“The cooling is much better than using a Fan SHIM (at least 10 degrees less when fan is off) and silent when on. Plus no power draw compared with the fan.”
“I am sure its great thermally, but the Micro-sd memory card sticks out beyond the heavy solid case. So if you put your Pi in a bag with other stuff expect the Pi's memory card holder to be broken when you get where you are going. I say this from experience.
For those who leave their Pi on a desk and are confident it won't fall off, I recommend this case.”
“Sometimes simplicity is the answer. The RPi 4 Fan Shim was not compatible with the project I was building so ordered this heatsink case. Easy to assemble and really working well for me. Ideal if you have any slight amount of ventilation and any sort of reasonable ambient temperature.”
“Super sleek! It covers the Pi very nicely, and since it's all aluminum, it's a great sink too! I think I'm happy that I got this instead of a real case.”
“Bought this about a week ago for my Raspberry Pi 4. I wanted to have some sort of cooling on it and a case but didn’t want a fan that could be noisy. This is perfect for my needs. It is very sturdy, zero noise (obviously) and easy to assemble. My Raspberry Pi runs at around 38 degree Celsius idle and around 44 degree Celsius on full load. It has a space to expose the pins but I don’t use any of the pins. So, I can’t comment on how well it works with the pins.
Only issue, if I really have to mention one, would be that the thermal pad ripped when I was peeling off the protective paper (I was being careful). But this might have just been a one off issue with mine. I just put it together. So, it’s not much of an issue at all.”
