Reddit mentions of Raspberry Pi 3 Desktop Starter Kit (16Gb, White)

Online pre-order allocations have already been used up in the UK. GAME demand full amount £50 as deposit when ordering in-store.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-27-games-snes-mini-in-store-deposit-now-50

But hey, if you don't want to wait that long for disappointment, the scalpers have already got them up on eBay.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-27-people-already-selling-snes-mini-on-ebay-with-a-huge-markup

Or you can just get this, install RetroPie and sail the seas for your games.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Computers-Accessories/Raspberry-Pi-Official-Desktop-Starter-16Gb-White/B01CI58722

I'm kinda surprised that no one has said this yet...

If he's really into the IT thing, then the best present is a Raspberry Pi. https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Official-Desktop-Starter/dp/B01CI58722

I prefer ODroids, but if you don't have a dozen of these things, the best one to start with is the Raspi 3 kit above.

I am assuming you use the euro, and you put dollars, so I assumed US dollars, which is probably wrong, but I am going to run with it :) . Doing the conversion math, it looks like you have roughly 401 euros to spend, or 338.70 pounds. If you meant 450 euros, even better! Let's assume 338 pounds. With that, if you shopped on amazon.co.uk you could buy 8 of these Raspberry Pi3 packages that include everything you need to get started the day they arrived. The SD cards are already imaged with the necessary operating system, good quality power adapters are included, with adapters for different plug standards, and a nice case. You would still have to consider shipping, monitors, and a regular HDMI cable for each Pi3. If you have older monitors with DVI ports, they make DVI to HDMI adapters that work great.

Wireless is not difficult to setup on the pi3, but if you wanted to make life even easier in a classroom setting, I would take advantage of the built-in ethernet port on each pi3. Just for beginning purposes, until you and the students are more familiar with the Pi3 and the operating system, a 10 or more port ethernet switch, with a wireless router plugged into it, and also connected to the internet, would allow each of the Pi's to get an assigned IP address over ethernet, which would also allow the Pi's to connect to the internet over the wireless router and browse the internet, download software packages to the Pi's, and, allow you, as the teacher to have control over internet content filtering and other things that would be important in a school setting. The wireless router can be configured to hand out DNS addresses, that point to a content and ad filtering server IP address that you control.

Coucou le FL,

Je suis néophyte total, mais j'aimerais monter un petit serveur plex avec un Raspberry Pi 3 B, branché à un disque dur externe autoalimenté. De ce que j'ai compris, c'est assez facile, avec un OS spécial clé en main à copier sur la carte SD, mais je suis preneur de retours ! Plus généralement, vous pensez que c'est une bonne solution pour un serveur Plex ?

Des bisous !

You've got a lot of good sources over in the UK. The pi-hut has a starter kit that looks to have good components included. Pimoroni has one with a keyboard & mouse as well as some blinkenlights and other goodies. Canakit is known for high-quality components. You can't go wrong with the official kit. I'm sure there are others. Just watch out for cheap power adapters and junk microSD cards.

If you want some electronic/hardware goodies, there are kits available as add-ons. Avoid the monster starter kits that include the RPi unless you're sure of the power adapter and microSD card quality. The separate parts bundles are a safer way to buy additional goodies.

In addition to that kit, you'll need the aforementioned keyboard, mouse and display. As for information, there's a lot available. The MagPi back issues are a good place to start. Look in the sidebar here for more info.

I just wandered into a local shop and got the official Raspberry Pi 3 kit with SD included: https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Official-Desktop-Starter/dp/B01CI58722/. If all you want to do is use it for staking, after it is set up all you need to have plugged in is a power supply (and network cable if you have no wireless). The SD was 16GB and I wouldnt go smaller than that. The kits that are being sold with heatsink - you shouldn't need that - staking doesn't require much CPU. If you want to use the Pi for other things at the same time then maybe. Also, You can easily install XRDP with a single command if you want to have a remote desktop capability, but the NAV wallet is just a web interface and it has a menu option to restart the machine if required.

• Raspberry PI Starter Kit: £48.50
  
  
• HDMI cable: £0.70
  
  
• SNES USB controller x2: £12
  
  Total: £62.2.
  
  
  Also plays all other SNES games and all other games from the fifth generation downwards and other low-end PC games. Also doubles as a multimedia centre and full-desktop if you ever want to use it as something else. Also supports a wide range of enthusiast uses. A more constructive purchase as it goes towards a non-profit organisation dedicated to help enthusiast computing, rather than just filling up the pockets of a multi-billion dollar corporation.
  
  You've no point here.
  

https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Official-Desktop-Starter/dp/B01CI58722/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1506456754&sr=1-8&keywords=raspberry+pi+3

I just bought this one off of Amazon today. Comes with everything you need to get started (minus a monitor, hdmi cable, mouse, keyboard).