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Review on ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ Enhance and Protect your Raspberry Pi 4 with Akasa Gem Pro, a Superior Passive Cooling Case in Silver by Damien Krzywicki

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Pi4: Excellent passive cooling, HDMI cable didn't fit

Cooling: I used Arctic Silver 5 between the heat exchanger units and their respective case cutouts. I also used it for the processor to pass the block interface. I ran stress-ng and cpuburn-a53 and the CPU temp didn't go above 40C. For some reason I expected it to be higher. I need to double check my methods. HDMI cable: The micro HDMI adapter was not long enough to be electrically connected when plugged in, so no monitor. I suppose it would be possible to shave the plastic off the end of the micro HDMI connector until it works with a standard hole - a few mm would suffice. nope I used a dremel to enlarge the hole to fit my cable. This thing has five star cooling and a one star fit. But it cools so well that I'm only deducting one star. If I need another Pi case I will buy one of these.

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