01-18-2018, 06:48 PM
The fan in my Aukru Raspberry Pi 3 Fan Case (£6.99) seems very quiet to me. I can just hear it with everything else turned off in the room but in normal use, I don't hear it.
I had to remove the ASUS heatsink as there was no clearance between it and the fan.
I tried running the ATB, in the case, with no heatsink, which seemed OK, and also with the supplied RPi heatsink (shown). I could get the CPU temperature up above 60 deg (ambient 23 deg C) if I pushed it hard, with or without the heatsink. The temperature seemed to recover quicker with the heatsink but this is a subjective judgement as I didn't carry out any actual measurements.
The Aukru is a good choice for the ATB, IMO. Note: The ATB is a tight fit in the case and requires a little jiggling to get the HDMI and power sockets to fit into the case.
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I had to remove the ASUS heatsink as there was no clearance between it and the fan.
I tried running the ATB, in the case, with no heatsink, which seemed OK, and also with the supplied RPi heatsink (shown). I could get the CPU temperature up above 60 deg (ambient 23 deg C) if I pushed it hard, with or without the heatsink. The temperature seemed to recover quicker with the heatsink but this is a subjective judgement as I didn't carry out any actual measurements.
The Aukru is a good choice for the ATB, IMO. Note: The ATB is a tight fit in the case and requires a little jiggling to get the HDMI and power sockets to fit into the case.
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