Pi 4 nice enclosure required

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landiepete

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I've been pottering around with streamers and I've decided the Pi4 with Moode is the way forward for me.

But as it's part of my HiFi setup the polycatbonate 'case' is a bit cheap, and I'd like the space to set up a good power supply instead of the wall wart and possibly (or likely) an USB reclocker of sorts.
So I'm looking for a good, stylish and solid enclosure for further developments.
I'd prefer an easily accessible supplier with reliable shipping to Europe.
No BPC.


Any recommandations ?


Thanks, Pete
 
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I'm in the process of building a streamer in a mini-ITX case. I've ordered the black Realan H80 case from Aliexpress. So far so good, the case is small but spacious enough for the Raspberry Pi 4 with the Allo Digione and a home made LM1084 based linear power supply. The small red board is the ATXRaspi R3 power switch which works flawless with the illuminated switch of the H80 case. The next stage is making a 3D-printed back panel and adding an internal m.2 SSD for my music collection.

In your case, have a look at Audiophonics and Modushop. They're closer to home for you and have nice cases.

 

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CharlieLaub said:
The Argon One case includes a fan... There is a review on ExplainingComputers.com YouTube channel:
Argon One Raspberry Pi 4 Case - YouTube
To hear the lovely fan noise, skip ahead to about the 10:40 mark.

No thanks!
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Charlie, perhaps if one used the Pi4 as a desktop and video player with this case it may hammer the CPU enough to turn the fan on.
What the clip does not show is the stages the fan goes through, low-medium-high speed, they just go straight to high.

Used as an audio player the passive cooling of the case is more than adequate and easily keeps the CPU temps below 43C...no fan needed!.
 
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DRONE7 said:
Charlie, perhaps if one used the Pi4 as a desktop and video player with this case it may hammer the CPU enough to turn the fan on.
What the clip does not show is the stages the fan goes through, low-medium-high speed, they just go straight to high.

Used as an audio player the passive cooling of the case is more than adequate and easily keeps the CPU temps below 43C...no fan needed!.
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Oh, wow, that's actually great news. When I saw that review I thought "hey, that Pi case is great! Moving all the I/O to the rear is so convenient!" And then I heard the fan noise. I would prefer to have no fan at all. I often underclock my (Pi)s so that I can use them in free air, without a heat sink. But if the fan is hardly ever coming on, and when it does it is at a lower speed and therefore quiet, this is definitely a case to seriously consider. And it looks good, too (although the Flirc case is still my favorite).

Thanks for your followup and clarification.
 
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@ Charlie...I have the fan configured (you can adjust settings and on-off states to suit) to start on low at 50C....medium at 60C... and high at 65C.

Using MoOde and sox resampling I have yet to reach 50C so have not had the fan kick in at all !! (3+ months use). The whole of the Aluminium case top is a fine passive sink.

Had it not been so my fallback was to have disabled the onboard fan and made a small plinth containing a large, slow, quiet fan to sit the Argon case on. However, not needed.
 
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It's the metalwork that always turns out sloppy, so I'd lijke something pre-drilled and with a pre-installed on-off button. I think I can cobble something together from the Audiophonics catalogue. I love the look of the Modus, but I'll ruin it as soon as I put a drill to it.
 
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The rear panel is O.K.-ish but not perfect.

When finished the build and can determine the final position of the I/O I will make a new panel with "Front Panel Designer" and have it made professionally with printed text.

I can understand this might be overkill for your purpose.
 
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