Case for Pi5

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Good morning.

I am looking at buying the Pi5 8GB (SC1112), the Active Cooler (SC1148) and the NVMe Base (PIM700).
What compatible case will have the cooling requirements and space for the NVMe, or do i buy a heat sink case similar to the COM3100?
Would it be possible to also have a small RTC module and PoE HAT on this as well - or am I pushing my luck?

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The NVMe does not consume a lot of current and thus does not heat up very much, unless you are in the benchmark business.

Regarding the RTC: the Pi5 has a full featured RTC on board. You can even add a backup battery, if you know your system is running without network access and has problems with the main power supply. So no need for a separate module.

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I would use extended standoffs
Extended M2.5 Standoffs for Pi HATs (Raspberry Pi 5) - Pack of 4 (pimoroni.com)
and a booster header,
Booster Header (pimoroni.com)
if you plan on adding a hat. It will leave space for the cooling fan to do its thing.
If you put the NVME on top with the extended standoffs I’d also get the longer ribbon cable.
PCIe Flex Cable for NVMe Base and Raspberry Pi 5 – PCIe Pipe 50mm (pimoroni.com)

Case wise, you may have to get creative, especially if you mount the NMVE Base underneath the Pi 5.

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Thankyou @bablokb for your reply. I knew the NVMe wouldn’t create much heat, so it was more about physically housing the whole thing that was worrying me… adding several modules to the board and all.

I didn’t know about the RPi5 RTC being built in - thanks for that info too.

Cheers,
Greg

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Thanks @alphanumeric.

So you believe that with the standoffs, header booster, NVMe HAT on the top, and extension flex cable, I should get it in which cases? Regular cases may not fit with the HAT

Cheers,
Greg

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The Pibow case should work OK with the NVME Hat on top.
Pibow Coupe 5 (Case for Raspberry Pi 5) – Ninja (pimoroni.com)

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Hi again @alphanumeric

The link of Pibow Coupe 5 (Case for Raspberry Pi 5) - Ninja says that it’s not compatible with the NVMe hat - even though it looks to me as though it would sit on top OK… provided it doesn’t interfere with the active cooling function.

Greg

8

I missed that? I think that means if mounted underneath?
You can ask Tech Support before ordering.
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Thankyou all - your assistance is appreciated. :)

Greg