This Computer Costs $10 #Helpful Post

hey guys Lofton this might not look like

much but this is a full-fledged computer

that cost $10 so this is the Raspberry

Pi 0w now that wonderful name means that

not only is this one of these super

cheap Raspberry Pi computers which you

guys been telling in two videos on

forever but this is the 0w version which

means it is incredibly cheap but it

comes with both Wi-Fi and bluetooth

as

you can imagine pretend hours you don't

exactly get a lot in the bag so this is

the Raspberry Pi 0 itself so right in

the middle is where we have our memory

and our CPU you have a couple of micro

USB ports one of which is for power n

you have in many HDMI L micro sd the

little series of tens along the top you

can use to expand with all kinds of

things the sky really is the limit with

this little guy to give you an idea of

just how tiny the Raspberry Pi 0 is this

is what it looks like next to an iPhone

7 plus as you can see this is a very

very tiny little computer there's

nothing stopping you from using the PI 0

W just like this however you may want to

consider picking up a case to help

protect it now since this is pretty much

brand-new there are a lot of cases there

specifically made for the W variant

however you can't pick up cases for the

original Raspberry Pi 0 which hopefully

should work with this guy one of the

cool parts about the Raspberry Pi

ecosystem is there are tons of different

accessories in cases to choose from so

this is a nice little acrylic case for a

Raspberry Pi and also comes with a heat

sink this is really really tiny this

isn't strictly necessary but it will

kind of help keep this guy cool so with

all of our pieces preps now it's time to

see if I can build a Raspberry Pi case

without reading the instruction should

be easy enough so after a little bit of

fiddling we have our case assembled now

the only problem is that the heatsink

doesn't quite line up since this isn't

made for the W but it's still making a

pretty solid connection it should help a

little bit something you're going to

need is a USB power adapter so the

Raspberry Pi runs on microUSB power so

as long as you have an adapter that can

supply at least 5 volts to the PI you

should be good this is a power supply

specifically meant for the Raspberry Pi

but really this should work with pretty

much any micro USB power adapter if you

have something laying around for your

old phone for example you should be able

to just plug it in and have it work

something else you might want is a micro

USB adapter so not only does it have

micro USB for power but also adds a full

beta port so for the most part you're

probably going to want to pick up one of

these

which is just a simple microUSB to

standard USB but if you want more ports

than that you can also pick up a little

hub that actually has four full-size USB

ports on it something else you might

want is a mini HDMI adapter now this

isn't strictly necessary if you already

have a mini HDMI cable or another

adapter but essentially this just plugs

right into the port on the Raspberry Pi

and will give you a full HDMI out for

something like a TV or a monitor last

but not least you're going to need a

microwave D card now you consider this

to be essentially your hard drive for

your Raspberry Pi so right now I have an

8 gig card basicially this is where

you're going to have your operating

system all your files live response

where we're installing raspbian now this

is a lightweight linux distribution

that's specifically meant for the

Raspberry Pi and I'll have a link to

nolle download it but also full set of

tutorial in the description but it's

pretty straightforward just load up on

an SD card and we should be good to go

so if you're using a higher-end

Raspberry Pi there actually is a version

of Windows that's available how much

pretty stripped-down honestly you're

probably going to get more use out of

some sort of Linux for this guy 2 l's

later so we are now up and running with

the PI 0w so this version of Linux is

fairly basic but we still do have a lot

of stuff that you would expect including

sums up like a web browser

come on little guy you got it go go go

go go go go that single core power is

also funny you see up here a little

neater for CPU usage as soon as you go

to even think about opening a page it

immediately goes to 100% so as you can

see we're putting on up and running so

we can scroll a little slowly but this

is a proper web browser now comes the

real challenge can I actually watch a

YouTube video on this guy

time for 144p boys oh whoa what has it

now it can almost do it it's so close I

wonder if there's a way of maybe getting

like some sort of plugin or something to

kind of help optimize this it's just

asking a lot of course you're not going

to buy a Raspberry Pi as a YouTube

machine so there are a fair few apps

pre-installed on the PI so now what do

you have a lot of options if you wanna

learn how to code but you also have some

basic office ads you have chrome have an

email client but what's interesting is

if there's actually a burst of minecraft

for this obviously minecraft is not the

most graphically demanding game in the

world but still for something that's

this tiny I actually will be really

did it work wait a minute wait a minute

Mellie did it work it works smoothly

like sure the graphics have been turned

down to pretty much as the basic levels

but it's Minecraft it's not like exactly

a super graphically demanding game not

only does it work with Minecraft my god

comes pre-installed on this guy

we're obviously asking a lot trying to

play Minecraft at 1080p on this guy but

the fact that minecraft works at all is

cool oh yo it works we're playing

Minecraft at 1080p right now Wow

all right you know what this is awesome

this is worth it almost just if you want

to use it as a Minecraft machine for ten

dollars this thing is really cool these

guys are kind of hard to find right now

but I will do my best to find a link to

check this guy out in the description

I'm curious what do you guys think about

this little tiny computer let me know in

the comments below and I will catch you

on the next one