“The Pi looks very vulnerable without the case - very easy to touch the insides or expose them to dust and moisture - so the case seems essential. The additional fan works fine inside the case.”
“This case looks good and fits like a glove... but with no ventilation whatsoever it's essentially an oven for the Raspberry Pi.
My Pi idles at 65'C in this case and easily gets up to 75'C+ when working. The CPU starts to automatically throttle at 80'C and it's not good for components (e.g. SD card) to be that hot so regularly.
Just by leaving the lid off the case the temperature drops by 10'C, without using a fan or a heat sink. I'm therefore not sure why they didn't include any holes for ventilation on this case! (though of course you could always drill your own)”
