“The case looks stylish, however, on construction, the thermal pads disintegrated, so I ordered some ARCTIC MX-2 Thermal Compound Paste instead, which in hindsight was the preferred method because my Raspberry Pi 4 keeps relativity cool. I added the Fan SHIM to blow down on the heatsink and even under heavy load (compiling gcc 9.3.0) the CPU temperature is a constant 35C. Rated 4/5 because of the faulty thermal pads.”
“Very nice little case, wasn’t expecting much for the price, but it’s superbly machined and fits the Pi perfectly and keeps it cool. I bought a few of different colors to help me tell each pi apart.”
“Heatsink is built really well.
The thermal pads that came with it to connect the processor to the sink crumbled when I tried to put them on. Lucky I had some thermal paste I could use instead.”
“The cooling is much better than using a Fan SHIM (at least 10 degrees less when fan is off) and silent when on. Plus no power draw compared with the fan.”
“I am sure its great thermally, but the Micro-sd memory card sticks out beyond the heavy solid case. So if you put your Pi in a bag with other stuff expect the Pi's memory card holder to be broken when you get where you are going. I say this from experience.
For those who leave their Pi on a desk and are confident it won't fall off, I recommend this case.”
