom. City: Henderson, Lincoln, Long Beach, McAllen, SpokaneThe Raspberry Pi 500+ adds on things missing from the regular 500. But at what cost? And with full RGB... is it any better at gaming? What if we throw hyperlink in an eGPU? Mentioned in this video: - Raspberry Pi 500+: - Raspberry Pi Monitor: - Lumafield scans: - Pi 500+ 'top' (right side): - Pi 500+ 'bottom' (left side): - ZX Spectrum Video by Adrian's Digital Basement: And please click the following article here are all the parts I used in testing the Pi 500+ (some links are affiliate links): - RIITOP NVMe to USB Docking Station: - JMT M.2 M-Key to OCuLink PCIe Dock: - chenyang SFF-8611 OCuLink Cable: - Lian Li 750W SFX Power Supply: my website - AVerMedia GC513 Live Gamer external Capture Card: - Mechanical keyboard key cap puller: - dagaladoo Low Profile PBT Keycaps: - KBDiy 9009 Doys Low Profile PBT Keycaps: Support me on Patreon: Sponsor me on GitHub: Merch: 2nd Channel: 3rd Channel: Contents: 00:00 - Mechanical keyboard, NVMe, 16 GB RAM, $200 01:57 - Performance 02:52 - Looking inside with Lumafield CT scans 04:36 - Cracking the case 05:20 - Oculink and eGPU Docks 11:02 - AMD RX 7900 XT on a Pi 500+ 12:27 - We're gaming! And private LLM'ing! 13:53 - How's the keyboard? 14:49 - Alternate keycaps and mechanical keyboarding 18:31 - Keyboard configuration, RGB, and an easter egg 19:55 - Is it worth $110 more?
