{"id":737,"date":"2025-06-20T13:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=737"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:47:35","slug":"raspberry-pi-500-desktop-kit","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/product\/raspberry-pi-500-desktop-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 500 Desktop Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The complete Raspberry Pi 500 setup! The Desktop Kit comes with a mouse, a USB-C power supply and an HDMI cable, along with the Official Raspberry Pi Beginner\u2019s Guide, to help you get the most out of your new computer.<\/p>\n<p>Raspberry Pi 500 features the same quad-core 64-bit Arm processor and RP1 I\/O controller found in Raspberry Pi 5. With a one-piece aluminium heatsink built in for improved thermal performance, your Raspberry Pi 500 will run fast and smoothly even under heavy load, while delivering glorious dual 4K display output. It is ideal for surfing the web, creating and editing documents, watching videos, and learning to program using the Raspberry Pi OS desktop environment.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re upgrading from a Pi 400 you can expect to see big performance improvements! With 8GB RAM as standard it&#8217;s well equipped to handle memory intensive tasks like tabbed web browsing and the improved CPU and GPU should keep everything zipping along quickly whilst feeling nice and responsive.<\/p>\n<h2>Kit includes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raspberry Pi 500 (<strong>UK Keyboard layout<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>32GB microSD card, pre-programmed with Raspberry Pi OS<\/li>\n<li>Power supply (<strong>UK plug<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mouse<\/li>\n<li>Official Raspberry Pi Beginner\u2019s Guide (English)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00d7 micro HDMI to HDMI-A cable, 1 m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning on using\u00a0HATs or mini HATs with your Pi 500 you&#8217;ll probably also want to pick up\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPIO extension cable<\/a>, take a look at the extras for more options.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/product\/raspberry-pi-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raspberry Pi Monitor<\/a>\u00a0pictured is sold separately.<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2.4GHz quad-core, 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with 512KB L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache<\/li>\n<li>VideoCore VII GPU<\/li>\n<li>8GB LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM<\/li>\n<li>2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth 5.0 \/ Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)<\/li>\n<li>Micro SD card slot, with support for high-speed SDR104\u00a0mode and the command queuing extension<\/li>\n<li>2 \u00d7 USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps<br \/>\noperation<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00d7 USB 2.0 port<\/li>\n<li>Gigabit Ethernet<\/li>\n<li>Dual micro-HDMI ports<\/li>\n<li>40-pin GPIO header<\/li>\n<li>Kensington lock<\/li>\n<li>5V\/5A DC power \u2013 via USB-C power supply<\/li>\n<li>Power button on the keyboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raspberry Pi 500 dimensions: 122mm (D) x 286mm (L) x 22mm (H)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/files\/Raspberry_Pi_500_product_brief.pdf?v=1733482689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Product brief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complete Raspberry Pi 500 setup! 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