“Now in theory a good block of aluminium should be the greatest item to keep things cool. For the most part, it really is. But its not perfect. The part that touches the CPU is hollow and with the plastic cover on it really doesnt vent the heat that well especially in the added summer temps we have been getting. The unit was so hot you couldnt touch it. Design cosmetics have gotten in the way of a real performer. With the plastic cover off, it actually vents the heat better. Which got me thinking, what if we just make it more of a cooling top than the pretty plastic? So I bought four of the XL Raspberry Pi 4 Heatsinks and carefully lined them up, stuck them down and gave it another run. Its ingeniuous! Cooler running temps, more stable and it looks kind of sexy if I do say so myself! The FLIRC is a great case if you dont want to push things too intensely. The raspberry Pi 3b+ works hard until I get a Pi 5 and rebuild everything with the faster board. With the added cooling its great platform for the hardwork Im doing for cardiac patients with pacemaker reporting and monitoring.”
“Very happy with this case. Got a Pi 3B running as ADSB receiver. Was in a plastic case with CPU heat sink attached and CPU temp used to be around 60 degrees C to 65... post putting in this case it's now around 45 degrees C (hasn't yet exceeded 50).
Installation was straight forward.”
