2/3/2024 0 Comments Flirc kodi ribbonI then went in search of cases for the Raspberry Pi 4 and saw that both Flirc and Argon40 had pre-orders available. Flirc delivered first and now it was set in stone that I would be reviewing the Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case. Let’s take a look and see how the Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case performs. No access to GPIO without adding an extra ribbon cable.NO access to camera and display connectors.I have always been a fan of the design of the Flirc Case across all revisions of it with the only exception being the Kodi versions as I find them just too flashy for me. I find the silver metal body against the matte black plastic to be a look that is clean and elegant. I would like to see a black on black option that does not have the Kodi logo plastered all over it but that might just be me. With the Raspberry Pi 4 revision of the Flirc Case, not much has changed it is still the same look that I like just with slightly different port openings. One thing that Flirc did not improve upon however is the lack of access to the GPIO, Camera, and Display ports which since using the Argon One Case for my Raspberry Pi 3 I am indifferent about. The Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case is designed in a way that makes the entire metal body of the Flirc Case a big heatsink for the Raspberry Pi 4. This really is the secret sauce for Flirc as this design has been proven time and time again to work great at passively cooling a Raspberry Pi. I do wish that the Flirc Case for the Raspberry Pi 4 was a bit heavier and actually that is not specific to this Flirc Case but all of them. If it were heavier it would have another advantage over most other Raspberry Pi cases in that it would be harder for cables to push it around. Getting the Raspberry Pi 4 into a Flirc case is pretty straight forward. The Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case comes with a thermal adhesive pad that sits in between the CPU on the Raspberry Pi 4 and the protrusion on the underside of the Flirc Case body that makes contact with the CPU. The bonding of the CPU with the Flirc Case turns the metal of the Flirc Case into a bid heatsink which creates a lot of surface area to be cooled by the air surrounding it. Putting the Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case Through its Paces With everything in place, four screws sandwich the Raspberry Pi 4 in between the two pieces of the Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case. Looks aside it all really comes down to how well the Flirc Case for the Raspberry Pi 4 is able to deal with the heat generated by the Raspberry Pi 4. I could deal with an ugly case that cooled the Raspberry Pi if it were my only option but thankfully I do not have to because of the stunning google looks of the Flirc Case. enough of that though and let’s see how well the Flirc Case for the Raspberry Pi 4 performs. You can see from the numbers above that the Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case does a pretty good job of keeping the Raspberry Pi 4 cool under a steady load. The Raspberry Pi 4 will begin the throttle itself at 80.0° C and you can see that the Raspberry Pi 4 by itself hits that mark at about 10 minutes into the test. With the Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 Case the Raspberry Pi 4 never even gets to within 20° C of its throttling temperature.Cookies are tiny data files stored in your web browser when you visit a website.
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