![]() Hence this LOVELY Armor Aluminum Alloy Case Protective Shell Metal Enclosure from Banggood – which only works with the Pi4 but is superb quality, good looking and not expensive. Raspberry Pi 4 case/heatsink with dual fans Not only am I getting more ambitious with what I expect from my Pi3 devices – and don’t get me started on the more expensive cases and fans you see in the UK (though it is worth mentioning you can choose to have this delivered from the UK or China depending on your need for speed). I’ve had several of the widely available multi-part cases which are fine until they break (and they do). Original blog and purchase date was October 2019. I just happened to have spares so replaced both fans. Update June 21, 2020: One of the fans on the RPi4 version got noisy – not happy (the sound is annoying). Until now, sizes were pretty much universal and would even fit some of the Not-Raspberry PIs. However, the Neo is stylish and cheaper if you opt for the case without the fan.Over the years I must’ve had every cheap plastic case going for my various Raspberry Pis, from clear cases through bright red expensive looking perspex, black, orange, you name it. We like this an awful lot, but we like the original Argon One case a little more. It’s certainly a neat solution, and is cheaper if you opt for the Argon Neo case on its own. To its credit, the Argon Neo is a more minimalist design that’s slimmer and more in keeping with the design aesthetic of Raspberry Pi. ![]() It’s $15 for the Argon Neo case and $10 for the Fan HAT, which makes the package the same price as the larger Argon One. So, we are left wondering whether you actually need the fan? Which to buy? Still not enough for Raspberry Pi OS to begin throttling the CPU. Without the fan, the temperature ran up to 82☌ (and was kept in check by the passive cooling of the case alone). With that in mind, we overclocked our Raspberry Pi 4 to 2.0GHz and reran the test. Either with or without the fan, we didn’t get anywhere near that temperature. ![]() As the CPU temperature approaches 85☌, Raspberry Pi OS throttles the CPU speed to bring down the temperature. None of this is anywhere close to threatening Raspberry Pi performance. We ran the same test with the Argon Neo case without the fan attached and found the temperature maxed out at 58☌ – exactly the same temperature as with the fan attached. Things started at 37☌ and the temperature slowly rose and hovered around 55☌, before the fan duly kicked in and held the temperature in check for the full 15 minutes, maxing out at 58☌. We stress-tested a Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) CPU at full capacity for 15 minutes with both Argon Neo and Argon Fan HAT attached. The fan speed is related to the CPU temp, kicking in at 55☌ and increasing to 100% fan speed at 65☌. When you’re done with accessing ports and GPIO pins, the metal lid snaps the whole kit shut via a magnet to form a stylish metal case. Unlike Argon One, you can also access Raspberry Pi’s Display and Camera ports (the latter only without the fan connected). (Although with the Argon Fan HAT attached, half of the GPIO pins numbers are hidden behind the board.) The metal case acts as a passive heatsink.Ī neat touch it shares with Argon One is the GPIO pin layout guide printed on the case. Putting it togetherĪs with other cases (such as Flirc), the metal part of the case connects to the CPU and RAM (with included thermal paste). Alongside the fan, The Argon Fan HAT provides a power button, which can perform safe shutdown, forced shutdown, and reboot Raspberry Pi. ![]()
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