On 1/28/2017 3:53 AM, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> So far the best I've personally tried is the Solarbotics Pi S.A.F.E. V3
> .
>
> But it's still not perfect, with rather small gaps for fan airflow, and
> the included screws are a very tight fit. But I like it well enough, and
> it looks good sitting next to my TV and the like.
>
> Still, I wonder if there's not a better choice that is both reasonably
> priced, and fully encloses the Pi.
>
> Anyone?
>
> BTW - I need active cooling because I run BOINC 25/7 when I'm not
> otherwise using my Pis. I hate to waste CPU time :-)
>
> And I need to use a 40mm+ fan, because I've yet to find a quiet smaller
> fan. I wish I could find a quiet 30mm fan, as cases with 30mm fan
> mountings seem to be incredibly common, vs larger mounting sizes.

 From the examples I have read you only need a modest heat sink on the
CPU to improve the cooling enough to work at full speed.  The throttling
that happens only seems to be a 20% reduction in clock speed so it is
not overheating terribly.  Dig around on the Internet a bit.  I found
lots of good pages on the work others have done and it doesn't seem to
be that much of a problem to deal with.

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Rick C

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