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Comparisons

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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Argon ONE for Raspberry Pi 4
Argon Forty Comparisons Reviews 

Argon ONE Pi 4

3rd December 201913th August 2020 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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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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JS3D 40mm Fans
Case Reviews Comparisons John Sinclair 

Raspberry Pi 4 – 40mm Fan Comparison

25th September 201916th July 2020 martin 12 Comments Case Review, Fans, John Sinclair, Raspberry Pi, Testing

The current start performer of the active cooling tests is the John Sinclair 3D printed case, see the full review.

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Raspberry Pi 4 Temperatures under load
Comparisons Guide Reviews Troubleshooting 

Raspberry Pi 4 Cases, Temperature and CPU Throttling Under Load

4th September 201930th January 2020 martin 27 Comments Benchmarking, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, Stress, stressberry, Testing

So far I’ve examined the following topics relating to the Raspberry Pi 4, especially the issues with the temperature: Initial

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WiFi Signal Comparison
Comparisons Reviews Troubleshooting 

WiFi Signal Strength with Raspberry Pi 4 Cases

29th August 201920th September 2019 martin 0 Comments Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, Testing, WiFi

Following a comment from Geir on a previous blog post, where he asked if the metal enclosures which may help

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Raspberry Pi 4 Cases
Comparisons Reviews Troubleshooting 

Cool Cases for the Hot Raspberry Pi 4

21st August 201926th July 2020 martin 3 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, Testing

Whilst we await Software/Firmware updates from the Raspberry Pi team to reduce power usage and thus reduce temperatures, I’ve continued

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Cooling Options Chart Image
Comparisons 

Cooling Options for the Hot Raspberry Pi 4

6th July 201931st January 2020 martin 29 Comments Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, Testing

As previously covered the latest Raspberry Pi 4 is running too hot, such that it can’t even be used in

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