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Review on iUniker Aluminum Raspberry Pi 4 Case with Passive Cooling and Heatsink Cooler - Compatible with Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (8GB/4GB/2GB) by Alex Pollard

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good heat dissipation

Excellent heat dissipation. I ran some stress tests with "stress" and "glxgears" on the system, but not once did the CPU temperature go above 60C. The Pi 4 has a hard throttle drop point at 80C, but starts throttling a little at around 60C. I'm using another aluminum heatsink on my Pi 3 but it goes up to 75C under heavy load. The body looks really nice. Tolerances are pretty tight - much better than any plastic case I've seen. The case I received has small scratches on the edges between the two halves. Flat surfaces are mostly flawless, and I've only noticed a few flaws. All markings were applied prior to anodizing and are therefore virtually invisible unless you look closely. This Pi 4 will be part of a demo for a customer and I think a case would look nice for this demo. The rubber feet are a nice touch to keep the device in place. It would be nice if there was an additional mounting option, such as B. Stands that allow you to mount the Pi to something. However, the chassis is aluminum so drilling and tapping holes is an option I might go with. My only complaint is that one of the screws had snapped off. My guess is that an electric screwdriver was used to drive the screw in, stripping off the aluminum threads on the case. However, the three remaining screws were fine. The SD card is also quite difficult to access. It is easy to insert, but can be more difficult to remove. All in all, I'll probably buy this case for future Pi projects.

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