Raspberry Pi 5, Single Board Computer, 4GB RAM, 2.4GHz 64-bit Quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 Processor, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE Wireless

Excellently. Easy to get put together.

Have been using it to run a subnet. Works great. Been going for months. Quiet and enough power for my use case

Nephew loved it!

Super easy to assemble and get going. I bought one to run pi-hole, and just bought a second to run Home Assistant OS.

This is the next generation of a verry successful and well-engineered product. I cannot (and don't intend to) compete with the great reviews that can be found for this device; I will simply say that it performs significatntly better than its predecessors, and consumes a bit more power in the process (takig 5A where prior models needed 3). The one thing I have found dishearening about this device, is that it will not reliably boot once power is restored after a loss (think, thunderstorm or power-line work). About half the time it will start on its own after losing and regaining power, the rest of the time, it will not. Since I run services on this device that I expect to be up (pretty much) all the time, and since I am out of town a lot, for days or weeks at a time, this supposed flagship product unfortunately cannot be used reliably in my network. I have two of these, purchased from different vendors, and they are alike in this respect. Plus there are plenty of problems reoprted about this issue. So if you need a device that's highly programmable and quite reliable (otherwise) - AND you don't care if it restarts after power loss, this is a really good option. It's just that one thing....

It’s perfect, but if you have Wi-Fi six, you will have issues

Great little kit that I got for a great price ($20 coupon)! I needed a Raspberry Pi to put together a GPS-synced NTP server, and I didn’t want to just have the raw board sitting around in the open. (yes, I did that before…) This worked beautifully for what I needed. As far as I can tell, the Pi, case and power supply are indeed the official items. The other included cables worked fine. The only criticism I have is that the included Micro SD is Seeed Studio custom branded, so I have no idea who is the actual manufacturer. But it did have the OS pre installed (I put my own copy on just because), and the capacity seems correct. And in any case, it seems to operate perfectly fine for my use case, it boots up very quickly and I haven’t noticed the system performing slowly. All in all, if I need another Pi, I’d be comfortable ordering this kit again!

Used as a streaming box for youtube (use included Firefox w/addons: ublock origin, and privacy badger (yes they do work with Pi’s bookworms OS); if you don’t like ads…). Performance is adequate at 1080p. Mouse can be a bit herky jerky at times. I added the app ZRAM. And the Rii i4 keypad, bluetooth. Will add ssd ($24) and see if that improves responsiveness, it just need a bit and is totally useable as is, video playback is excellant. At a simular price point, "GMKtec Mini PC NucBox G5, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake N97 (up to 3.6GHz), 12GB RAM 256GB M.2 SSD, Home & Business Mini Computer, Silent Office Pc 4K UHD Dual HDIMI, RJ45 Ethernet". I like them equally well, with the SSD the pi 5 is more expensive. Linux Mint with the mini pc. UPDATE: SSD made it snappier. I had issues with bluetooth function that I thought was ssd related but turned out to be upgrading the os to trixie (blue tooth drivers do not install correctly, not well documented at all, good luck). You do want to use the Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler - Aluminum Heatsink - SC1148, which is better than what this kit includes, and a case that breaths well.