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Review on πŸ“Ό RETROFLAG NES Cartridge Style 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 with Type A Male to Micro B Cord - Compatible with NESPi 4 Case, Windows, Desktop, Laptop, Mac OS, Linux - 2.5 Inch SSD External Hard Drive Case by Chris Scalia

Revainrating 4 out of 5

PRACTICALLY PERFECT. but not quite.

This is the coolest case for the Pi4 Retro Gaming Rig yet. It has everything you need: retro style, an incredibly smart way to use an SSD for storage expansion, a safe shutdown and reset tied to the power buttons, great port integration on the back. The male. SO CLOSE. But. Big but. Something in the way USB3 is connected to SATA and/or USB3 on the front of the case is causing SERIOUS RF interference. Because of this, you cannot use 2.4 Wi-Fi. Your Bluetooth controller is either not working or has a greatly reduced range. Those are incredibly unfortunate flaws for this case. People are talking about either using USB2 to SATA or using foil and tape to protect cables/boards and hopefully that will work, but it's no good that people have to do this when both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cases are pretty important for most users. for Pi. It could also use better ventilation or cooling or both. It's getting very hot. I would give this review 5 stars if they could address these issues as everything else is top notch.

Pros
  • Very good value for money
Cons
  • Big and chunky