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This attractive aluminium alloy case from 52Pi has been designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi 5 and includes a cooling fan and heatsinks for a…
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Will this case fit a RPI5 Model B with the Pimoroni Base Duo mounted as a hat?
Is there enough room with the supplied fan? Or can the two boards fit if the fan was excluded and the RPI5 genuine fan used instead?
Thanks
The Raspberry Pi active fan with the heatsink built in is the best option for cooling the Pi5 in my opinion.
The Pimoroni Base Duo is designed to fit below the Pi; looking at the case measurements the ports would not align with the holes anymore. You would have find a way of mounting it above the Pi.
I used a Geelworm NVME board that mounts above but has only one socket. Pi has active cooler. It fits in a Geelworm case designed for it. Very similar to that above. In my opinion the Geekworm products are better and they have very good documentation.
Regards
Jim
I think these were what I bought, all been working nicely and boots off NVME.
Hi Kyle
If you are a bit short of space you could always fit the fan outside the case. No real reason but neatness to mount it inside.
Cheers Bob
Hi Kyle,
Welcome to the forum!
Currently there’s no off the shelf cases that would support the Pimoroni NVMe bases, but if you have access to a 3D printer you could look at printing Raspberry Pi 5 + Pimoroni NVME Base Case.
If you’re in the market to get yourself an add-on so you can use an SSD with a Pi5 I would recommend looking at the official Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 HAT, it will work with the official active cooler and also the official Pi5 cases.
