NOTICE: This shopping list had just basic testing of components - please report if you have bad experiences or ideas for better cheaper updates.
The new shopping list comes in three different packages: Minimal, Standard & Maximal:
The "Standard Package" is most tested and recommended if you can effort it. It aims to give you the best economic value to run all the RaspiBlitz features at a good performance and even allows you to self-validate your blockchain in under 3 days.
- RaspBerry Pi 4 2GB: pimoroni.com
- ShimFan Cooling: pimoroni.com (order later if sold out)
- Power USBC: pimoroni.com
- RaspberryPi-Case: pimoroni.com
- 500GB SSD: amazon.co.uk
- SSD-Case: amazon.co.uk
- Micro SD-Card 32GB: amazon.co.uk
- LCD-Display: amazon.co.uk
The minimal package aims for the cheapest price and allows you to use old hardware. It will always be possible to run all the basic features of a Bitcoin- & Lightning-Fullnode, but the system might be too slow to validate the blockchain history by itself and run some resource intensive extended services.
Basic Parts for all minimal variants:
- 1TB Hard Drive: amazon.co.uk
- Micro SD-Card 16GB: amazon.co.uk
- LCD-Display: amazon.co.uk
If you have already a used RaspberryPi 3 B+ you can reuse with the following parts:
- RaspBerry Pi 3: amazon.co.uk
- Power >=3A: amazon.co.uk
- Heatsink-Case: amazon.co.uk
Or if you order new go with the RaspberryPi 4 1GB and the following parts:
- RaspBerry Pi 4 1GB: pimoroni.com
- ShimFan Cooling: pimoroni.com (order later if sold out)
- Power USBC: pimoroni.com or pimoroni.com
- RaspberryPi-Case: pimoroni.com
The maximal package is still in the works ... if you want to prepare for it, take the standard package as a base and choose the RaspberryPi4 with 4GB and a high quality 1TB SSD instead of 500GB.