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Review on GeeekPi Raspberry Low Profile Cooling Heatsink Computer Components by Philip Wagner

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Excellent profile, still a bit expensive

Much better profile than the vertical model. It blocks the camera connection and the price is still too high for the overall quality. This model didn't have screws for the fan but instead had a mounting bar that made it very difficult to replace the fan, which I did. I installed a 5V Noctua 40mm x 10mm fan. Almost noiseless at 5V. It also has no annoying RGB. One star so far for the price. I would buy for all my Pis but if it's just $12 less than the 3B+ and 4b 1GB boards which are 66% cheaper I can't justify it. So, the pros: I have my 4b. up to 22 °C idle and 32 °C under load for 30 minutes. I used CPU compound instead of the supplied terminal strips. As said, with the Noctua fan it is almost silent. If the manufacturer lowers the price to a reasonable level I could buy 5 more, but until then I'll have to settle for my homemade solution. Perhaps offer a fanless model, just screw mounts, like a vertical model. stars for this reason. I use my 3.3v fan and still keep it in the 23-27 degree range with no load running for 10 minutes.

Pros
  • Satisfied so far
Cons
  • Will write later