Silent Cooling for Raspberry Pi 5. EDATEC

[@kiodiekin]

Temps will continue to rise on the case especially under demanding programs. It starts off cool because it’s cold touch but heat will rise inside the case. Run a continuous bench test for 2 hours and it will hit about 70

[@MrPittStone]

Thats why i only use a passive cooling Case with a fan on top. Sadly the rills on this case doesnt long enough to montage a fan with screws on top. Dislike from me for this cases.

[@NIVO1972]

love to see a follow up with a mild overclock

[@JayDubster]

That enclosed case is superb, will keep an eye out for them being available. Nice one fella.

[@Roy_1]

There's quite a few silent case options now!

[@leepspvideo]

I have just received 2 or 3 more

[@BruceStephan]

I was thinking of getting one of those tiny refrigerators as a cooling case for a Raspberry pi5 . Remember years ago when there was that portable refrigerator with the door being the frozen Han Solo in Carbonite ? Nice size of a cooler case .

[@iam.jasonhoward]

Passive and slim. I like ‘em.

[@TeeEllohwhydee]

That black case looks very cool. Going to have to try and get one soon.

[@39dkwj]

They have it on digikey for $16 just got one

[@ludvikjerabek]

I have this case and it gets crazy hot to touch. I wish Geekworm for Raspberry Pi 4 Case, CNC Ultra-Thin Aluminum Alloy Metal Passive Cooling Case existed for Pi5. The Geekworm case dissipates heat much better.

[@IoSonoAndreaZ]

the closed case is cooler because the heat is transferred to the backplate. Maybe some thermal paste between the two pieces could help a bit more

[@kingdom13keeper]

If I could offer the case creator a new design, I’d say, that solid black case should be your go to design. Then along the bottom and sides, add the heat sink fins. Then at the top, have a stealth fan built in. That way, heat will dissipate due to the metal and fins, the air circulation, and the pads. The ultimate cooking thread.

[@ricardoaugusto2333]

Differences in temperature between cases could be down to colour and also amount of metal. Black surfaces radiate heat better, also the black case also has metal to the sides which allows the heat to spread through a larger volume of metal. You should compare black with black, silver with silver.

[@pseudonym3690]

You have some really nice cooling solutions there. I just wished someone competent would conduct a proper test, meaning: 1. run the Pi maxed out for a length of time. Just playing a KZbin video doesn't allow any deductions regarding when the device is run maxed out. For everything less, you don't need a cooler or you can go with stock. 2. Run the Pi overclocked at 3 GHz maxed out and measure the temperature. That's where you could actually see which cooling solution is most efficient.

[@31plemoine]

Thank you, it's interesting. I wonder if, instead of a flat heat sink with thermal pads, a heat sink with some special milling work (accounting for the various chip heights) could show some improvement. I mean, standard thermal paste could then be used with possibly better thermal performance than the pads, don't you think?

[@leepspvideo]

Testing one soon 👍🏻

[@BarnardoPlays]

I really like the look of the enclosed one. Closest so far that I've seen to a case I'd put my Pi5 in. What I'm really wanting to see, is a case similar to the enclosed style but rather than direct contact on the top it makes room for the official cooler with circular top intake cutout and rear exhaust cutout. Probably gets fiddly around the GPIO and the button, so maybe I shouldn't be holding my breath. In the same vein, would love to see the temp tests compared between those passive cases and the official fan to see how they compare to a baseline active cooling.

[@davidhenthorn4749]

Great video. I am new to Pi5 but am having trouble finding a case that fits the 8 gig Pi5 with the Pomoni NVMe drive. Any suggestions? Thanks

[@srvuk]

They both look good and do a great job for passive cooling. The Aliexpress prices, especially for the open case, are very reasonable, although why the official site requires a custom quote is rather silly for individual ordering. The clean lines on the closed case do make it look attractive from a style perspective. But did you see the temps on that Kingston SSD? 98C. Surely inaccurate. If this is a good example of what they have done for the RPI 5, I'd love to see what they could do for something like the Orange Pi 5. I would love to ditch the fan on mine.

[@leepspvideo]

I did see the SSD temperature. It didn’t feel warm at all

[@seanriley8523]

Well after a 3 month wait i finally got my 8gb raspberry pi and case with active cooling. I will definitely be looking for another case it's just not fit for purpose. We wait years for an on off button and there's no access to it. I would have thought better than that from raspberry pi

[@dannyarroway4187]

Great video, thanks for doing this!

[@anhoai4018]

Can you make a review about adrucam's new 64mp module?😊

[@stephenfong8520]

Only drawback is these cases don’t have room for the new accessory boards that will connect to the PCIe port.

[@tomislavherman]

Did you get power button for closed case delivered with the case or it's not part of delivery?

[@galdakaMusic]

We need a full case with ssd and coral integrated

[@jaceentertainmentsquad9440]

can you trie a pistation case

[@DazzerDags]

I'm always a fan of the block-type heat sink cases. Curios on the closed case and, if you have one, the POE module. Does it actually fit?

[@leepspvideo]

I only have the Pi 4 Poe hat. The Pi5 Poe has been moved so it doesn’t fit

[@3dhYT]

_Translator:_ Very nice cases. However, the thermopad on the bottom seems unnecessary.

[@edrd6257]

Hi thanks for the video. How do I install that Psensor - Temperature Monitor?

[@leepspvideo]

sudo apt install psensor It’s pre installed in my KDE plasma build My Linux setup Raspberry Pi 5 Part 2. KDE Plasma kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWxd2CAlKiGppY

[@edrd6257]

@@leepspvideo THANKS. BTW, are you planning to do the Part 2 of this video with some benchmarks and all?

[@leepspvideo]

I might do a comparison with benchmarks as I have 3 or 4 more cases already. I’m thinking similar to sd cards where I keep a list. @@edrd6257

[@edrd6257]

@@leepspvideo That's great. Looking forward to that.

[@ebjamville]

Thanks

[@nikobellic570]

Flirc case available at pihut

[@nikobellic570]

Flirc pi 5 case runs at 70 degrees C running 1080p60 KZbin, in winter ambient. Erm, I think I just wasted 15 quid. I've used these since 3rd gen pi's but now it appears we need more metal to dissipate heat

[@hakdaman]

nice

[@brianperry9517]

Hi sorry this is a bit random but my pi5 keeps asking for a password to authorise updates any help would be great thanks

[@leepspvideo]

It’s the login password you created on first boot if you are using Raspberry Pi OS

[@digsmanako]

youtube is not a valid benchmark. most people just use stress to max cpu for benching

[@leepspvideo]

I have used stress tests in other videos. KZbin represents real use, the Pi without a case was thermal throttling

[@energyideas]

Metal cases block Wi-Fi antenna.

[@leepspvideo]

The open case is open, the closed case as I show in the video has a plastic window for WiFi/bluetooth 3:38

[@energyideas]

@@leepspvideo thanks for all your content

[@you166mhz]

It's just a case ...

[@lee99bay]

🙋

[@Trewblue56]

Different SSD's......

[@leepspvideo]

Why would the ssd on the end of a cable add heat to the case?

[@zyghom]

so only in last 20 seconds we understood that this test was... biased as you did not use the same models - eh, waste of potential for everybody, because nobody really knows if closed case is better than open or not...

[@zombie_pigdragon]

It's the same model, but 2 different boards. Due to quirks of the manufacturing process, no 2 Pi's perform exactly identically, but it's safe to assume that both cases work pretty well.

[@zyghom]

@@zombie_pigdragon are you pretending or not getting the point? in the first minute he says: "I believe open case should do better". So we wait for results. Then, when it did not come true he says: "different boards". Instead of... REPEATING the test swapping the SBC - right? If we assume all (i.e. "that both cases work pretty well") then we do we spend time watching and he preparing the video?

[@zombie_pigdragon]

@@zyghom I'm not holding the video to particularly high testing standards, but you're not wrong that it doesn't meet them. I just don't think it's a big deal that there's a potential error of a few degrees when it's shown that both cases are fully functional. The "watch a KZbin video" test is also not perfectly fair (while not unreasonable) for example. The only reason it would matter is if someone buys the "better" case due to watching this video, but I suspect between these two the aesthetic differences are the strongest real-world divider.

[@zyghom]

@@zombie_pigdragon agreed! ;-)