Geekworm Raspberry Pi 4 Case Review

I've seen previous comments about finishing to size. The last comment I saw said it was fixed so I ordered and even with the thermal pad there is a NOTICEABLE gap between the heatsink and ANY chip. just trash. And the fact that they sent this to me knowing others had a problem shows they have no integrity or quality control and will discard their bad products with no shame. Other thoughts: There is no mechanism to prevent chipping (like springs) even if the heatsink fits. Now, in addition to…

The "Thermal Tape" was developed to close the large gap between the housing and the chips on the Raspberry Pi. It is a 3M 9448A double coated cloth tape that does not conduct heat and should not be used for thermal sync applications. According to the 3M website, "9448A Double Sided Fabric Tape. is a medium hardness acrylic adhesive system with both high initial tack and good retention at high temperatures. and] foam bonding. We bought two of these cases and now need to find a way to get them to

Good solid case with good cooling properties. Very powerful, very small. You can pair it with a Raspberry 4B and one of Geekworm's SSD expansion cards. Use the long expansion bolts from the expansion board to attach the Pi to the top of the case. 1mm spacers or washers must be placed between the bottom of the case and the expansion card to make room for the SSD. The standard screws supplied with the case go through the bottom of the case, through the 1mm spacers, the board extension and up to…

When I was looking for coolers I wanted something that wouldn't be too noticeable as it would be visible under my TV and I wanted a passive cooler. As long as it meets the requirements. The Raspberry PI 4 gets pretty hot so you can't use it with every workload and don't have a cooler on it and this one works fine. This cooler doesn't heat up that easily and even stayed under 60°C in some stress tests (results in the test report). It was easy to assemble and all the in/out ports were still…

I bought this assuming the included thermal pads/adhesive would not be needed. With that in mind, I experimented with thermal paste as a replacement and accidentally added a small 30mm fan to blow over the top of the case (see below). Generally I see 25-28C at low CPU usage (2-10% CPU usage) at an ambient temperature of 20C and I'm happy with the result. Here's what I did: 1. Clean the heatsink contacts and chips with isopropyl alcohol.2. Apply plenty of thermal grease (some old Arctic Silver…

These radiators get the job done, but it can be LOTS of improvement. The heatsink is designed with 1/16 inch clearance between CPU, memory and NIC chipset. This gap should be filled with the supplied radiator gasket, but this is NOT optimal! I understand that it's extremely difficult to cut every heatsink to perfectly fit every single Pi, but the main improvement would be to get the metal in contact with the chips. This can be achieved by using springs to press the heatsink against the…

After the Raspberry Pi 4 was released, I realized it would be a good device for some of my projects. When it comes to finding a case, I always buy clear and black zebra cases from C4Labs. However, the Raspberry Pi 4 packs so much processing power into such a small package that it requires significantly more cooling than previous versions; For this reason, C4Labs does not currently offer a Zebra case for the Pi 4, which also lacks a fan. I decided to try this case as it avoids the need for a fan

Very easy to install, very accurate and cools better than a small fan. The Wi-Fi signal is strong - all signal bars are lit. Pi 4 - one in a plastic case with a fan (made by Canakit) and this one. The Armor case looks very sharp and gives the Pi a very solid look with some extra weight to keep the Pi from moving around so easily. Two GPIO extenders are provided, which is nice. EDIT: Here's some info on thermal data points after using this case for a few days. Using the package "stress-ng" I ran