Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4

Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by FullyFunctional on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:13PM (#21540043)

I have tried many options (including powerful fans), but the Flirc case [1] (whole-case passive heat sink) is my favority so far and cools well enough for a 1.75 GHz overclock under torture testing (2+ GHz would crash under torture). [1] https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-4-case (I'm not affiliated, just a content customer).

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by mizzack on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:23PM (#21540146)

Been a fan of those Flirc cases for a while. They do a good job and look/feel top quality.

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by int_19h on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:11PM (#21540540)

There is an even better take on the whole-case heat sink concept, although it gets pricey:

https://wickedaluminum.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-standard-...

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by blacksmith_tb on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:30PM (#21547372)

Might as well go all the way to AstroPi[1] at that rate. Though I wonder if Flir couldn't make a copper-top version for less money than either, really...

1: https://makezine.com/2015/12/01/raspberry-pi-iss/

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by FullyFunctional on Saturday November 16, 2019 @03:27AM (#21551624)

In which way is this "all" more than the flirc case? The Flirc case makes physical contact with the CPU and radiates heat all over the case. Don't let the black (removable) plastic top fool you - it's one solid piece the whole way.

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by blacksmith_tb on Monday November 18, 2019 @12:24PM (#21566135)

I didn't meant the Flirc case so much as the machined, high-dollar one. The Flirc one looks great, esp. for $15.

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by IshKebab on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:34AM (#21543551)

Quite ugly if you ask me!

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by FpUser on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:18PM (#21541071)

Beauty

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by driverdan on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:03PM (#21540480)

How do you use that with a GPIO cable?

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Re:Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 by skraelingjar on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:31PM (#21540701)

There is a small gap between the bottom plastic and metal body you should be able to get a ribbon cable through but I haven't tried it on mine.

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