“Nice sturdy aluminium case, easy to assemble and sufficient room for a slim fan & heatsink combo for the Pi.
I've got a heatsink with fan in this case {purchased separately) running nice and quietly at 3.3v and consistently sits around 40°c under heavy load when emulating dreamcast or N64 + shaders. I also tested 5v, it's about 1°c cooler but with a significant increase in noise.
The only real negative I have is that its impossible to access your micro SF card with fingers alone, you'll need a slim pair of tweezers or to dissasemble the case every time you want to remove this, so it loses one star for this alone.”
“Great, sturdy case to house my Pi. The metal feels like a definite upgrade from other plastic cases and the Pi remains well ventilated.
The case also includes a small slot to the side for access to the GPIO pins provided you have some breadboard or otherwise suitably small cables on hand.”
“As stated in previous reviews, it is a nice case to have and good at protecting your SBC. Yes the recess of the SD card slot is a bit cumbersome but it is good to stop little fingers trying to remove it while in operation. My Pi4B is running at 60+ degrees and that is with a ceramic heatsink placed on the processors.
What would be nice is 4 larger holes for the small Pi fan to keep it cooler while operating. It can be better if it was as summer heat would drive up the Pi core temperature potentially causing it to throttle. Now this is a minor problem with the Pi SBC's but adding a fan to the inside case pulling some cooler air over the board may make it run better in warmer days of operation. So for now, out with a drill to add the fan shim I have to keep it cooler than it is now which is a shame as the Pi case is quite good.”
“Nice strong sturdy case, simple but effective.
Good ventilation on top, placed a 60mm USB fan on top just to help drag the warm air out.
Would've given it 5 stars but for the sd card slot, wicked difficult to remove the card.
Good case”
“Most Raspberry Pi cases are plastic. This has aluminium end pieces and a powder-coated steel base and cover. A neat feature is that during construction one end piece can either cover or expose the MicroSD card slot; when covered the MicroSD card is secure and tamper-proof. This case is ideal to house a Raspberry Pi 4 with PoE hat - see the attached pic. Note that in my installation power is supplied via the ethernet cable from a PoE network switch and boot media is a 120GB USB3 SSD, replacing the MicroSD card.”
“I've had many Pi cases over the years, but this one is hands down the simplest, best design with plenty of space for passive heatsinks inside. Price is very competitive too.”
