“Great Little case, fit my nvme hat with no issues, just need to source some different case screws/threaded bar to properly seat everything into the case”
“Excellent case. The Raspberry Pi 5 is a perfect fit. The SSD card and connecting ribbon fit well and the thing works great as my desktop computer in my 'man cave'/workshop. Superb fast delivery as always from the team at the Pi Hut!”
“A well engineered case that looks the part. Fitting a Raspberry Pi 5 with an SSD kit requires a certain amount of dexterity with the SSD ribbon cable due to the assembly sequence - you have to bolt in the Raspberry Pi 5 first using the pillar bolt spacers before fitting the SSD HAT. I found that I needed to use both the GPIO header extender from the SSD kit and the one supplied with the case in order to get the pins through the HAT and allow for any further additional hardware. Possibly some more guidance might be helpful for some, however with a little bit of thought it became straightforward and the result was very pleasing all round.”
“Like many other ordinary folk I find Raspberry Pi hardware very fiddly, everything is on such a small scale.
With this in mind I decided to review this KKSB case for the Raspberry Pi 5.
Assembly instructions were not provided with the case and not one for trawling the Internet for videos I dashed headlong into the project.
The supplied Standoffs for use with a HAT were metal, possibly brass and decent quality although fitting them in the rear corners of the case was tricky, I eventually resorted to a little tool supplied with a PC Case for screwing in motherboard standoffs with a screwdriver.
The HAT itself was easy enough to fit, the PCIe cable was fiddly in the confined space but I managed it first time.
The top of the case must be fitted with the slot facing the rear or the side panel mounting holes will not match up.
There are an assortment of mounting points on the base of the case which I am tempted to use to mount my Pi in an unobtrusive place.
All in all it seems like a sturdy case, it utilises the power switch simply but effectively and is quiet with my PI 5.”
“All of the kit was as expected but specifically I want to discuss the problems with the KKSB raspberry Pi 5 Case.
It was well built but over assembled! it's held together with tiny crosshead screws. So I got the old jewelry screwdrivers out. Despite my best efforts I couldn't undo some of the screws. With much effort I ended up messing up the heads and had to resort to drilling out the heads just to get it open. I am a big chap but I'd hate to meet the gorilla who assembled it!”
