Dual Fan Heatsink Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Reviews

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Posted 5 years ago

“It's very quiet and it was able que keep the PI around 40 degrees while running stress with 8 threads. This was tested on a RPI 4 with 4GB”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The case is easy to assemble and is very rugged. The fans are almost silent. It’s one of those rare products that does what it says on the tin.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The heatsink with dual fan really works well. To stop the fans being always on, I have added my own controller hardware and software. The controller has an NPN transistor with it's base controlled from a GPIO pin by means of a modulated mark space ratio signal based on CPU temperature. Control software coded in Python. (If interested look for help with this on the Web.) Would recommend.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“For its size and price this is an impressive machine. It's capable of a lot but not quite ready to be a proper desktop. It does get very hot so some decent cooling is required.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Does the trick very well and looks interesting. A little assembly sheet for beginners would be nice. I am now asking myself if the model without fans wouldn't do as well.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I bought this for my son to help set up a Pi4 as a Plex server. I must admit I was doubtful whether the Pi would manage the heavy lifting of transcoding to a remote client, and if it did, that it would operate at a sensible temperature. I am amazed to report that all streaming is smooth and even serving a transcoded stream, it only reaches the low 50s Centigrade. Very unexpected. Very pleasing. The set up is whisper quiet.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I've done some tests with various combinations of cooler and fans. Ambient temperature was 20 degrees. Results were: 1) Idle 50 deg, stressed 80 deg No cooling, just Pi4 bare board 2) idle 35 deg, stressed 49 deg Pi4 + Pimoroni fan shim 3) Idle 38 deg, stressed 51 deg Pi4 + Armor fan case with supplied "thermal" pads 4) Idle 32 deg, stressed 41 deg Pi4 + Armor fan case + 0.5mm copper shims and thermal grease, fans on 5) Idle 38 deg, stressed 53 deg As 4) but fans OFF So my conclusions are, from tests 2 and 3, Armor fan case, when using supplied pads, is comparable cooling to the Pimoroni fan shim. Armor case is awesome when removing the supplied thermal pads and replacing with a 0.5mm copper shim and thermal grease. All tests done with Cristopher Barnatt's script on his YouTube "Explaining Computers" channel. Overall, very pleased with this bulletproof case and cooling solution. Would have got 5 stars if it came with my copper shim mod.”

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Posted 5 years ago