Orange Pi 5: Excellent RK3588S Octa Core SBC

Orange Pi 5 SBC review, including hardware specifications, with demos running Ubuntu and Debian, and applications that include Chromium, GIMP, LibreOffice, Blender and Kdenlive. There is also discussion of the differences between an RK3588 and RK3588S system on a chip (SoC), with tests to show the implications for the speed of an M.2 NVMe SSD. At the time of uploading this video (Jan 14th 2023), the 4GB Orange Pi 5 was selling on for $ -- Note that this is an affiliate link, and that as an Amazon Associate I earn a commission from any qualifying purchases you may make. The Orange Pi 5 featured in this video was purchased on pre-release from AliExpress in November 2022 for £ plus taxes and shipping, which came to £ delivered. At the time of making this video (in the second week of January 2023) the 4GB model with no accessories included was selling on AliExpress for $. But as I say in the video, Orange Pi prices seem to change very regularly, and the board is sold in a lot of different packages. You can learn more about the Orange Pi 5, and download operating system images, from its web page here: Please note that the above is not an affiliate or otherwise sponsored link, and that I have no association with Orange Pi. My previous review of the Rock 5B is here: My previous review of the Orange Pi 800 ARM keyboard computer is here: If you are interested in comparing the RK3588 and RK3588S SoCs, you can review information as follows: RK3588 datasheet: Brief RK2588S Datasheet: For additional ExplainingComputers videos and other content, you can become a channel member here: More videos on computing and related topics can be found at: @explainingcomputers You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: @explainingthefuture Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Unboxing & Specs: 07:19 Ubuntu 12:05 NVMe Speed Test 14:55 Debian & Applications (inc Kdenlive render test) 20:33 Wrap #OrangePi5 #RK3588S #explainingcomputers