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Argon FortyCase ReviewsReviews

Double the Slots, Half the Performance – Argon ONE V5 Disappoints

23 March 2025 Martin

I recently reviewed the latest flagship case from Argon Forty, the Argon ONE V5 and I was pretty impressed by this latest design. At the time I didn’t get round to testing the storage performance, but now I have and it’s turned up a disappointing surprise. The Argon ONE V5

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Argon ONE V5 - Case opened to expose top inner section
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Argon ONE V5 for Raspberry Pi 5

17 March 2025 Martin

Argon Forty released the first version of the Argon ONE case for the Raspberry Pi 3 following a successful kickstarter campaign. This was followed up with a similar looking V2 for the Raspberry Pi 4, later offered with a range of different bases to provide support for SATA and NVMe

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Argon THRML 60-RC Front
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Raspberry Pi 5 Overclocking to Beat Geekbench Record

15 September 2024 Martin

Firstly, none of this is original. I was inspired by Jeff Geerling’s blog post on hacking firmware to get the fastest overclock. With 3 Raspberry Pi 5’s lying around waiting for the next project I was curious how I’d fared in the silicon lottery. Could any of my Raspberry Pi

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Argon Poly+ 5 cases, 3 variations stood on their ends togeather
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Argon Poly+ 5 Raspberry Pi 5 Cases

14 September 2024 Martin

I’ve only previously used and tested metal Argon Raspberry Pi cases like the NEO and Argon One variants. I’ve not had experience with the Argon Poly+ for Raspberry Pi 4 ABS plastic case, that was designed to be a budget-friendly enclosure for your Raspberry Pi. The Argon Poly+ 5 aims

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EDATEC ED-IPC3020 Industrial Raspberry Pi 5

31 March 2024 Martin

Unlike other case reviews, the EDATEC ED-IPC3020 isn’t just an industrial case for a Pi 5, it’s a full product with a Raspberry Pi 5 installed and a custom daughter board providing additional functionality. Disclaimer: This case was supplied for review by EDATEC, they do not have any editorial influence.

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Argon NEO 5 NVMe pictured with NVMe drive and logos for Home Assistant and Raspberry Pi 5
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Installing Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi 5 NVMe Storage

18 February 2024 Martin

With the introduction of PCIe connections on the Raspberry Pi 5, we are seeing the launch of new products that use this interface for fast NVMe storage. I previously documented my Home Assistant migration from SD-card to SSD on my Raspberry Pi 4 using an Argon ONE M.2 SSD case.

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Pimoroni NVMe Base for Raspberry Pi 5

4 February 2024 Martin

The Pimoroni NVMe Base for Raspberry Pi 5 is the first NVMe board I’ve obtained which uses the new PCIe port on the Raspberry Pi 5, to provide faster and less problematic access to fast storage. Supporting NVMe storage with the Raspberry Pi 4 relied upon the USB 3.0 in

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EDATEC CNC and CNC Open cases for Raspberry Pi 5
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EDATEC Raspberry Pi 5 Fanless Enclosures

2 February 2024 Martin

The increased power demand for the Raspberry Pi 5 has seen a wave of actively cooled cases being launched alongside the new Pi model. My previous review of the passively cooled aluminium FLIRC case showed it would thermally throttle under load. The official Raspberry Pi 5 case and Argon NEO

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AliExpress Metal Enclosures for Raspberry Pi 5
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AliExpress Raspberry Pi 5 – Metal Enclosures

21 January 2024 Martin

With each Raspberry Pi generation, this style of aluminium armour/radiator case appears on the market and is sold under a range of names/brands. The release of the Raspberry Pi 5 is no exception, I ordered 4 variations from AliExpress to see how they performed. The cases chosen were purchased on

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FLIRC Raspberry Pi 5 case
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FLIRC Raspberry Pi 5 Case

14 January 2024 Martin

The FLIRC Raspberry Pi 5 case looks nearly identical to all the previous versions for earlier Raspberry Pis, with visual changes limited to the position of the ethernet port, and support for the new power button introduced on the Raspberry Pi 5. Design The first FLIRC product was a USB

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