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Dont buy the official case. They will run hot. Get one off amazon that has a fan. - "Acrylic case for raspberry pi 4" edit - well it might not matter actually
by ehonda 7y ago
Dont buy the official case. They will run hot.
Get one off amazon that has a fan. - "Acrylic case for raspberry pi 4"
edit - well it might not matter actually, I'd rather not spread false concern.
- artemiszenk 7y agoThe official case is fine. The Raspberry Pi 4 is thermally stable. It may run a little hotter but far below the throttle limit under normal loads and no longer uses incremental thermal throttling like the Pi 3.
- SanchoPanda 7y agoThis is commonly repeated but it really depends on what is meant by "normal use" and caused me a lot of headache when I thought my board was defective. If you mean watch youtube videos on one display at regular quality, the pi4 hits 80+ degrees c, at which point the metal is burning hot to the touch and starts throttling. Desktop / gui use requires either hanging the board so there is air passing on all sides or a cooling solution.
- justin66 7y agoDidn't the thermal situation radically improve after the first firmware update?
- vardump 7y agoDidn't see any improvement. I think the fix was about the USB chip temperatures only. I'm planning to get heatsinks on the hottest chips + fan.
- SanchoPanda 7y agoI have not experienced that in this context.
- vardump 7y agoMine started to throttle in less than 10 minutes watching Youtube. About ~24C (75F) ambient temperature. 4 GB model, SD-card, no case, mouse and keyboard connected to USB.