“The case works perfectly now the power problem was resolved. It took a few reassemblies to make the USB-C connection although the daughter board was fully inserted. However I had another problem trying to use a 2230 NVME drive. It requires a larger screw to hold it in than that used for a 2280. I used one of the screws from the heatsink/cover. Why did they make them different sizes and not supply a screw?”
“A brilliant piece of kit. Well designed, well made, easy to assemble. Running a Pi 5 with an NVMe, Pi OS and KDE Plasma (wayland) it can easily perform as a usable little desktop computer for most day to day needs. Very slick.”
“Case is quite good overall. The Pi will run relatively cool (if you don't forget to include the silicon pads).
One weird thing though, some of the screws were over-tightened when the case was initially assembled (nearly led to some damage)”
“Really great case! Easy to assemble. Just remember to have an SD card it for first boot (with a pi installation) if you intend to boot from NVME. Had me scratching my head a while! After first boot, worked great without SD and just booting from NVME”
“Have the previous version for Pi4 and was very happy with it.
This is essentially the same but made to fit the Pi5 and built in NVME memory holder on the bottom.
Bought to make a kodi box, it has full size hdmi sockets.”
“The case feels very solid and well engineered. The (paper!) instruction manual is pretty clear and easy to follow - it's warning to make sure the daughter board is fully pushed into the Pi's HDMI and power sockets is well worth heeding! The m.2 NVME insallation is straightforward, although the PCIe ribbon cable is a bit of a fiddle - but my case came with a spare in case of accidental damage. The main issue I had was getting the PI to boot off the NVME - I failed to get this to work with the Ubuntu 23.10 and 24.04 beta distributions and had to go back to Raspberry PI OS - which worked first time. The ARGO software installer configures the bus for PCIe x3 as well as configuring the boot loader to boot from NVME. Thermal mangement is good - as reported with other online reviewers, my case idles at around 30-35C. Under load the system goes up about 20C. Some reviewers have reported trouble with NVME and power supplies - I have had no issues with a Samsung 980 Pro and the official UK Raspberry Pi 5 27W USB C adaptor.”
