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>noise There's no way you can do much on the rPi4 without active cooling - mine gets uncomfortable hot doing some basic web scraping, never mind server duties.
by test1235 6y ago
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There's no way you can do much on the rPi4 without active cooling - mine gets uncomfortable hot doing some basic web scraping, never mind server duties.
- rumanator 6y ago> There's no way you can do much on the rPi4 without active cooling. You'd be surprised. YMMV and of course your local climate and your usage patterns do dictate how hot your gear runs, but in my experience adding a small 1$ heat spreader does allow my RPi4 to chug along without going over 60C. Heck, even placing it on the side or placing a coin stack over the processor is enough to keep it running along without ever throttling. Of course if you're constantly running 100% CPU loads then you start to need cooling, whether it's your laptop or desktop or even servers.
- bullen 6y agoYou just need the right heatsink: http://move.rupy.se/file/pi_4.jpg http://move.rupy.se/file/pi_4.jpg This one is sold out and out of production now though and I had to trim it because it was made for the 3+
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoThere's an oversized passive heatsink available for the RPi4 now: https://www.coolipi.com/ https://www.coolipi.com/ Ought to be adequate at full load without a fan for anything short of a tropical climate. Not inexpensive, though.