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I too am an SBC hoarder. It has gotten bad. :D

I bought the original Raspberry Pi 2b as part of a homebrew NAS. Later I bought the Pi 3, Pi 4, Pi Compute 4 + board, Pi 5, 2 RISC-V boards, and a bunch of other boards. I don't have a need for them, I just enjoy collecting them.

Currently the only one I'm using is a Pi 5.

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Admitting you have a problem is the first step in recovery.

I don't know why, but throwing away computers has always felt wrong to me. I have this small device, built on countless years of research and development that would have been unthinkable not too long ago and it's going straight into a garbage bag. Goodbye to all those semiconductors built on extraordinarily precise manufacturing processes and full of rare earth metals I guess. Now I got a new device with more memory and computing power that'll perform just as bad in a few years for the same tasks because a lot of software sucks ass.

I get that, but sitting in a drawer unused until you die is only a little different than land-filling it. Find a local makerspace, electronic enthusiast mailing list or other place interested people might hang out and offer it to someone who might be able to put it to work, esp someone who might not be able to afford the toy otherwise.

Where did you find the Pi5 for purchase? I can't find one of these in the USA for purchase anywhere.

https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-5-8gb/

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