Argon ONE M.2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case Reviews

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“Although a beautifully made case with very effective heat dissipation there are two problems with it. Firstly the metal of the case (which is the reason heat dissipation is so effective) blocks a siginicant amount of wifi signal. Previously I was able to connect to a particular AP and then stay with it for ever, with the Argon case connections would drop, reconnect somewhere else, or lose all connectivity for a while. Secondly the power button, fan control, IR receiver all use GPIO pins but these weren't specified and so there was a danger that pins in use by the case would be inadvertently resused. I did contact the manufacturers about the wifi problem but they didn't bother to reply - I guess it is a know issue which they cannot fix. In summary if you only connect via LAN cable and are careful with GPIO connectivity it is a splendid case and the features such as fan control and heat dissipation are great. If you need wifi and are some distance from the router then beware.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“This is - of course - a beautifully designed case. I do like the full-size HDMI sockets and booting from the SSD was easy to set up. Less good (for some) may be its shielding of the Wifi signal (I use a telephone hot spot and merely keep the phone close to the Case). The infra-red receiver is a feature I will use. So all in all I am very happy with this case... it really does propel the Pi4 into a main PC contender.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Excellent little case! Highly recommended to anyone considering it. The only criticism is that it should really come with one additional thing - an easy way of connecting the SSD in the case to a USB cable for your PC. I got hold of a "USB 3 Male to Type C Female" adapter and I can confirm that it makes reinstalling SO much quicker and easier, and you don't have to take the case apart.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Lovely case, easy to fit and very well made. The only let down is a slightly noisy fan. Which I may try to find a quieter replacement for. I have it running Home Assistant with a 256Gb M2 drive.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Excellent case, but the usb to usb dongle is faulty, the pi4 won't boot. Replace it with a usb to usb cable and it boots up. Am currently waiting for Argon to send a replacement. Still an excellent case though.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Great case. Easy to assemble. Works perfectly with Home Assistant, connected to my home network via Ethernet. Great service from The Pi Hut”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Very pleased with the case, great to have all the connections on one side which keeps it neat. Although larger than a standard Pi case it takes up less room with all the connection at the rear. Full size HDMI are great idea but I run my Pi headless. My Pi 4 is used as a reverse proxy server and boots from a M.2 Sata SSD. The only downside is the fan is a little noisy. The fan did stop working after a reboot, I took the case apart, could not see anything wrong and the fan is running again My Pi 4 currently running at 37C in an room temperature 21C. When the fan was not working it was running at 47C which is still ok.”