Raspberry Pi 400 4GB Official Start-up Kit, UK Layout
It’s a computer. Neat.
Featuring a quad-core 64-bit processor, 4GB of RAM, wireless networking, dual-display output, and 4K video playback, as well as a 40-pin GPIO header, Raspberry Pi 400 is a powerful, easy-to-use computer built into a neat and portable keyboard.
It’s a Raspberry Pi. It’s a keyboard.
It’s a Raspberry Pi designed into a keyboard.
Raspberry Pi 400 incorporates a purpose-built board based on Raspberry Pi 4. Featuring the same powerful processor, Raspberry Pi 400 has specially designed thermals to keep your computer cool and silent while you’re hard at work.
The GPIO pins remain accessible, so if you want to explore beyond the desktop, you can connect components and prototype your projects.
This is the kit you’re looking for
Your personal computer kit comes with a Raspberry Pi 400, mouse, power supply, micro HDMI to HDMI cable, and SD card preloaded with Raspberry Pi OS. There’s also the official Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide to help you get the most out of your new computer.
| Connectivity | Dual-band (2.4GHz and 5.0GHz) IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac wireless LAN | Bluetooth 5.0, BLE | Gigabit Ethernet | 2 x USB 3.0 and 1 x USB 2.0 ports |
| Processor | Broadcom BCM2711, quad-core 64-bit SoC (ARM Cortex-A72 @ 1.8GHz |
| RAM | 4GB LPDDR4-3200 |
| GPIO | Horizontal 40-pin GPIO header |
| Power | 5V DC via USB-C connector |
| Video & Sound | 2 × micro HDMI ports (supports up to 4Kp60) |
| Multimedia | H.265 (4Kp60 decode); H.264 (1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode); OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics |
| SD card support | MicroSD card slot for operating system and data storage |
| Keyboard | 79-key compact keyboard |
| Weight: | 1.38 kg |
| Dimensions: | 29.2 x 17.2 x 9.9 cm; 1.38 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Raspberry Pi |
| Model: | RPI400-KIT-UK |
| Manufacture: | Raspberry Pi |
Ignore the nay-sayers, this is a quad core computer that functions perfectly well as a media centre, emulation machine, or standard computer.
No problems at all and easily overclocked to 2 ghz
The product is a all in one piece, vere it is very useful to manage. It comes with Raspberry pi software, however, I have changed it to kali itself and it works fine.
This is ideal for learning how to use a Rasberry Pi without having to build one yourself, or having to buy extras such as a keyboard.
Just plug in a power source, mouse and HDMI cable and you are away.
Am hoping to turn it into a Retro Pi so I can play old ZX Spectrum games.
hey act like it’s for kids but this stuff ain’t easy to learn even as an adult lol. Still a great buy, comes with a booklet to help learn.
would recommend
Everything well presented in book and the book excellent for beginners. I did have a problem updating the sd card but its so easy to download and update to a newer version of the official operating system and put a sd card in the easy access slot it gave me no problems what so ever. Works with my main monitor, tv and a portable monitor I have. Tested as well a KDE version operating system seen on youtube which surprised me to have such eye candy desktop things I wouldn’t have thought it would run. Also after looking at the book and some youtube there’s projects that can be done like on the Raspberry Pi 400. Going try twister os next as seen favorable reviews and then try some emulation next. May even try using it for day to day stuff like internet, emails and browsing plus Ive seen you can use it with Zoom as well with a webcam. Wont use much electric then compared to an older pc as well as have some fun with it as well. Also purchased a usb 3 to sata cable as the newer raspberry pi os lets you run from a SSD drive, making things quicker than a SD card.
This is very good for those that want a cheap pc, has all the usual features based on Debian Linux and not Microsoft or any of those other systems. Has a fundamental training package for starting to learn various types of hardware and programming including the latest versions of scratch and python. If you want to train at a higher level you will have get that book elsewhere, but you will be able to use that knowledge on this product. Would recommend.
I leave this hooked up to the TV for web browsing and to watch Netflix. The current version of Raspberry Pi OS has Widevine support which means smooth video streaming. Watching Netflix, I can’t tell the difference between the Pi and my much more powerful laptop.
Plus, by swapping the micro SD I can play games on Retropie. This is a beautifully versatile little machine!
Fantastic kit to encourage an enquiring mind. Something a bit different from gaming but educational too.
Previously purchased one 8 years ago for eldest son who went on to use it as part of A level computer project!
These are fantastic, you can do so much with them , run the latest Linux distorts , emulate old computers ( Amiga , Atari St, c64 and many more) you can run a lot of retro games machine emulators too ( Megadrive, SNES, master system , nes , pc engine , a lot of others too), if you are looking at one of these to do any of what I have mentioned , GET ONE!, you won’t regret it , add an Xbox 360 controller and you are set for a great time
Pro: good and lasting cheap solution for the children to learn Linux and coding. Easy to swap the MicroSD towards the need of my children.
Con. Non really. I run more then 6 pi’s in the house and love them!
Just like having the old style of retro computers c64 , spectrum , plays everything even dreamcas
You should get it. Its AWESOME. 🙂
Can you add a headphone jack next time .
You can do almost anything a regular computer can at a great price but there’s a limit to what the processor can do for that price, video stretches it a bit too far. However you can code and become a maker and plug electronic circuits directly in or link it up to a Pi Pico or Arduino and do even more.
It’s neat, everything’s in the one box, ready to go. Just plug it into a tv with an HDMI port.
Adults can use this too of course and if you want to do your word processing and spreadsheets the included software is free and Microsoft office compatible. You can set it up to run lots of retro games from all the famous old computers and consoles too. It will happily browse the internet but some sites can feel just a little sluggish.
Great for a kid, great for an adult that wants to muck around with electronics or programming, thousands of compatible add one for this, it really is like the glory days of the old computers just brought up to the modern day.
Purchased to use as an HTPC as the two set top boxes I purchased and subsequently returned were poor. The Pi400 runs libreelec flawlessly and with a quick swap of the sd card provides a very versatile learning machine. Highly recommended.
Great little computer, comes with Raspbian on a SD card, easy to start up.
Simply insert a USB-C cable (yes, the kind you have to charge your phone), HDMI connector and SD card and you’re off!
Speed wise it’s OK, if you want to surf or code you’ll be fine. I use it to code in a Linux environment.
For entertainment, I found Kodi to run quite sluggishly on it (in Raspbian, not from boot mind you), but that might just be the build I installed. If you need more speed, you can easily overclock this Pi to 2.1 Ghz – and the cooling fan that’s built in is definitely up to the job.
I got this for my 10 year old. He’s learning coding at school and is top of his class so I got him this to help him learn more and he uses it all the time and loves i
I’m currently working through the book and it’s great. Always wanted to try coding for beginners and there’s an app called scratch that my son uses at school that does this very versatile little computer.
Bought as a gift but I have multiple Raspberry Pis. Great gift or hobby project for home media delivery, retro gaming or if you just need something to browse the web and watch some videos on.
Super impressed with the quality and feel of the keyboard. I really was expecting something far lighter and flomsy, but it’s on par with some decent Laptop keyboards.
first class xmas present for my 11 year old grandson who after connecting to his monitor was able to start “coding” immediately
Brought me back to a time when computers were more fu
The lack of a head jack was very disappointing, but all other aspects performed as expected. Good value for money
I wanted a quiet media player to sit by the bed. I installed the i3 window manager, vifm and mpv. Slapped a Nobsound HiFi Headphone Amplifier & DAC Audio Decoder in the back which in turn connects to a Yamaha Amplifier. All the media files are stored on NFS file shares on another Linux machine in the living room. Plays 1024 video very well and I can listen to my audiobooks sans computer fan noise. It just about handles YouTube if you are patient but Twitch TV seems to be too much. I am very happy with it.
This is great bit of kit, I own every RPI before this and several CM4 Modules, but as an all in one unit plug and play it work great and slip it in my bag and take it anywhere. Brilliant for on the spot coding or computing as long as there is a monitor about.
Initially bought as a device to run Pihole on my network but I am re evaluating the possibilities.
This, combined with a 128Gb SD and a portable monitor can work as a perfect starter computer for kids (or dads).
As it has 3 USB ports, albeit one occupied by the supplied mouse, one can attach external storage and plenty other usb 3.0 peripherals.
The built-in 1Gbps ethernet and 5Ghz WiFi makes networking a breeze.
This is a great little computer, it’s endless fun and so much too be learned.
Would and will buy the next versions!
Compact, good quality and all ports easily accessible including the GPIO pins. I am using a wireless mouse rather than the one provided…. thought the included mouse is decent considering the cost of the kit. The units cooling solution has kept the main cpu cooler than most cases you can buy for the bare Raspberry Pi 4 Board.
so definitely a 128 GIG or even 512 GIG micro SD card should be sufficient. Great for Arduino + Freenove Microelectronics kits. Will work with USB speakers.
Very happy.
Unboxed 4:00pm and 10pm I had:
Rasbian, Ubuntu, Suse and Retropie up and running.
Mixxx(DJ software), LMMS(Digital Audio Workstation), Audacity(Audio Editor) installed and running.
Completed the “Hello World” – first Python lesson.
Ordered a pair of retro games controllers
“GeeekPi 2PCS/Lot USB Controller Game Pad Joypad Joystick for PC Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Retropie”.
AND Now 3 days later:
Have a functioning retro games machine that can double as a PC, DJ workstation or Music production workstation.
All for under 200 including monitor
So Yes ***** all day every day!
As a low cost computer, if you have a spare screen or HDMI input to a television then this is all you need. Everything that comes with the Pi software package works well. Alternative OS less so as this is a low power device optimised for Raspbian. It comes with the whole of Libre Office and VLC for playing media.
It also has the I/O port at the back should you feel like playing with the programming languages. I might use this for programming Pi-zeros in the future. What I primarily bought it for was as a cost effective DMX lighting controller using QLC+ at its base. I’m told it can do that but you have to pay for (quite rightly) the bespoke version of QLC+ customised for the Pi. I haven’t got that far yet.
The library pdf e-books to help with the widest range of projects that the Pi Foundation have had written and made available for free download under the Help->Bookshelf menu item is quite stunning.
As well as more educational software and information than you could shake a stick at, it is also supplied with Libreoffice, CUPS (for printing), games, video not to mention anything else you could likely think of within the software repository. Just awesome.
Have already bought a second machine for my 30 yo son who teaches and also wanted one 30 minutes after looking around mine. My 4yo Granddaughter is next.
Unable to recommend highly enough. Unbelievable value.
This is a brilliant piece of kit – very competitively priced (just be sure to buy from the official Raspberry Pi shop on here, not one of the alternative listings that are twice the price!) and includes the Pi 400 as well as a very neat mouse (nice short cable), micro-HDMI to HDMI cable, USB-C power supply, SD card and a fantastic printed manual. In use it is really very responsive and is kept regularly updated. Highly recommended.