Raspberry Pi 4 8GB Starter Kit By LABISTS - Is It Worth Buying?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2020
- Let’s take a look at the new Raspberry Pi 4 8GB tarter Kit from Labists.
How good is it? Is it Worth Buying? Let's find out.
In this video, we do an unboxing quick assembly and some thermal test using the included dual Fan RGB Heatsink. Spoiler Alert If you are in the market for an 8GB Pi4 you might want to take look at this kit.
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4 month update: I bought this exact kit because of this video and Im still very happy with this purchase. I have my pi overclocked to 2.1 gigahertz and have a 128gb sd card filled with a couple thousand games and my pi never overheats. ETA prime thanks for your great videos! Anytime something new pi related comes out the first thing I do is check your TH-cam channel.
Which games are you able to play on rpi4?
Sir can u give the link in Amazon for this product the link given is too old and outdated so I am. Not able to get one
how do you overclock this?
The most comprehensive starter guide on youtube. Very to the point. Thank you!
Me being new to this I had a few starter kits in mind, right when I seen those fans light up it was a done deal. Thank you!
Needing a second Pi-4, I recently got the CanaKit 8GB starter set. Although it came with a cute little plastic case with a rather small 30mm fan, even with the nice heat sinks they provided didn't seem to cool it much at all. I upgraded to a GeekPi Ice-Tower cooler a couple of days later which cut the CPU temperature by over 40C - dropping the average lightly loaded temperatures from over 80C to slightly less than 40C! The other accessories that came with the CanaKit worked perfectly - but the cooling of the originally provided case should have been much better.
Thanks newbie here just got this kit and followed along with you and I feel like a longtime computer tech!!
That's a really nice starter kit. I so like the lead switch. Saves pulling the lead out or bending down to pull the plug out. Nice touch.
I’ve watched enough of your videos to know that I need to subscribe…great video.
Thank you. I totally missed putting the pads for the heat sink on mine - To big of a hurry to get it up and running. Got to go back and to that before I fire it up again.
Thanks for this video. I wanted to ease into the Pi (I've been using Unix since 1992 - started on the wonderful SunOS - but didn't want to kludge my way into this). Saw the video, ordered the kit, and it all came as advertised. Not sure what to do with the 4 standoffs tho' :). This made the process stress-free. Much appreciated.
I got a similar kit from the same company, and it's great! definitely recommende to everyone.
Great video! Mine was $109 and I'm building and deploying it tomorrow! I'm encouraged that you also think it's a great buy. Thank you!
You make such great videos, dude. May your affiliate and ad revenue come pouring in! I have to Raspberry pi 3's lying around collecting dust, so I'm not ready to get another one, but I do enjoy seeing your reviews!
Thank you for posting this! The instructions in my kit were not for the case included and had no idea what to do with the 3M pads. The video link included in the instruction were for a different case too.
Its under their youtube channel. They have videos for a few of their kits and cases
Great video for people who are thinking to get into the world of Raspberries, this kit will sure give them a fancy head start. I got the Argon One myself, and like the look of a small Mini-PC on my desk with all cables stacked backwards nice and tidy! (Like number 2020)
This is amazing, especially considering that only the amazon page mentions applying the thermal pads and the official site says nothing, it doesn't even have the locations shown on the site
Great video. I ordered this one about 10 hours ago. It will be my 1st raspberry pi.
Let me know how it turns out. I want to get into this technology myself.
@@warronfrench8163 I've been overclocking my pi4 and playing psp games with no issues. I have 4,000 games on my pi4 on just one big micro sd card. Great little computer
Love to see someone try and do a water-cooled one
lmao me too
LABIST customer service is absolutely brilliant. Never had a customer service like it. The micro sd port fell off and they simply replaced it for free!
What timing! I just ordered their 4Gb model yesterday with the 20% coupon too!
What's the coupon code?
Loved the video. How did u overclocked the pi???
I’ve just got my first pi and a Argon One M.2 case. It looks like great fun and as it isn’t one of my main computers I might go with the Raspberry 64 bit OS. I know it’s still in the beta stage but I’ve nothing to lose as there’ll never be anything important stored on it.
Very nice kit, hope the make different color cases, black or gray might be good looking!
That heatsink is better than those I have gotten with other kits. Looks like it is a good value for this kit.
heh typo "Raspbain" OS on card not a bad little kit.
Well, it won't matter anymore now, it will be a curiosity. Because they renamed the OS XD.
New Batman villain
In 30 years retro enthusiast will pay to collect such quirks
I think Im going to pick this up soon!
Nice little review of a worthy sbc
Once again, Eta strikes again ! But i would like some advices, i'm searching a case for my older raspberry pi 3 with some cooling elements inside it, any advices ? :)
The Argon One case does come in a model for the 3b+.
In a few years I can't wait for the raspberry pi updates. Soon I'll be able to play everything from retro to ps2 soon...
Well, why not install Batocera on those old laptops and PCs you've been meaning to do something with in the meantime?
Thanks for what you do. Is the D8CJN chip an 8gig chip? That is what I have on my Model B.
I do have the previous version in black. I picked it up for ~85€ for the 4Gb version 2 years ago.
dang this has more ram than my phone and laptop
I feel for you
Derpingz same...
Hahaha same
Me too... both combined :(
I Have 3GB Ram And 16GB Storage
Great video, ETA. Can you install a different linux distro, such as Pop or Manjaro on a Raspberry?
I bought it directly on their site... Hope it will come =D
You sound like 'Professor Messer'...Awesome video! I cannot to buy one of these.
I love these pi videos
I was just thinking about buying this earlier.
I’ve found the Geekpi kit for GBpi is a really good price as well.
Is there a way to disable the fan light show without snipping wires? And if snipping wires is the only way to do that, how do we do that? Thanks for the review ETA
Is that microsd reader micro sdxc compatible? Thanks for the review
I like everything except the RGB (y'all probably consider that a plus). Just more wires I have to cut. But, if you consider Amazon's regular pricing on all that stuff to be "fair", then yeah, it's a (slight) bargain. I'd still have to pick up at least a 3.5A Argon PSU though, so there went my savings.
and I thought I was the only one who hated the cheapish looking RGBs.
Do you know if it’s possible to shut it off?
Great kit except after a month one fan stopped working and other fan is super loud. Do you sell replacement fans?
This seems like a great kit.
That mouse and keyboard is the exact type I have
Is that an affiliate link? I did order one of these as I've wanted to for a while. Thanks for the video.
what size are the fans, 20mm? I wonder if I could rig up dual noctua 20x10mm fans. Noctua are SUPER quiet even at higher RPM, but it would be a 3 pin so I need to figure out how to do that with the pi4 board.
How do you get the brown paper off the heat transfer pads? I've mangled one pad already and was/am pretty close to mangling #2? I'll need to get some more of them.
im so glad they changed the fan
Thank you!
I know this is an old video, but during this past Prime Day i bought what it seemed like this same kit, but it comes with a bag with 4 extra screws that are very long and hollow on the other side, they are like motherboard stanoffs but like an inch long. What are they used for? Oh, also, now it comes with 4 thermal pads instead of 3
4:48 that hekin lonely screw
Did you have to flash micro so card with the pi , os and can I do this without a windows computer , also do you know if I can use a hd from a old laptop as storage for my pi setup
I'm interested to know how Wi-Fi and Bluetooth perform with these big heatsinks and metal cases because I think they are a killer for radio signals
I have this kit, no problem with wifi or bluetooth at all!
I have this exact kit and WiFi and bluetooth work flawlessly
I ended up getting a used Pi 3B not long ago that came with the heatsinks installed, turns out the heatsinks had some kind of adhesive or thermal pad? Carefully took off the CPU heatsink and added a small dab of thermal paste so it wouldnt stick to the CPU again, it dropped the CPUs temp about 10C or so, more so when using a FAN Hat. So i dont think id use just a thermal pad without a little thermal paste when i get a Pi4
What different kinds of things could you do on a 8gb vs 4gb ? Like do I really need a 8gb? How often do they update the hardware of raspberry pi?
AHHH COME ON ETA!! I'm trying to save for a PS5. LOL!!
P5?
@@prestonjudearnold2814 I think he means raspberry pi 5.
@@marinalisgara or ps5
@@prestonjudearnold2814 what kind of human being would chose between a raspberry pi 4 and a ps5? They are VERY different products for different consumers. Also if he meant ps5 he probably wouldn't write p5.
@@marinalisgara true how much would the pi5 be?
Is there a way to disable the rgb lighting if you don't want your sbc glowing?
Does rasbian have automated and adhoc sleep mode story so you don't have to leave this running all the time vs booting from scratch each time?
Hey ETA I got the same thing but it came with 4 gold pins. What are they for?
Would you recommend going with the Argon one kit? I can't post it, but it's on amazon.
Do you recommend an official power source for the Raspberry Pi to avoid any potential under-voltage warnings? I bought a Canakit 2 years ago with a 3B+ and would get the warning when using Retropie. I decided to order an official power source and never ran into the issue again
I use the Canakit Pi 4 and have no issues, even when overclocked. I think RPi sells an official power supply
@@mokubakaiba1751 you're wrong, if the PSU is badly built, it will not be able to provide the advertised power as some cheap PSU does. They won't reach the 3A or the voltage drop will be too high
Not all PSUs are built equally, I've had more trouble with the 3B+ than any other model though. They're very picky about power, my CanaKit adapters sometimes give me that under heavy load too but they work fine with earlier 3Bs and 2Bs.
So I watch your videos everytime they come out. Here's my question I have a pi 4 4gb with a 7 in touchscreen. I can't figure out what I want to do with it. I've tried octoprint for my printers. I've tried retropie and raspbien. I really like to have the use of the raspbien but able to play games when I want. What's the best way to do this and have you ever reviewed a case for pi4 and that screen? My initial goal was to have something to do while traveling by plane.
Check out some of the handhelds he has done reviews on for the pi4
As with any kit or combo pack. Parts you need and their individual prices plus the other parts (needed or useful or not).
Is that cost more or less than just buying ONLY the needed parts to the whole kit?
From my research, it's almost always less... they're basically giving away the case and one or two accessories pretty much, but they buy the ingredients in bulk and earmark some of them for kits, so they can afford it and still make money.
Great , tnx
I literally bought a Labist Pi 4 kit 4 gig 2 weeks ago and it didn't come with the dual fan heat sink, so this must be new. Just like the Amazon reviews says, the fan that came with mine started off quiet but got super loud over a couple of days to the point where it was unusable. Can you update if the dual fans on your heatsink gets louder over 48 hours? Everything else in the kit was great, just that fan was really unusable.
What's the best way to turn off the Raspberry Pi 4 after you're done playing it? Should I shut it down through the emulator/RetroPie internally or just flip the power switch on the power cord adapter manually?
To me, a fair comparison of these desktop computing Pi rigs, is to evaluate them up against the 1987 ARM-powered Acorn RISC PC - which was an ARM-based desktop computer
I want a HAT with audio codec for it.
What do you recommend?
I have the 4GB model got it from Pi Shop it was under $100.00 had a black case slot for the 1.3 camera and a tripod mount. Small single fan I connected it to pin 1 and 6 same box you have just the 4GB model 2 HDMI Cables and the power cable with the on and off switch. the small type C microSD reader.
I will buy the nespi4 case because 1080p video on a raspberry pi 4 got up to 65 degrees and throttled up to 25 %
The kit looks nice! For those lucky folks with a micro center around, I’d recommend the kit I went with: aluminum case, 1x 40mm fan, 3mA power supply with on/off switch. I think the brand was micro connectors and it was $20. I liked this kit because I could choose the pi and micro SD card separately-I didn’t like that I had to buy a new hdmi cable/adaptor, though. I suppose if someone doesn’t want to bother shopping for every part, this labists kit is the way to go. Thanks for the video!
If it's anything similar to the kit I was gifted, it's pretty legit.
you are right
Juste bought one with 128gb SD for 118,99 euros shopping incluses. Should arrive tomorrow. 😁
How does the pi4 8gb model handle web streaming? For example any lag. Audio issues.screen tearing? Does it handle TH-cam.netflix.sport streaming services etc well? Heard the raspberry os for 64bit is in beta stage and struggles to stream videos. Not sure if it's been updated or false
I like this 8Go Ram but I wish a PI5 to offer more power.
for now I am getting more& and more interessted into Ryzen mini pc than PI4
I am curious to see the power of PI5.
Great Vid as always thank for it.
I agree. The PI is cheaper but delivers noway near the performance of a Ryzen mini PC. You can also run Windows on it. For less than €300 you have a also 8gb/256gb ssd which makes it way more mature.
Wish they come out with a Pi5 with Mvne support and more powerful CPU and GPU..
@@sleepntsheep1169 You could even do with less.
@@sleepntsheep1169 But you don't need 8gb.
@@hermanstokbrood if your going to get a pi now why not the top model? Is not like its a extra 300 dollars for the extra ram. If the 8gb was availible when i ordered i would have instead of the 4gb for a extra 30 dollars
That heat sink and fan is far better than the one I got in my pi4 4gb kit from them.
I got the pi4 4gb labist kit for Christmas last year. Unfortunately the micro SD card didn't work in the pi.
The only thing I wish this had was a switch on the Pi that could be setup with safe shutdown instead of the switch on the power supply. Other than that though, it's really not bad at all.
i have 50 by 3mm heatsink with a nice noisy fan and it keeps my pi near 42 with 2.1ghz!
a custom 3d printed liquid water block for each chip and using the tubes hospitals use for IV for giving fluids and custom-built radiator and pump system with distilled water and overclock to 1.5 ghz.
On labists site they indicate to put thermal paste on cpu, ram, and WiFi controller...I did likethis.... I'm wondering if now I have to disassemble the heat sink and put again thermal paste also on usb controller🙄🤔. What's your suggestion?
i just bought this same kit 2 days ago, now i need to figure out what i am going to use it for. 120 bucks for the 8gb is kinda expensive.
RetroPIE’s always a good choice until you’ve got a serious use for it.
I got their 4GB kit for $100 Canadian Rupees, quite a steal from the normal Amazon price of $140. Don't care too much for the cheap-feeling case and noisy fan, but I have a fair few extra High-Pi cases laying around from Buyapi.ca kits. This 8GB kit has a different case that doesn't look much better, but has a much bigger heatsink.
I bought this full kit off Facebook marketplace from someone who was upset this wasn't really a full desktop replacement for $40. With a deal like that I've never wanted to buy another at even a reasonable discount.
THIS WAS A GOOD VID
Argon case is better for sure plus half of the fun is shopping these separately and putting them together otherwise you can buy a cheap laptop for this price.
I picked up the Labists 4GB kit right before the Pi 4 8GB was announced. My only complaint is the fan started making an ungodly variety of noises after a day of use.
The usb controller thermal pad is at the wrong location. It goes beside 1234 pins of the power supply. The location is even indented in the heat sink.
Can this raspberry pi 4 be hooked up the same way to the Arcade 1Up cab?
I got the canakit $120 basically same except different case
Does this include games or is that a separate download?
what screw driver do you use for it?
the Amazon link for the 8gb kit, has been upgraded and doesnt include the fan in the video. Shame as that looked great.
Nice vid, thanks. +1
I'm looking to run a pi 4 for general productivity, office tasks and photo management etc, maybe some TH-cam and music, light/retro gaming.
Any recommendations?
I'm thinking PiTop or Labists with 8gb pi 4 and Fenix OS which was in the previous video.
Cheers everyone.
is the audio over HDMI working?
I bought a labists starter kit for a pi 4B a couple years ago and I am trying to use it to convert an old space age tv into a deskpi, bascially. I have been trying to add an LED arcade button to it as an on/off switch and I used your tutorial for adding a power button to a 1,2, or 3, but it didn't work for me. I'm hoping that you can help me fix this issue?
I’ve been adding an ESP32 to the mix to offload some basic tasks.
Could you install the dolphin emulator for gamecube games and would it work fine on this??
Can you disable the LEDs ?
i got this kit. seems pretty decent so far. my only complaint is the sd card reader is usb-c only. and my pc only has regular usb. luckily i have other sd readers anyways, but something to keep in mind to new buyers
Then you didn't get this kit, because the SD card reader is both USB-A and USB-C.
@@Noodles.FreeUkraine nope I did get that kit.. maybe they changed their sd reader. I got it the moment it came out honestly. thats good though :)
@@liquidt3ch Weird, but maybe they just grab what's on hand. Mine can be flipped and used either way. Just USB-C is a bit weird since most people have USB-A still I reckon.
What are the 4 brass screws for?
Will Rock Pi 4c fit inside this case?