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Review on πŸ–₯️ GeeekPi Raspberry Pi 4 Metal Case with Fan and Low-Profile CPU Cooler, Enhanced Raspberry Pi 4B Case with Horizontal ICE Tower Cooler (Silver) by Dan West

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Not too difficult to assemble. Although the case could be improved a lot.

The seller selling this is not a 52pi manufacturer so I won't attack him too harshly. This review was written by a customer who wants to buy this case. Pros: Comes with a spare fan. There are extra bolts, risers, washers. if you buy it in bulk on aliexpress in China. Cons: - Cheap fan/heatsink feel - Thermal strips are smaller than Raspberry Pi processors, I think a bit more would be better. - Requires 8 screws to screw the cover on, I find it a bit redundant. Especially when you come in and need to fix something. Also, all of the screws are preloaded so you'll have to loosen them to open the empty case, and some of them were very strong so the included screwdriver didn't have enough strength to remove them. Fan them together and attach to the acrylic panel. And the second guide to installing the Pi on the case. This confused me a bit because you need to swap the screws for the case for the acrylic panel. - The guide is quite small to see the direction of the screws etc. But overall it wasn't difficult to understand. - Assembly can be difficult, but not too difficult. The case has 2 mounting holes for vertical screws when there are only 4. Because of this I think it's a bad design, but I think 4 isn't needed after installing the Pi. This part is a bit tricky, but basically all you have to do is put the Pi in a fanless case and add the fan later. Connecting the fan cables can be tricky, so you should do this before attaching the fan. My biggest issue with the case is the 8 screws required to assemble the case. I think if they made it fit naturally it would be a lot smarter than the Argon One M.2 case I also have. Can I recommend this case? The case is cool, it works, it would be way cooler if it was better engineered, maybe it would have NVME capabilities built in so I didn't have to buy an external one. I'll have to see how long the fan lasts. The heatsink and fan look a bit cheap, so we'll see. The fan changes different colors, so it's pretty cool.

Pros
  • certified
Cons
  • embarrassed