Best case for cooling a Pi 3?

DirtyRob

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H-A-Z

Hi, you many be interested in reviewing the results of the experiments conducted by MR-Bodger on open case design with USB fan attachment and the ceramic heat sink thermal dissipation performance:

http://www.instructables.com/id/RPi-3-Cooling-Tests/?ALLSTEPS

H-A-Z

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edm203

I have this wooden case, and it's terrible for keeping my pi cool.
DecaPi Slider

I bought a plastic case on ebay with a fan for about $6, and it's much better at keeping the temp down.

sergioad

An aluminium case enclosed in a flexible and breakable plastic shell to protect the internals

HurricaneFan

I have this aluminum case, no complaints:
https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-case

Rion

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It's relatively easy to modify a case to do the same.
You just need something to hold the heatsink in place.

Rion

Here are the results with a massive heatsink and a fan.

Here are one more and final test with overclocking using a massive heatsink.

This is by far the best results in have seen and that's using an Aluminum heatsink.

tekn0

This case works as a heatsync and keeps temps in check. https://nostalgiatechs.com/heatsync-case-pi-amazon

edm203

@tekn0 That's a great case, but reviewers state it doesn't fit well for Pi 3.

tekn0

@edm203 it fits mine fine, the only issue is that you need a paperclip to pull out the sd card. as it's flush with the metal. this case was a life saver for the price because my pi3 would overheat after about 5 mins of neogeo play, now it has no issues at all.

nschloe

I've created stressberry to create standardized temperature signatures; hopefully we'll be able to properly compare all solutions with it. I'm hoping to be able to add a few more graphs in the coming weeks. Perhaps other people would like to run stressberry as well.