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On the subject of heat, how is it on this thing? I've heard stories about the Pi 4 B.
by drcongo 6y ago
On the subject of heat, how is it on this thing? I've heard stories about the Pi 4 B.
- ygra 6y agoThere's an aluminium plate that serves as a heat sink and appears to work quite well, apparently.
- flyinghamster 6y agoAccording to the article, it isn't a problem; the heat sink is big enough to not need a fan. Nice bonus that it's a slightly faster SoC. I have a Pi 4B with a heat sink and fan that's running BOINC 24x7 (yielding a RAC of about 750-775 on World Community Grid), and with the fan connected to 3.3V it runs at a comfortable 52-54°C with absolutely no throttling. I think I'm going to try overclocking it a bit and see how it handles it.
- MivLives 6y agoThey pushed out a firmware update last year that apparently solves some of the heat issues. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/thermal-testing-raspberry-pi-4/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/thermal-testing-raspberry-p...
- geerlingguy 6y agoIt runs cooler than the Pi 4 model B, at a higher clock speed. The newer chip helps with that, in addition to the massive heat sink on top of it!