LABISTS Rapberry Pi 4 8GB RAM Starter Kit Motherboard and 64GB SD Card Preloaded with Raspbian, Cooling Fan, 5.1V 3A Type C On/off UK Edition Power Supply, Micro HDMI Cable x 2, Black Case

I was after a new Raspberry Pi to act as a development server, so I could throw code on it and let users test out new features for sites I am developing.When I came across this starter kit, it seemed to suit my needs, and the heatsink with dual fan piqued my interest, as this would keep the Pi cool while online for long periods of testing.When the package arrived (pretty quickly too I must add), I was pleasantly surprised by the presentation. Most of the time these kinds of kits throw everything in a brown box and that its. But this came nicely packaged and well protected.Unboxing it was great, with the Pi sitting on top. The rest of the package below. Included in the kit was a screwdriver and card reader that is compatible with USB-A and USB-C - a nice touch.There are so many reviews on the Raspberry Pi 4 online there is not much I can say about it that would be different. Included with this kit is the 8GB model, which will keep my dev server running smoothly. So instead I will talk about the other parts included in the kit.Let me start with the case. The case is very well made and easy to assemble. It has two see-thru covers - one with vents, one without. The Pi fits in securely, and there is easy access to all ports and the GPIO. And there is more than enough room for the included heat sink and dual fans.The heatsink with dual fans run much quieter than I expected. And it does the job of keeping the Pi cool very well indeed. It may not do so well under really prolonged heavy loads, but as a simple web server, it works a treat. I think it would work well when running Minecraft, combined with the 8GB on the Pi and the cooling you will have a nice setup.Included in the kit are 2 HDMI to micro HDMI leads and a power lead with a switch on it. With the two HDMI cables, you will be able to run the Pi with two monitors, at 4K! From what I can see the included cables appear to be of high quality.Overall, the starter kit is amazing value for money, considering what's included in the box. It seems to be far better value than most of the kits I was looking at on Amazon. Nice little extras like the card reader and screwdriver mean you can get set up and running in no time, especially as the included SD card has the Pi OS on it ready for use.If you’re in the market for a Raspberry Pi kit, you can't go wrong with this starter kit, it includes everything you’d need - and more!

Its all well and good to get a nice looking case and all the mod cons, cables etc, but this is the second time I have bought a Labists kit (different model too) which included fans and they are totally rubbish. Within weeks the first kit's fan I bought started screaming and there was nothing I could do, so I had to replace it. Thought it was just bad luck but no, the second kit I bought did the same thing. They're not getting warm or even hot, in all honesty just the heat sinks are enough the fans are just uselessly cheap rubbish. I had hoped the LEDs could be set or disabled but they are auto changing AND you can even see the fans stutter/slow down during the colour transitions. AVOID this heatsink/fan combo and any other Labist kit that includes fans. You'll only have yourself to blame.

Bought this based on other reviews.The kit is fine. Nothing exceptional. All works.1 star knocked off because the included SD card is NOT a Sandisk one, but an unbranded one with a Labists logo1 star knocked off because there are additional parts/stickers inside but not mentioned in the manual. Their manual point to their webite for a video tutorial. The video tutorial is for a different case. Sloppy.As mentioned, everything works. Quality is below average given the high price, however this is slight offset by the convenience of having everything in 1 box.Would I recommend this - not really.Would I buy again - definitely not.You can do (much) better to buy the individual bits you need.

I have a few 3D printers and If you’ve got a desktop 3D printer, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard of OctoPrint. The web front-end, usually running on a Raspberry Pi, which allows you to monitor and control the printer over the network from any device that has a browser. For this i needed an Raspberry Pi and they recommend a 4B where possible. As i wanted to play around with this and run Printers from it, this spec was a must for me.The trick is to run multiple instances of the OctoPrint backend and assign them to virtual network interfaces so they don’t interfere with each other. This takes some custom systemd unit files to get up and running on Raspbian.It took a lot of messing around to set up, but this was nothing to do with the hardware, more myself playing with what's possible, but it works! I now how 3 x fdm printers running off the same Pi, much tidier!This build came with everything i needed for the build apart from the man hours of coding and correcting, inlcuding the SD card, box, power supply, cables, heat shroud and fan all in one, no more messing.

Firstly, this lights up and cycles LEDs in the fans through colours - the pictures do kind of hint to it but I assumed they were highlighting parts, not lighting up. Not that it matters but worth remembering it will generate coloured light, which may not be appropriate for your use.Otherwise, this is a great little kit. It did come with a SanDisk card, some people have said theirs didn’t.Relatively easy to put together, I did follow someone else’s YouTube for hints though. Screws were a bit fiddly to install the screws but otherwise everything you’d expect.