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Review on 💻 Vilros Raspberry Pi 4 Silver Cooling Case: Heavy Duty Aluminum Alloy for Optimal Performance by Ron Josey

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A nice case won't cool the device properly without a heatsink interface

Update: This case was too nice to send back , so I canceled the return and applied 3rd party thermally conductive silicone pads to the chips and case in the locations indicated in the documentation. After assembly, the case cools the components much better. --------- This case did not deliver the claimed cooling without the use of "extra" thermal paste. The device still reaches "gas" temperature within five minutes under load. Maybe lube would work better, but that would be very messy on a device that's meant to be opened multiple times. Thermal pads would be a better option. However, I can't say if they would have improved thermal conductivity.

Pros
  • Aluminum case Makes contact with the CPU and other chips on the Pi board, acts as a heatsink and draws heat away from the boar
Cons
  • Hard to tell