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Reviews

Cooler Master Pi Case 40
Case Reviews Comparisons Cooler Master 

Cooler Master Pi CASE 40 for Raspberry Pi 4 (GPIO WARNING!)

7th March 20219th March 2021 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

If you’ve read any of my other Raspberry Pi 4 case reviews, you’ll know I’m a fan of passively cooled

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Raspberry Pi 4 with Blue WiFi symbol overlay
Comparisons Troubleshooting 

Raspberry Pi WiFi Performance Revisited

21st February 202121st February 2021 martin 0 Comments Raspberry Pi, Testing, WiFi

Back in 2019, I attempted to characterise the impact on WiFi performance of various different Raspberry Pi 4 cases. The

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Argon One M.2 SSD Case for Raspberry Pi
Argon Forty Case Reviews Comparisons Reviews 

Argon ONE M.2 SSD Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Review

23rd January 20216th April 2021 martin 6 Comments Case Review, HTPC, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

Following the firmware release which added the ability to boot the Raspberry Pi 4 from an SSD, the team at

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Case Reviews Comparisons Reviews 

The Raspberry Pi Product That Shouldn’t Exist

31st December 202031st December 2020 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Stress, stressberry, Testing

When the Raspberry Pi 4 originally launched I wrote about how when enclosed in the official case sitting idle on

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219 Design Case - Developer Mode
219 Design Case Reviews Reviews 

219 Design Raspberry Pi 4 3D Printed Case

30th March 202031st March 2020 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Stress, stressberry, Testing

I was contacted by Abe McKay, Mechanical Engineer at 219 Design to see if I was interested in testing their

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Argon ONE for Raspberry Pi 4
Argon Forty Comparisons Reviews 

Argon ONE Pi 4

3rd December 201927th February 2021 martin 22 Comments Case Review, HTPC, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing, Thin Client

The Argon ONE was first released for the Raspberry Pi 3 following a successful Kickstarter. The designers Argon Forty have

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ICE Tower Cooler for Raspberry Pi 4 with RGB Fan
Reviews 

ICE Tower Raspberry Pi 4 Overkill Cooler

22nd November 201926th July 2020 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Overclocking, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

I know I’ve written a number of posts relating to heat issues with the Raspberry Pi 4, just check back

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Argon Forty NEO Raspberry Pi 4 Case
Argon Forty Case Reviews Comparisons Reviews 

Argon NEO

16th November 201928th March 2020 martin 5 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

The Argon NEO is the latest Raspberry Pi 4 case offering from Argon Forty (or is it Argon40?). Its aluminium

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Power station
Comparisons Reviews Troubleshooting 

Raspberry Pi 4 Software Updates – Reduced Power Consumption & Heat!

5th November 20195th November 2019 martin 2 Comments Benchmarking, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, Stress, stressberry, Testing

I’ve been pretty scathing about the Raspberry Pi 4, specifically the official case, which due to the increased power consumption

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CamdenBoss Hex Raspberry Pi 4 case
CamdenBoss Case Reviews 

CamdenBoss Hex – Raspberry Pi 4 Case

1st October 201926th February 2021 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Stress, stressberry, Testing

Having previously reviewed the CamdenBoss Cube case, it’s time to look at another unique design from this UK manufacturer. The

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