“Not ideal if you plan on running the Pi in a room which you use. Gives off a high pitched and annoying noise. I ended up getting rid of the fan and buying an aluminium heat sink style case for the Raspberry Pi instead.”
“Does exactly what is says on the tin. Keeps the Pi cool. A bit whiney when it's on full speed, but rarely needs to ramp up, and I hardly ever hear it. Not really beefy enough to help with overclocking but prevents any throttling at the stock clock speed. Can't complain at the price either.”
“Great fan, currently not using it with the official case but with a custom case. The good thing about this is that is has support for PWM for which i have wrote a small bash script that triggers the fan when the SOC temps reach 50 degrees celsius and turn the fan off at 40 degrees celsius. Very convinient and keeps the PI cool.”
“My Pi was running Boinc 24/7 at 20% processor time and was at a constant 75°c in it's case. The install was relatively simple, sit the fan on top of the board and connect the cable, put the case together and boot up.
Now with Boinc at 60% processor time, my Pi running at a much more subdued 55°c. I'm very impressed!
Bear in mind though, that it is a small fan so it does run with a tolerable whine”
“For:-
Works good with the official case.
Not to loud.
Only comes on when needed due to temperature feedback.
Includes heatsink.
Good value without P&P.
Against:-
Bit fiddly to fit and get everything in case.”
“I bought the Raspberry PI to replace an Apple Mac mini for web browsing and Friday night kitchen disco’s. Had an issue with Video Tearing so was advised to ‘over clock’ the PI and bought the fan to assist with the cooling - easy to fit and works a treat. Still not believe the low cost of this kit - amazing.”
