M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board

Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board by bullen on Friday March 12, 2021 @03:14PM (#26440348)

For the pi you need these heatsinks: http://move.rupy.se/file/pi_4.jpg

The NUC is an ok alternative with the (for modern unavailable) Streacom NCX cases.

I'll use the Raspberry when the KWh is $1, until them I'm trying to move to Atom.

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Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board by tlavoie on Friday March 12, 2021 @05:55PM (#26441962)

Aluminum heat-sink cases work well too.

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Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board by bullen on Saturday March 13, 2021 @04:37AM (#26445320)

Yes if they look like the Streacom NC1/NC2... but all the cases for the Raspberry have bad design.

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Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board by tlavoie on Sunday March 14, 2021 @12:34AM (#26453051)

OK, I'll bite. How do, "all the cases for the Raspberry have bad design"?

I have one of these Flirc cases: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4553. It looks fairly nice, acts as a heat sink, so my Pi 4 chugs along fine without having to throttle even when using all cores.

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Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board by bullen on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:06AM (#26454641)

I'm talking subjective aestetic design.

Look here to understand: https://streacom.com/wp-content/uploads/nc1-wy-025-000-b.jpg

THAT is good design, comparatively everything released for the Raspberry looks like turds.

The Flirc in particular has 2 major flaws: It has a plastic lid on the top?! And it has the logo, things that have to put their name on their product always have bad design. The design should be the logo!

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