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Pi 5 is really nice but it requires a heat sink... this makes it ... whole different game to me... I think as long as there are both 4 and 5, it is good, other

Pi 5 is really nice but it requires a heat sink... this makes it ... whole different game to me... I think as long as there are both 4 and 5, it is good, otherwise this is fantastic they are experimenting as they should, but there is value in being low-power and versatile in my view.

justin66 3y ago
> it requires a heat sink It does not. They’ve made a point of noting that it’s faster that a Pi 4 even if you run it without a heat sink and let it throttle the cpu back when it hits the temperature limit.
- desireco42 3y ago
  To me that means it does need it, otherwise you have a thing that would run fine in one moment, then crawl to a stop...
  - bmicraft 3y ago
    It doesn't "crawl to a stop" while throttling though
  - justin66 3y ago
    When it's fully throttling the clock rate to limit temperature, it's still faster than a Pi 4 is capable of being. It's inaccurate to characterize that as a "crawl to a stop."
moffkalast 3y ago
The 4 needs a heatsink as well though, otherwise it throttles under load, it just doesn't need active cooling.
kzrdude 3y ago
I've got a metal case for the pi 4 (which touches the cpu, like a heat sink) and I hope I can do the same for the pi 5 sooner or later.