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Raspberry Heatsink Designed Aluminum Pi Metal02 Review

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Description of Raspberry Heatsink Designed Aluminum Pi Metal02

This anodised aluminium heatsink case will protect your Raspberry Pi 4 and give you very effective passive cooling. It's great in cases where you want completely silent cooling, for instance, if you're building a home media center. The scope of delivery includes a thermal pad to provide thermal contact between the CPU and top case, and a handy Allen key and set of hex bolts to attach the case together. The case gives you access to all of the ports, pins, and connectors. Compatible with Raspberry Pi 4 only, not compatible with raspberry pi 3. Assembling your heatsink case is pretty easy and should only take a couple of minutes. The first, and most important thing is to make sure that your Pi is powered off and unplugged before you fit the case.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Pretty minimalist standard Pi case

I think there are many Pi cases with this basic design. It doesn't cover everything completely, but it protects the chips and gives access to the ports. It also dissipates a little heat. I revived my Pi crypto miner (following Tom's Hardware example) to see how it works with cooling. The case was warm after about 12 hours, not hot. no drama No problem. I think I prefer cases that cover everything completely. Just my opinion.

Pros
  • Electronics
Cons
  • No instructions

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good For Me - Computer Components

I have a very quiet fan on my 3D printer that runs all the time. It blows straight to my Raspberry Pi running Octoprint. It's perfect for this application. I had a suitcase full of one of those squeaky 30mm fans. My Pi location is well protected, and with all the air movement from the printer's 120mm fan, this works great. If you want a full body this is not for you. But if you want quiet cooling with solid top and bottom protection, this is for you.

Pros
  • Computer Components
Cons
  • Cables shorter than others

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Decent top and bottom heatsinks

I use a Home Assistant automation server (aka Hassio) that integrates all my home automation and security sensors. This Pi works 24x7 - 365 days a year so I need a very reliable setup for it. The current case was a magnetic plastic case with 2 mini fans and a heatsink attached to the Pi chipsets. This works well, but the fans wear out (and get very noisy) after 4-6 months of continuous use. CPU usage for Home Assistant tends to stay below the 10% average, so I decided to switch to this passive…

Pros
  • Heatsink
Cons
  • Only available in black