Aluminium Armour - Heatsink Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Black Reviews

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“Seems to do its job well; certainly gets up to a hell of a temperature - I'd hate to think what would happen to the RPi4 without it. Comes with some sticky thermally conductive pads to go onto the CPU and one or two other components (I'm not sure whether they all get warm or whether the other components are merely getting impact protection from the metal heatsink via the pads) but the pictorial instructions weren't very clear as to which components these were for (the CPU is fairly obvious). It's also possible to accidentally remove the sticky film from the pad when you're trying to remove the protective backing from the film, so be careful. Still, as I said it does its job well and it seems to give decent access to all the ports, although I'm not convinced that one could lock and unlock the ribbon cable connectors once this is in place. If you're using them, you'd need to connect the cables to the PCB before connecting the heatsink. Of course that's only possible if your cables aren't already connected to something else at their other ends. If they are, then you might have the extra fiddly task of feeding the cables through the relevant slots in the heatsink and into their connectors on the RPi PCB before screwing the heatsink into position.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“The case gets warm, but the chips stay cool. It's also quite durable since it's solid aluminium, and there aren't exposed components that could get ripped off easily.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Delivered in double quick time. Well done Pi Hut.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Just been looking through my delivery of the my first Pi4 plus other goodies but the Amour case has no instructions in the box, can see the pics but not sure about the pads with the Allen key and bolts?”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Great looking rugged case for the Pi. Nice weight to it, comes with everything you need to fit it. Fits perfectly and still have access to the ports I need.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Nice case and it seems to keep the pi good and cool. The only downside was a lack of assembly instructions”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Very robust case. Well worth the purchase. I don't do over-clocking these days. No need to. The case acting as a heat sink appears to work fine. However, would highly recommend the fan assisted version if clocking faster is your aim. I would ask one thing be looked at... the GPIO access may be a bit tight with some ribbon cable connectors.”