Very nice vid Mr. Barnatt! I really enjoy each and every one of your vids. You are my favorite because you put humor in your vids which really makes my day. Thank you very much :)

"It's not in an anti-static bag - that's a bit of a shock!" no pun intended? lol

I always enjoy your review's, thanks again.

Love the video Chris, always a pleasure to watch, i totally agree with the desires for specs at the end

Delightful video Sir. I enjoyed it very much, and I am still smiling 10 minutes later:)

Finally I was waiting for this review! :)

Great review. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

My birthday today + New EC video about the Pi = Pretty good start for the day.

Thanks for this particular review. Your review is ‘spot on’ and I agree with you. Although it isn’t the Raspberry Pi 4 I wish for, I must say it is a step in the right direction. I look forward to any other videos on this SBC. The odds are pretty high that I may add it to my Pi collection. Thank you.

Great video Chris, always enjoy watching. :)

Good work! I enjoy the puns!

Excelent review and tests as allways. Thanks!

Thanks for the review including straightforward tests. I don't mind the shortcomings, since nothing I'm doing gets close to those performance edges. I am, though, very pleased that the RF box has come to fruition. It frees up some board real estate as well as eliminating a bunch of certification red tape.

Thanks for the review. They finally got a Metal Cap on the CPU like the Tinker Board.

Another great video! Thanks yet again Chris! My kids have been running the new Pi 3B+ for a couple of weeks now and the improvements make the experience much better for them, specifically Scratch and Reading Eggs online. Like you I think it's time for USB3 and gigabit Ethernet. While I admire the ideal of a US$35 SBC I do think there is now a whole new place in the market for a new Pi at a higher price in parallel to the current Pi line, with at least 2GB RAM as well as a true 64 bit OS. We have the Pi Zero in parallel so it's not a new concept to have several models in parallel. Let's hope ....

Hey there. Great run down and comparison. Thank you so much!

A great overview and review, thank you.

Great channel, very thorough analysis. Got a new subscriber.

Great review 👍👍, greetings from 🇫🇷

Thank You very much sir for your videos on raspberry pie. I also think that there's something genuinely charismatic in the way you speak, act etc.

Thanks for the review. Hope to get one this year

Thank you for doing this video I know many of us have been pestering you for it , I know the gains they have made won't light the world on fire but they have managed to do all that at the same price .

"it's not in a anti-stacking bag, that's abit of a shock" .. thanks for making me choke on a chip lol

Another excellent and well put together review. Thanks. I really hope you do a heatsink’ed comparison video in the near future. :-)

I love this channel so many single board computer's.

And with that, my dreams of entering narnia have been shattered... Guess i'm just going to have to occupy myself by tinkering around with the new pi3b+!

Very tempted to buy one but im sticking with the Pi3 until Pi4 comes out, I mainly use it as a Kodi machine so it does well enough right now.

I was in the future and zapped right back here to tell you that you were reviewing Raspberry Pi 4 =)

Great Review. Thanks Chris, I was waiting to see your take on the RbPi 3B+. Can't wait to see the videos where you will test the 3B+ with some heath sinks. I bought mine last week... they charged me a little more than 40€ but I wanted to test the new ethernet port.

Thanks for sharing, this video explained alot for me.

Yet another fantastic Raspberry Pi video. I really do like the way you test these SBCs what with the bench-marking and comparison tests. I was really impressed by the thermal performance of the RPi 3B+ and I totally agree with you that I would love to see a Raspberry Pi 4 sporting true gigabyte Ethernet and USB 3, plus an upgrade to the RAM. Perhaps 2Gb?

Very nice video, your videos are alway interesting and I love watching them.

Wow, it looks awesome in full screen!

Thanks for the review, Chris, glad Stanley the Knife made an appearance :) The feature I'm hoping for in the Pi 4 is 2 Gb of DD3 memory instead of the 1 Gb of DDR2.

Very good comments on the B+, let's hope they can adopt some of the higher performance of the Asus Tinker board before the Tinker board gets more traction in the hobby area, The Asus Tinker board did not workout so well with my attempt to get it to work with DireWolf as a TNC for APRS. However, I did turn it into a nice desktop PC for web, email, PCB design, and many other things that work around USB ports and Linux. One thing that the Tinker board excelled at that did work for me, was when I connect a SSD drive to it, and it just took off. I opened a mkv rip of a Blueray movie and the output to my 32" Samsung HDTV was blue ray quality, I was blown away by the great detail and sharpness of the image. It was the only thing I did that got the processor a bit hot to the touch. So I got a small 12v muffin fan and ran it with 5v, and stuck it on top. The small fan in the case I had would never keep that thing as cool as I would like it. The Tinker board audio control needs some work. I can get audio to my HDTV through HDMI, but not reliably to the self powered speaker connected to a 3.5mm jack on the Tinker board. I got the audio out of the 3.5mm jack once, and it was not so good, but then it stopped and I could not get it back again. The Tinker board needs more work, and their support is terrible. It's not that they are not responsive, and polite, it is that they are either idiots, or they don't understand English. It took me 5 or 6 return emails to get them to break down the 3.5mm jack to tell me what is one each ring. It was simple enough, but it is taking way to long for that, so I am afraid to ask them a really complicated question about GPIO control, which is required for DireWolf control of PTT on the radio it controls. I never got the audio to work, so I skipped going into anything more complicated.

I was waiting to see a video from you on this with regards to thermal performance vs the standard Pi 3, thanks for the info and that is an impressive improvement. By the way was "It's not in a anti-static bag, that's a bit of a shock" an intended pun? :)

Awesome, thanks for the benchmarks too!!! :D

Because of your reviews and a lack of technological progress with the Raspberry platform I just bought an ODROID-XU4. In your comparison review you contributed the performance differences with a less developed OS. The OS is much easier to modify and will develop rapidly due to the open source concept. I therefore bought the much more powerful ODROID-XU4. Thank you and keep the content flowing!

Along with the 2 improvements you mentioned, I think a SATA interface would be very nice too but that's about it. As usual great video!

OMG how did you do that 8 finger crossing? I guess, that will bring the rpi4 in 2019 :))) Again, a great video as usual. All the best Chris!

Your explanation of the maker boards are very nice. I do however wonder what else can be done with these boards in a usable for common cunsumer market?

As usual nice video, thank you

No static bag, shocking! Right!

Great review. I've just ordered one of these to replace my old 1st gen B+ which was struggling with MAME emulation.

Rpi 3 B+ brings us exceptionally superior quad 8-finger-crossing as well! I cannot do that yet.

I've been using my Pi 3 B+ since I got it the day after launch day and despite the small step up I'm really pleased with it. Add an USB SSD drive and change the boot from SD card to SSD and it's a very usable desktop computer for general purpose work.

I really enjoy your videos. Especially this one as I was considering getting the RPi3+ as the RPi3 that I have is too slow in performance for my tastes. So have you noticed any improvement in boot up times with the newer Raspian?

Great video as all ways, 3b+ all ready configured to boot from usb.

can you please tell me if it is even safe to put a heat-sink on top of the metal piece that's over the SoC? Because there is a little hole in the metal piece maybe for allowing pressure release or something. I am not sure but I am skeptical about putting something on top and sealing that hole.

Another fantastic video

Hello Christopher. Thanks for the review, I do have a question about adding a heat sink & fan for this unit. Should I add this so that the B+ with a heat sink & fan could help regulation of the device's temperature at optimal levels. If possible could you do some testing to see if theirs any advantages . Thanks

In my Raspberry Pi 3, KZfaq videos are not smooth when viewed full screen. How about the B+?

Well balanced and informative

Hey there Chris! Great video. The comparison was needed and it's awesome to see the new specs at the old pricing too which is wonderful. But as you were saying, they will be left behind for the enthusiast crowd but as something entry level it seems its not lacking in versatility. Anyway I have sent you an email regarding my request to be on a podcast. I hope to hear from you soon. Brett.

USB 3 and Gigabit is not a deal-breaker for me; doubt it is for the vast majority of users. Kudos on the heat tests, thank you! A much bigger concern for the average user.

Hi, could you do a video on how to make a desktop button to change hdmi monitor resolution. So I can quickly choose between 2 monitors without having to remember which one from the dropdown menu. Option 2, can we make the dropdown menu sorted in the order of the last monitor used?

Can the poe connector power the fan when the pi is plugged into a USB cable? I just got my fan today and it works good off the 5v and gnd pins on the gpio but i want to know if any of the other connector and port can power a fan

Thanks for the video! Would you recommend heatsinks on the B+? I purchased a Flirc gen 2 case, not sure if that helps with the heat disbursement.

Thanks..... great review I Think Im waiting for "hopefully" a 2019 Pi 4 before I upgrade

Hello sir!! wondering if you would advocate a heatsink on the new pi 3 b+, or maybe just a fan cooled pi 3b + ... leaning toward the latter at this time... the hole in the heat spreader makes my red flags go up when I think of using a heat sink!! thoughts??

Very informative review.... concise, to the point. Love watching your videos. Do you know of a site that shows what people have done with their Pi's?

hi, how to activate the wake on lan function in raspberry?

The pi 3 B+ looks great but does anyone know how or if it's possible to add on a 2nd network adaptor? I am looking to run something like pfsense on the SOC so with that I would like to plug one of the network ports into my home network and the 2nd network port would connect to my laptop. The pi would connect via VPN to my office and secure my laptop connection to the office, and the SOC would be basically a 2-port router. I have found something called a Banana Pi W2, it has 2 NICs, 2GB RAM and USB 3, but I havent found any cases for it and the price is double that of the Pi 3. I wanted to keep the price for this under $100 because at $100 or over, I could just buy a mains powered router to do the same. But my thinking is that this is cooler, will last longer and not be so clunky. I am expecting to power it off the laptop usb port. Has anyone done anything like this?

Well done ! Some details on the POE interface via the HAT board may have helped, because POE seems to be another key feature with this B+

Another informative video Chris. Of course yours was not out on Pi Day, it did have your comparison benchmarks and insight on whether the 3B+ is worth getting for those of us with the 3B's. "sudo apt-get install explainingcomputers" never fails... ;)

So if the P3B+ has slow ethernet what SBC would be best for a multiple SBC supercomputer?

Very good video!

Hi did you buy some heatsinks for the 3 b+? Which ones? Thanks

awesome video! you're the best

Chris I would like to see this installed in an ELEMENT14 Pi-Desktop case and can we run it as a basic desktop? It would be great to get one of those cases to try. Apparently, any SoC with the same layout as the Pi should fit.

Thank you, Chris!

Hi Christopher! Can you make a video about the Pi's DSI interface? Is it only for the genuine Raspberry Pi 7 inch touchscreen? Or is it possible to somehow connect dirt cheap ($5-10) raw lcd displays too?

My usb ports aren't working on the B+ Any fix to this? I only have a 5V power supply.

Hello! I would to know if there is anyway to check geekbench benchmark on raspbian. I fancy to have together all my gadgets comparision on one site

What would be a good setup to stream video while using a monitor keyboard and mouse?

Now we can de-lid our Pis and replace the TIM with liquid metal!

Thanks for the comparison, it's not one giant leap for raspberry kind, more shuffle in the right direction

Great video! I know this is a lot off topic from single-board computers. It would be interesting to see a 'very simplified' explanation of Big O complexity and what its significance is in computers.

What would you recommend to power the board remotely? Are there battery packs with usb plugs?

Hey. Great video. I love your SBC stuff. How about a test with heatsinks on both so that we can see the raw performance, minus the effects of throttling and see if the extra clock speed equates to faster completion, or if there are other factors? Also, you could add a couple of lines to your script and it'll print out how long it takes by itself without needing a stop watch. :)

Very interesting video amd test results. How about adding USBc? 😁 I dont own either but still enjoyed watching and learning. Thank you for another well done video! Cheers! 😎

Something that I have just realised about all the Raspberry modals is that they lack the standardised UART debug header (three pin serial interface). I have recently been using Banana and Orange SBCs and their inclusion of a UART header has been essential for configuration purposes.

How are you doing your Video Capture on your Raspberry Pi + Raspbian Operating System? I would like to create a video on the LibreOffice Suite but I don't know what software/products to use for video capturing on the Raspbian O/S. Thanks.

Nice upgrade!

Is there something better to build simple network music and video player (full hd)?

I want to monitor (video) my 3D Printer and be able to stop it if a print goes bad and I"m not home. Can I do that with this? I heard something about an OctoPi?

Does the wireless connect on 2.4 ghz only or will it connect on 5 ghz as well?

looking forward to your next battle raspi 3 b+ vs asus tinker board :)

So would adding an aluminum sink on top of that further improve the new pi?

Hello Mr Barnatt, I have the latest version of Raspbian running on my 3b+ with a fan and heat sink and while running KZfaq at 1080HD it maintains 34C in a room with ambient temperature of 24C. I am thrilled with the performance and cannot wait to see the new hats coming for the board.

I ORDERED ONE THIS MORNING AND IT’S COMING ON MONDAY AND IM SO EXCITED I’VE JUST BEEN WATCHING VIDEOS ABOUT THE RASPBERRY PI ALL DAYYYYYYYYYYYY HONESTLY I’M GOING BONKERS LIKE YONKERS FOR THIS THING

id quite like to see some plex benchmarks for all of your boards (how many transcoded streams it could handle) maybe a future video???

Can you power the raspberry pi 3 model b+ from the wall outlet? What cable do i use to power it usb c ?

My group wants to capture video from FSX, what hardware software do use for capture and editing? Regards etc.... Bob

I’m puzzled with Raspberry Pi power supplies. I opted for a 5v 3A because I wanted that extra .5a though I’d rather have an official one the maximum they seem to offer is 2.5A. I’ve learned the hard way that some of the cables on sale just don’t deliver the power needed to the board specially the ones with a switch on eBay. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all these amazing tutorial videos you do. Greetings from Gibraltar 🇬🇮 🇬🇧

4:52 hopes of entering Narnia dashed 😔 If on offer I wouldn't have to think twice

how exactly do you know the 3+ doesn't throttle? i can't see you checking the clock speed. in fact seeing it stop heating up at about 70° precisely makes me suspect it throttles. i own a 3+ myself and while monitoring temperatures before i attached heatsinks, i was observing just that.

It would seem better on everything except for consumption. The only situation where the 3 still makes sense?

@ 1:14 "it's not in an anti-static bag, that's a bit of a shock isn't it?" Hahaha