#288 Raspberry Pi 4 Coolers: Which one is best? (Quickie)

I've would have liked a no cooling "control" sample as well and all of these with cpu MHZ. Otherwise, still a great test 4 years later.

Does a peltier cooler work well for cooling this, or arm based sbc's? I really want to use a tec for an sbc but idk how to determine the wattage it can cool

but with those heatsink cases you loose the standoffs, i like the look for them but i still need the standoffs

Thank you from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Cue me getting an active cooler with a huge heatsink to run RetroPie

Currently using the Ice Tower on a Pi 3B for the Astroberry application. I had to modify the Ice Tower (I did not like the idea of using 3 layers of the heat transfer film) to fit the 3B by taking a copper penny and sanding it smooth on both sides to place between the CPU and heat sink with some thermal compound. Also slightly bent the mounting leg to increase the downforce on the CPU. Mounted the assembly in a 3D printed case found on Thingiverse that I modified to increase the thickness of the case sides. At idle it is steady at 27°C in a room at 20°C. Never goes over 52°C when running intensive applications (such as are possible with a Pi 3B). Very please with the Ice Tower overall.

Today I've noticed one interesting thing about "Chinese passive" case. I have two rpi4 and two identical SSDs, first rpi has acrylic case with fan, second one uses Chinese passive case. When I run RPI+SSD+acrylic case in USB 3.0 all OK. When RPI in Chinese passive case uses USB 3.0 for SSD - wifi stopped working, RPI is not connecting to the router anymore. When I've changed USB port from 3.0 to 2.0 - wifi works. My solution was to use external wifi module, because router does not support 5 Ghz and I need full speed of USB 3.0 SSD. I suppose you know that USB 3.0 interfer Wifi 2.4Ghz. I think Chinese passive case makes this interference worse(or the signal is weak due metal case and even small distortion from USB 3.0 affects wifi connection)

Welchen Noctua Lüfter hast du am ice tower? Hast du den auf zwei pin selbst umgebaut? Kann der RPI pwm ansteuern?

Klarstes Denglisch das ich jemals gehört habe. Edit: okay, nennen wir es helvetidenglisch.

Tönt sehr nach emne Schwiizer 👍🏻

Such a useful video! Thank you very much!

Very informative video. Should have watched this first before buying my first Pi. Fortunately, I have the Chinese aluminum case with dual fans.

Der hört sich extrem wie ein deutscher an aber ok.

I found that the ice tower cooler works the best for my pi’s heat.

I got the case with no fan but my bluetooth controller disconnects.
Can this case block the signal?

the 60mm fan on a bolt is genius

thank you for this short informative video, i have been looking for something like this for a long time.

I’m subscribing just for how he said baaaii

What about the Argon M.2 case? It has passive and active cooling.

I'm building an arcade cabinet and the pi doesn't have to look nice. Definitely going with a 60x60 fan 👍🏼