Raspberry Pi 4 Aluminum Case With Fan and Heatsink for Model B - Supports POE Hat

Was looking for a box to support by rPi 4B plus HiFiBerry DAC Pro 2 HAT. The box from HiFiBerry was going to potentially be very expensive once customs get involved, so got this one.It needed a panel to be cut out and a half round groove adding (see diagram). The fan was very tight against the red phono connector, so haven't fitted it yet, but only needs the fan screw holes moving slightly (job for another day)Great Value, quality product

Adapted to use with top hat for hot spot radio ham loads of room , because I used the top hat soldered the fan on the top board , nice finish and can still see the scream on the top hat ,

The only reason I give 4 stars is due to the rounded out screws on the case. I had issues getting the screws out so I could get the rpi 4 in. Bought it for my rpi4 with POE hat, there is so much room and fits perfect with so much more room to play with. I feel 8 screws to secure the top to the bottom is overkill so I was happy to not use the ruined screws when reassembling.

good strong product would buy again from seller

This case only has two mounting points (on the side with the GPIO pins) available to secure the pi. Not the best and prevented me from using a fan and heatsink combo that needs all four screws for its mount. And that was why I bought the taller case in the first place... :(

Unfortunately I have nothing good to say about this case other than that there is adequate space for the ICE tower cooler on top of the Pi as stated.>It requires 8 screws to assemble which seems unnecessarily and makes it time consuming.>The SD card doesn't line up correctly or stick out at all making it impossible to change without taking apart the case.>The IO ports are too low which forces the Pi into an off angle.>For some reason there are only 2 standoffs built in when every other case goes to the effort of having 4 mounting points.I had to heavily modify the case with a drill and a dremel to make it usable.

I bought it because I needed room for at least one hat. The Pi and a single hat fit without a problem. However, that's just about the only good thing I can say about the case. The mechanical design is nothing short of awful. Its built from one piece of extruded(?) aluminium which forms the side walls, one piece of plastic for the top wall, and a sheet of aluminium for the bottom. The problem is the way the bottom plate attaches to the main case. This uses the Pi as a structural component where the Pi rests on 4 metal pegs protruding from the walls and the bottom is screwed to to the Pi. The problem with this construction is that one of the metal pegs is very close to the GPIO pins and at least one of the other pegs rubs against a PCB trace. This could easily have been fixed by screwing the bottom plate to the body of the case, but it seems like someone took a shortcut here. As others have mentioned, the alignment of the holes in the case and the connectors on the Pi is poor as well.

This is very much a case of buyer regret. The case is sturdy, metal, and what is shown in the pictures. What is not included are the heat-sinks that are shown in the installation instructions.That wasn't really a worry for me, as I was looking for a larger case to house a standard fan with a thermal switch to turn on only when needed (and reduce the noise). Whilst the case provides plenty of room, it doesn't include any places you can attach a standard Fan, hence the picture of some other fan header, shown in the pictures. Four holes and screw/bolt fixing for normal fans would have made this case perfect, but for now, it's double sided sticky tape until I find some screw/nuts to attach the fan, and then drill holes to fit them.