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Raspberry Pi 500+ Goes on Sale With 16GB RAM, NVMe SSD and Mechanical Keyboard for $200

Early mods tap the new M.2/PCIe link to run an external GPU, underscoring the system’s expandability.

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Raspberry Pi 500+
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Overview

  • The all-in-one keyboard PC is available now from Raspberry Pi’s usual retail partners, with a $220 Desktop Kit that adds a mouse, power supply and HDMI cable.
  • Built on the Pi 5 platform, it includes a 2.4GHz quad‑core Cortex‑A76 CPU, 16GB LPDDR4X‑4267 memory and a pre‑fitted 256GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD in a user‑accessible bay.
  • Storage and boot options remain flexible, with support for swapping in other 2280 NVMe drives and the ability to boot from microSD or external USB SSDs.
  • The keyboard switches to low‑profile Gateron KS‑33 Blue mechanics with individually addressable RGB, removable keycaps and an RP2040 controller running QMK.
  • Modder Jeff Geerling demonstrated an eGPU via an OCuLink adapter to an AMD RX 7900 XT with minor driver tweaks, though bandwidth and CPU limits cap performance.