Friday, July 3rd 2020
Cooler Master Kickstarts Pi Case 40, Passively Cooled Raspberry Pi Case
Cooler Master, a popular maker of computer peripherals, has today launched a Kickstarter campaign for its latest project - a Raspberry Pi 4 case. Called the Pi Case 40, it is made from 100% aluminium and provides passive cooling to the Pi chip. Designed exclusively for Raspberry Pi 4, the case has precise port cutouts so every port is accessible. The case has a hatch on the side for GPIO cutout, however, the use of HATs is prevented as it gets blocked. The case is capable of providing sufficient cooling to the chip, and the design files are open source. With the purchase, you get the VESA mounting adapter so you can attach the case to anything with a VESA mount. If you sign up for the waitlist now, you get a 25% off discount, however, exact pricing is unknown.
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Cooler Master
16 Comments on Cooler Master Kickstarts Pi Case 40, Passively Cooled Raspberry Pi Case
KS campaign isn't even live yet - they are just gathering interest by launching "pre-order" waitlist just to see what's the target volume they need to fulfill at launch.
Companies like Chuwi and GPD do it all the time for some their new (out-of-comfort-zone) devices, some case manufacturers like Cryorig and LianLi did it for limited runs of HTPC cases (unsuccessfully, btw) etc.
www.amazon.co.uk/iUniker-Raspberry-Heatsink-without-Cooling/dp/B07ZVK86HC/ref=pd_di_v2_sccai_1/261-0853781-3787039?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07ZVK86HC&pd_rd_r=476b337a-6352-4853-b04b-a5051a988157&pd_rd_w=0IaO5&pd_rd_wg=louXT&pf_rd_p=0c3df1ce-0c24-4f6c-8997-4236d4d9c521&pf_rd_r=PVK647VQJHEQJE371B1D&psc=1&refRID=PVK647VQJHEQJE371B1D
Not sure there is any need to improve upon that, but there are already a range of alternatives employing a similar approach to cooling.
News flash, a discount isn't there to make it cheaper. Its there so you buy more.Yes and I consider it highly questionable.
And its not like we're seeing ground breaking cool stuff for it either. A tripod... a Pi case... To each their own but i'm not falling for the sad puppy eye 'but what if its not successful' approach. This is standard product placement risk diverted onto customers. Its smart, definitely, because there are lots of people carrying money away to things that never see the light. Its also a sign I don't need to deal with those companies.
But this case looks nothing special either, and there are plenty around that will work better. I am using one of these on my HTPC Pi 4: www.aliexpress.com/item/4000219640239.html
There's also the fully enclosed version which I will be using for the next Pi (you can never have too many Raspberry Pis lying around I reckon): www.aliexpress.com/item/4000907704024.html (sorry about all the links, but they are useful devices).