Aluminium Armour - Heatsink Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Black Reviews

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“Ordered this as a silent no-moving-parts answer to heat dissipation for my new Pi4, which is my new nextcloud. Not only does it look up to the job, but it looks rather stylish too”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I like to keep my electronics cool so this is an excellent product with the major advantage that it is a passive device. It does get warm with a RPi4 underneath. I encountered one minor drawback, for which I was not prepared, being that the 40-pin GUI interface needs to be extended. This can be done by adding PiHut's 'GPIO Stacking Header for Pi A+/B+/Pi 2/Pi 3 [ADA2223]'. I recommend using the longer pin version which will lift any Hat clear of the heatsink.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“This case is great BUT I use a ribbon cable to connect my Pi to a GPIO extension board and the connector on the ribbon cable is too big to fit now. It can be worked around using single wires but it has complicated things.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The construction is solid, the upper part is effective, it cools the system, but the lower part is only aesthetic, it does not dissipate anything. What I did not like is that the microsd is exposed, and could break if precautions are not taken.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Just got this Pi to put together a motion detecting wildlife camera. Very smooth delivery from PiHut and looking forward to getting it working.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“This beautifully-made case could be the perfect solution for someone who still wants to use GPIO pins on the Pi 4. Otherwise the Flirc case could be regarded as aesthetically better. I like that not having a fan means that it is quiet, doesn't gather dust and draws no power. The one thing that would make it better still would be if the manufacturers had drilled and tappped the screw holes right through so that you could mount a hat on top.hat on top. I will be doing that on mine because it is going to end up in a marine autopilot. My case is finished in black and I think that would be more thermally effective than a gold finish.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“This is my second review of this product, as I wanted to offer one additional insight. I initially purchased both the fan-assisted and fanless variety of this heatsink-case. I put the fan-equipped cases on a mirrored pair of Pi 4's which I set up with Pi-Hole DNS for my home network. These ran consistently cooler than the this model of the case, but after a couple of weeks the on-board fans became steadily more noisy and more irritating. I switched all PI's to this case and got complete silence, but an "approximately idle" temperature of 51-55 Centigrade in a room with an ambient temperature of 23-24 centigrade. This weekend, I ran an experiment, placing a 120cm, USB-powered fan approx 30cm from my 4 Pi's, which were sat together on a shelf. This is the fan I used:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XQWMFDQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 After less than 5 minutes of running at the lowest speed setting, this fan had reduced operating temperatures, from 51-52 centigrade to 33-35 when temps of all 4 Pi's were checked. Astounding result from just a small amount of air movement. My experimentation would suggest that if you want really silent Pi operations, then the best combination might be some of these heatsink cases, paired with a larger, slower-turning (and hence quieter) external fan.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Great little case that avoids the need for fans that can be noisy and a point of failure.”

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Posted 5 years ago