This makes for a very neat desktop setup. As well as the temperature-controlled fan, one of its major selling points is an interior daughter board that takes all the ports around to the back of the case. The standard Argon One case is also metal, built to the same robust standards as the Neo. The active approachĬlick on these images to see larger versionsįor an active cooling solution, I went with the Argon One case, which is available in two flavours, both of which I use and recommend. I use this feature mostly with the iPad, running Blink on the Apple device. My setup is slightly different, but essentially the same. Shove a monitor mode-capable wifi dongle into the Pi and you have a perfect hacking box.Īnd here.
That makes the Pi the perfect companion when you want a Linux box on the go. That way, I can plug the Pi into my iPad or laptop and both power the Pi and SSH into it with one cable. I’ve configured the Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB that I have in this case so that its USB-C port also acts as a network port and has a DHCP server behind it. And as this Pi lives in my main bag, which goes everywhere with me, it has been sorely tested. The base of the case is plastic, which is important for letting the wifis in and out. There’s a lot of metal here for soaking away the heat. It shows no tendency to come loose accidentally, but you have instant access to all of the Pi’s features. When you don’t need access to the ports or GPIOs, the main (also metal) lid of the case snaps into place with the aid of magnets. There’s even a notch in the case into which you can stuff the Raspberry Pi camera. There are cut-outs for the GPIO pins – which are handily labelled – as well as the camera and display port connectors. The main case casting is low-profile, contacting the chips directly. This takes a similar approach, but with a twist that, for my needs, makes it superior. And it works extremely well.Īnd so I’d be recommending the Flirc – if it wasn’t for the Argon Neo.
It’s cast in such a way that large square protrusions on the inside of the case reach down to contact, via thermal pads, the hottest chips. It uses the simple method of employing the whole metal case as a heat sink. I have a couple of these and still like them a lot. Until recently, my favourite passively cooled case for the RPi was the Flirc case. The passive approachĬlick on these images to see larger versions. (And yeah, water cooling is available for the Raspberry Pi, but is rather ridiculous.) The fan has to be powered, usually via the Pi’s GPIO pins, and so it draws a little extra current, and it makes noise. Passive cooling – just soaking away the heat by thermally attaching chunks of metal – has the advantage of being entirely silent and requiring no additional power.Īctive cooling usually involves passive cooling that is assisted by a fan. And there are two options – active or passive. In need of coolingĪll Raspberry Pi models will benefit from cooling, but the Model 4B demands it. These cases have been reliable companions for some considerable time now, which is why you can see stickers and light scuffs on them. But I don’t like recommending something I haven’t used myself. These cases have been around for some time now. Now I’ve settled on a couple of firm favourites – both from Argon40.Īnd to get this out of the way up-front, this post is not sponsored in any way. Having used these boards since the first iteration, I have tried many cases over the years, all of them with their strengths and weaknesses. Of course, if I need a ton of headroom/power in this form factor, I'd be better off with a NUC or used HP G1/G2/etc Mini or a Tiny ThinkStation.īut $30-50, ready to put to use, and fanless is very appealing, but I don't want to entertain the idea if the performance is rough.Every Raspberry Pi deserves protection. These also would be quicker/easier to just throw at a problem/need, because they've already got the case/AC adapter/etc, no need for kits and all that like the RPis and they're very inexpensive. Same with RPi4 since RPi4 is a huge upgrade over 3b. I guess I mainly just wanted an idea of if going from an RPi3b to one of these would technically be a step down or up in terms of the general performance of the platform (CPU, Networking, USB).
Click to expand.I suppose my use case will never require heavy CPU usage anyway (would use it for Pi-hole style blocking + dedicated Unifi controller, maybe other light stuff, like an internal FTP for testing).
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