CanaKitRaspberry Pi 5 Desktop PC with SSD (Fully Assembled) (256 GB SSD)

I bought this Raspberry Pi 5 to be used specifically with the Home Assistant (HA) software. The built-in SSD card was a requirement since HA writes a lot of data to storage. I've been running this device for 3 days now and it's been working great. It was super nice to have a fully assembled and ready-to-go Pi. To get the HA software installed on the SSD card, I did the following:1) Install the Raspberry Pi OS on a SD Card (using my Mac Mini).2) Inserted the SD card in the Pi 5 and booted it up from the SD Card.3) Attached an ethernet cable from my WiFi router to the Pi.4) Use the Raspberry Pi Imager app on the Pi to install a version of HA on the Pi's SDD card.5) Shutdown the Pi.6) Removed the SD card, and rebooted the Pi.I was up and running in just a few minutes. When running HA the small fan is running in the Pi, but it's barely noticeable when compared to the normal background noise in my house. So, I've got a Zigbee USB stick attached to one of the USB 2.0 ports and I have 45 Zigbee devices connected to HA. Everything is working well, and I don't anticipate any hardware speed issues.

Nice kit that easy to setup has everything you need to work on the net has lots of storage , fast processing and the cooling fan isn't that noisy

Product arrived just as described by seller. Works great 👍

I've probably bought at least 6 Canakit all-in-one Raspberry Pi kits over the years. Every piece included is top-drawer quality, as is their documentation. They always include a "getting started" card, which is quite helpful.There is no better company to buy from if you are looking into getting started with a Raspberry Pi.While this is one of their most expensive kits, it comes with the official Raspberry Pi NVME hat pre-installed, along with the official Raspbian image pre-programmed into the NVME. It is also already installed into its Canakit plastic case.All you have to do is plug in the included power supply and a display through one of the two included micro-HDMI to HDMI adapters, a mouse and keyboard, and you're up and running.Nothing could be easier than this. It's a great starter kit, and the price is not out of line with what it would cost you for all of the separately-purchased pieces.I highly recommend Canakit.I also highly recommend buying this NVME-equipped model if you are just starting out with the Raspberry Pi 5. NVME technology is the future for the faster Pi models. You can save some $$ by using the old-school SD card technology, but the SD will wear out way more quickly, and is also a lot slower than NVME. NVME technology enables the Pi 5 to run at its best speeds, and with much higher capacities (think 2 TB for example). You don't want to hobble it with an SD card.

From the pics, it looks like it brings all the GPIOs out to a 2×20 header, but while they could have been, they are not actually connected to the pins on the pi. If all you want is raspi 5 desktop, it has been working well for that and the SSD appears to work well. There also is a space for access to the two camera connectors, but I've so far been unable to get the cable in. Might need to disassemble the SSD to get them in. I wish they would have put the SSD board on a carrier underneath the pi and then built a case on top with better access options.

I have several Raspberry Pi (RPi) 3 and 4 along with a few other Single Board Computers (SBC) that I use for a variety of purposes. I got this, plugged it in, went through the setup and then rebooted. I was impressed with how fast it booted with the NVME drive. This Pi is responsive and easily performs daily tasks. The 8GB of RAM is sufficient for everything that I have tried. The one thing I haven't tried is running 2 monitors. Due to space limitations, I use a KVM switch with 1 monitor to manage my SBCs, I initially thought $200 was a little pricey but this is great. I've using it to manage my other SBCs. I am very impressed.

Meets the need. Tough and reliable. Was recommended by my IT consultant.

Oh wow. These things are incredible. I have a pi 4 and the Raspberry pi 5 with the SSD is like 10 times faster. There is even a Steam emulator you can download, of course you can't play Elden Ring on it, but a lot of older games run fine. As for general computer tasks(browsing, streaming, word processing) it's as quick as my gaming desktop.