Smraza Raspberry Pi 4 Case with Fan Setup & Test

Nice! Was waiting for this!

Never got first comment before, like anywhere.... ever...... Nice lol

Very cool.. so that kit has the board 2.

After watching the video, all I gotta do now is wait until the official RetroPie release and I'll pull the trigger on the Pi4.

I am hoping there is a case similar to this one in which the tower heatsink and fan will fit nicely.

I am using Top and Bottom of old version 9 layer case, with extra nuts to hold it in, The Fan just clears the heat-sink
Now the 4B cases are out, i will grab a couple

Where's the Rubber/Silicone Feet ? Do not want scratches.!

They jumped the gun on the Pi4 release.

Always blowing out with the fan extracts the heat from the sinks instead of pushing it around inside the case.

So, would you say that a 5v/3a PSU is fine and there isn't an absolute need for the official 5.1v/3a (15.3w) PSU?

these wafer cases are so boring and the little heatsinks are so weak. i put ultimate 3510 cooler on my pi3 with thermic pate and glued it on then put dualfan heatsink on the ram and sdcard slot underneath. then shoved it in superpi case with the little bin cut out

I love the aesthetic of these cases... it's an awesome 'look.'

Got this case. It's good and a good fit

I bought one but I am not too sure how to even use it probably. First time user here. Should I return it

To save wearing out the keyboard try adding 'watch' to the command ... watch vcgencmd measure_temp

On the Pi 3b & b+, the GPIO 5V is straight from the power supply, the 3.3V was not recommended.

Not ship to Poland. Damn.

I really love your challenges! How about this in another window of LXTerminal?
while true; do vcgencmd measure_clock arm ; vcgencmd measure_temp; sleep 1; done
You can show clock speed and temperature even during the benchmark.

Hi drew, looks like this def gonna b in my pi4 list. Hav you ever thought of combining ice tower heatsink with this case? Of coz need to do some modifications.

Hope that u can do it as this would b awesome.

Just looked on their site, but I could not find this case for a Raspberry PI 4, only for the older models.

Hey drew, its me again. need your opinion since you done a lot of review for pi's casing. Currently im newbie for the pi and my 1st pi going to be pi 4. Aside from Ice Tower, i already narrow down to 2 casing which is case with fan (as per video) and armor case (w/o fans). Im not sure between this 2 is the best to decrease the temp for pi 4. For you info, i will be using pi 4 for desktop use / media player.


Thank you for your help yah. really appreciate it.

Great video. After watching it a couple of times in slow-mo mode it was easy to put the case together. I took your advice and put the screws in from the git-go. That made it easier to hold the case together. However, I positioned the fan so it sucked the air "out" of the case. ;-(

both my hdmi converter and official power cable cannot plug into the ports. the case is blocking the edge of the cable to fit in. it seems to me everything is exactly the same as the video.except we use different cables. I am not sure if I mess up the sequence of the acrylic panel?

not eating your nails would of helped

A group of my coworkers bought canakits and they were all complaining about heat issues. I opted for this case and haven't had a single heat issue. I run the fan on the slow speed for completely silent operation. Very pleased with this one. Thanks for the review.

How to use this thing in Europe? That outlet connection does not look right. Also this looks complicated to assemble..

Anybody try to put a Noctua 40mm fan in this?

You were lucky, they've replaced the nuts with jam fasteners that are too small to grab the side of the hole. You can't over-tighten the screws but for people who wear a size 14 ring it is a real pain in the fingers.
That said, thanks for a very good and helpful video.

My case was different, but I was looking for assembly instructions for the fan. I wasn't sure which GPIO pin-outs I needed as the instructions were too small for me to read, even with a magnifier. So your guide worked a treat. Thanks :-)

Thanks for this video. Was very helpful when assembling my first Raspberry. So everything went very smoothly.

I have a case just like that for Arduino

so what does this do ?

Could u recommend this case with a over cl
ocked raspberry pi 4 4gb

thank you for your video, I have another similar case but it really helped me watching it.

thank you for video, please I ask this: I have rpi 4 b and case and fan and it is ok, but now I bought also lcd 3.5, so I mounted it, but there is no space for fan cooler, is there some case/box that permits to have fan cooler and lcd togheter? if yes, please could you say to me what case? in future I have to do same thing with lcd 7 inch, and I will need same box/case with slot for lcd and fan both. please say to me something :)

So which is better? Having the fan blow in or out?

I got one of these, before seeing the video, great bundle and price as of time of typing was £20. Though included Hdmi cable, micro hdmi adapter, usb to sd card reader and rubber feet. Really is a good bundle. You should add a referral link to it.

🤔We will get one or more mini heatsink for the powered chips? In infrared camera it shows the power chips heats as much as the cpu.

This case is ok for overclocking ? I don't want to buy the big ICE tower :)

Great video! You can add the heatsinks before you put the PI in the case however when you then add the 4th layer of plastic it can fowl on the heatsinks meaning you have to move them a little so best to put heatsinks on as per the instructions after the 4th plastic is added. Bolts should go top to bottom with nut at bottom.

are you sure youre ok?

cool video i have now seen many videos i think there are not enough comparsion videos for all cases with stress test and overclock i mean this is a very low price item and make a good job

Hey boss man .... I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong but for some reason the power cord won’t fit 🤦🏽‍♂️

Stupid fake cyber truck ad before this. Yawn.