“For anyone thinking of putting this cooler in the official rp5 case for a bit more thermal mass than the provided heatsink, it *does* fit with the case fan insert and functions well, but it clearly wasn't designed to. Outside of this usage, it is perfect.
Fit this cooler in the normal way and put the pi into the lower half of the case. Fit the fan insert into the case top and plug the fan into the pi. When snapping the case top onto the case bottom, give it a little wiggle along the long axis to make sure that the clear plastic fan retention clips slot in-between the black fins of the low profile cooler, then snap it closed fully. The low profile cooler will get bumped side to side along the long axis of the pi a little when the fan clips slide into the gaps.
This product could be improved by machining out the fins in this area to give the fan clips some clearance. That said, it does work without modification if you install it carefully.”
“All you need to tame the Pi5, given some airflow. Without any airflow, this is sufficient for anything other than 'full tilt' workloads. Given any airflow at all, even a small 40 mm fan somewhere in the case, this heatsink keeps the Pi5 under thermal throttle limits. In my combination of a 'North Pi' case, 'case fans' (SKU: F-0028) and this heatsink my Pi 5 never exceeds 70°C under full load.”
