cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/79898

I am planning on getting a rasberry pi b+ for a specific use case and I have many questions(mostly about kits)Do I need the kit versions?Do they have things I need to use the rasberry pi?(Other than the case)Can I just buy only a rasberry pi?(of course ill need things like an HDMI cable to use it on a monitor but do these kits have necessary things or can I just use a rasberry pi by itself?)

  • @N0b3d
    3•3 years ago

    Without knowing your specific use case it’s difficult to know what to recommend. I’ve used a b+ to run pi-hole before now and found that at some time there had been overheating issues. I put this down to running potentially intensive use (all that ad blocking) and having the Pi in an enclosed case that looks nice but may hinder ambient cooling (for want of a better phrase) by reducing air flow.