These are the things I borrowed & bought:
- the Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B) itself + case
- the official power supply (as needs to be 5V and 2.5A)
- a micro SD card to hold the operating system (my old Pi 2 takes standard SD cards)
- a microSD to SD card adapter (so I can access the card from my mac)
Inputs
I already have USB keyboard & mouse lying around so will reuse those. The Pi comes with wifi on board, but theres also an ethernet port.
Display
I’ve got a 19” LCD that will do 1280x1024, the inputs are DVI and VGA. The Pi has a full size HDMI port so I got a HDMI (male) to DVI (female) adapter so I can attach my existing DVI cable to the Pi
Checklist
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Power supply
- Case
- 2x Micro SD card 4-8GB (ideally Sandisk/Kingston/known brand) plus a microSD to SD card adapter (my Kingston card came with one)
- USB keyboard
- USB mouse
- USB thumbdrive (16GB) for extra storage
- HDMI - DVI adapter (or maybe HDMI-DVI cable or HDMI-HDMI cable if your monitor has HDMI input)