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Yeah, as soon as I heard about the 5 needing cooling for most tasks I went ahead and got a 8GB Pi 4. That will be powerful enough for what I'm going to use it f

by ralphc 3y ago

Yeah, as soon as I heard about the 5 needing cooling for most tasks I went ahead and got a 8GB Pi 4. That will be powerful enough for what I'm going to use it for, I have plenty of "real" computers for beefier projects.

sho_hn 3y ago
A Pi 5 shouldn't require cooling for anything that a Pi 4 doesn't require cooling for. Pi 4s require cooling for many workloads (they run notoriously hot). You're more likely to run into the needs-cooling envelope of a Pi 4.
rewmie 3y ago
> Yeah, as soon as I heard about the 5 needing cooling for most tasks (...) I'm sure those who put a premium on thermals or quietness will be able to run RPi5 with passive cooling if they really want to. The RPi4 already suffered from thermal issues and that didn't pose a major problem. Anyone could simply drop by Amazon and pick one of the many passive cooling cases without any issue.
- geerlingguy 3y ago
  I'm hoping Flirc updates their passive heatsink case for Pi 5. It's my favorite case for the Pi, and it should be able to handle the 5's slightly increased temps.
coder543 3y ago
> Yeah, as soon as I heard about the 5 needing cooling for most tasks I went ahead and got a 8GB Pi 4. You heard wrong, then. "For normal usage of your Raspberry Pi, adding cooling is entirely optional. The idle performance of a Raspberry Pi 4 and a Raspberry Pi 5 is about the same, and under typical loads Raspberry Pi 5 will run cooler than a similarly loaded Raspberry Pi 4." "even when fully throttled, a Raspberry Pi 5 is still going to run faster than a Raspberry Pi 4!" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/heating-and-cooling-raspberry-pi-5/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/heating-and-cooling-raspber... A Pi 5 has a higher performance ceiling than the Pi 4 when passively cooled, and an even higher one with active cooling. The Pi 5 does not need cooling for most tasks.
- pcdoodle 3y ago
  Good info. Most Pi's are kept slightly warm for later consumption :)
- mbirth 3y ago
  Explaining Computers did a great test on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35_5wRKi_TI&t=12m20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35_5wRKi_TI&t=12m20s With a big passive cooler, temperatures were only marginally higher than with the stock cooler. (58.7 vs. 60.9℃)

by ralphc 3y ago

sho_hn 3y ago

A Pi 5 shouldn't require cooling for anything that a Pi 4 doesn't require cooling for. Pi 4s require cooling for many workloads (they run notoriously hot). You're more likely to run into the needs-cooling envelope of a Pi 4.

rewmie 3y ago

> Yeah, as soon as I heard about the 5 needing cooling for most tasks (...) I'm sure those who put a premium on thermals or quietness will be able to run RPi5 with passive cooling if they really want to. The RPi4 already suffered from thermal issues and that didn't pose a major problem. Anyone could simply drop by Amazon and pick one of the many passive cooling cases without any issue.

geerlingguy 3y ago
I'm hoping Flirc updates their passive heatsink case for Pi 5. It's my favorite case for the Pi, and it should be able to handle the 5's slightly increased temps.

coder543 3y ago

> Yeah, as soon as I heard about the 5 needing cooling for most tasks I went ahead and got a 8GB Pi 4. You heard wrong, then. "For normal usage of your Raspberry Pi, adding cooling is entirely optional. The idle performance of a Raspberry Pi 4 and a Raspberry Pi 5 is about the same, and under typical loads Raspberry Pi 5 will run cooler than a similarly loaded Raspberry Pi 4." "even when fully throttled, a Raspberry Pi 5 is still going to run faster than a Raspberry Pi 4!" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/heating-and-cooling-raspberry-pi-5/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/heating-and-cooling-raspber... A Pi 5 has a higher performance ceiling than the Pi 4 when passively cooled, and an even higher one with active cooling. The Pi 5 does not need cooling for most tasks.

pcdoodle 3y ago
Good info. Most Pi's are kept slightly warm for later consumption :)
mbirth 3y ago
Explaining Computers did a great test on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35_5wRKi_TI&t=12m20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35_5wRKi_TI&t=12m20s With a big passive cooler, temperatures were only marginally higher than with the stock cooler. (58.7 vs. 60.9℃)