I have two simple questions. Is a Samsung tablet charger rated at 5V and 2A enough to act as a PSU for a raspberry 3 b+?
Do you need a heatsink for it under regular use?
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jokinin wrote:I have two simple questions. Is a Samsung tablet charger rated at 5V and 2A enough to act as a PSU for a raspberry 3 b+?
Do you need a heatsink for it under regular use?
jokinin wrote:Thanks for the reply!
Well, typical use will be mostly watching youtube videos online and some downloaded movies offline. Don't pretend to run it 24/7 at full load. At most I will plug the usb keyboard+touchpad reciever, and an USB flash drive to transfer info from and to the machine. Maybe I would plug an external USB 3 2.5 inch hard drive at most.
jokinin wrote:In the end I decided to buy this kit: https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Des ... B0757ZYW4T
jokinin wrote:It comes with a PSU, so I guess it will be good enough. Hopefully it will arrive on friday, I'm impacient.
Is Raspbian the best option for it? Or do you recommend some other options? I do have some knowledge in Linux, I'm not scared of using the terminal
Thanks for all the replies.
jokinin wrote:Sorry, I put the wrong link to the product, I've double checked it and I purchased the 3 B+ version.
Having read your answers, I will go for Raspbian, which seems to be the best supported distro on the Raspberry.
I hope it is good enough to play Full HD videos, and youtube streaming.
Thanks again for your replies.