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Re: New Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB RAM :: native 64bit version of Raspberry Pi OS (was Raspbian) in Beta

John Spoonhower
 

I have that case on a raspberry pi 4 currently. It's  a good case as the pi 4 runs hot. However,  it's not clear how  this relates to the additional memory and 64 bit addressing space.
NX2I

On Sun, May 31, 2020, 11:50 AM Larry Dighera <LDighera@...> wrote:

Given the likely increased heat generated by the RPi4 8GB version,
this case is a good choice:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TZQHXZ6/

    Jun-Electron for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Case,
    Dual Cooling Fan, Enclosure Aluminum Alloy Case with Heatsink
    Pillar
    Price:      $9.99 & FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00

Video:
https://youtu.be/TpXBIYvYtBk?t=73
Raspberry Pi 8GB Review - Should you upgrade?


How To Install & Set Up Raspberry Pi OS - Pi4 Pi3 Pi2
May 30, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y45hsd2AOpw




On Sat, 30 May 2020 16:50:56 -0700, "David Ranch"
<rpi4hamradio-groupsio@...> wrote:

>
>Hey Everyone,
>
>I don't know if it was posted here yet but a new Raspberry Pi 4 has been
>released with 8GB of RAM.  It's basically the same SBC as the older Rpi4
>but now with more RAM:
>
>    https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/issues/94/pdf page 36
>
>    https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-8gb-tested
>
>
>In addition to this, it sounds like Raspbian has been renamed to
>"Raspberry Pi OS" and there is a native 64bit version of it already in
>beta.  While it sounds like this OS will consume more RAM, you WILL see
>better performance on it.  Check out the Tom's Hardware link for some
>examples.
>
>--David
>KI6ZHD
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