When the Raspberry Pi 5 SBC was released last year, it came in 4 and 8 GB RAM variants, which currently retail from around $80 USD and €90 for the 8 GB variant to $60 and €65 for the 4 GB variant.

The manufacturer gives a recommended retail price of 50 US dollars for the Raspi 5 with 2 GB RAM. In purely mathematical terms, this would be just under 54 euros including 19 percent VAT (not ...